Cottage Grove Genealogical Society

11/29/2025

Our Community has been helping others for well over a century.

In April of 1945 we participated in a United Nations Clothing Drive. Don't you love how the organizers brought the effort to the attention of everyone!

For more about the people of Cottage Grove and how our history was formed by those who lived here before us visit our Ellis Memorial Research Library at 700 East Gibbs Avenue, we are open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday noon to 5:00 p.m.
We have Ancestry.com-Library Edition and Newspapers.com-Oregon Collection on our Patron computers too.

11/27/2025

11/25/2025

We were chosen to be the repository for the local newspaper archives from the Sentinel! If you would like to look through the original newspapers email info@cggenealogy.org for an appointment.
When recently looking through the 1968 newspapers with another member we found this great photo.
The local Partners In History are also fundraising to digitize more of the Sentinel's, if you are interested in helping with that effort, read about it here: https://cggenealogy.org/projects/help-digitize-the-cottage-grove-sentinel/

11/23/2025

Please check out our continued the efforts of the Partners In History to digitize more of the local newspapers.

We at CGGS use newspapers everyday as we research and having them digitized makes finding social items, engagements, marriages, birth announcements, land transactions and what is going on through the decades.

Right now you can word search up to February of 1957, we have an order in to digitize up to the 1970s, but we need your help to digitize the 1970s and beyond.

The microfilm is starting to deteriorate and it is important that we get these treasured newspapers digitized for now and future generations.

You can also mail your donations directly to our Partner In History: Cottage Grove Museum, P.O. Box 142, Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Make sure to put "Newspaper Digitizing" on the memo line of your check.

If you want to browse the original newspapers, contact us as we are the repository for the local newspapers going back to 1899!

Thank you!

November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 admin Help Digitize the Cottage Grove Sentinel The Cottage Grove Genealogical Society and its fellow Partners in History are working to raise money to digitize the Cottage Grove Sentinel newspaper. The Friends of the Cottage Grove Library have generously offered to...

11/21/2025

One of the Partners In History is having a Quilt Auction:

Welcome to Singing Creek Educational Center’s Online Auction! (Scroll down to see all items)Thank you for joining our online fundraising auction. Every bid directly supports the mission of the Singing Creek Educational Center to inspire children and families toward an appreciation of local history...

11/17/2025

Our Society is working on a book honoring the men and women from South Lane County that served in WWII. In doing the research for the book we are running across some items we want to share.

In the Cottage Grove Sentinel, December 3, 1942 edition, we found this notice on page 1.

11/14/2025

Lane County Parks posted a photo from the mid 1950s from Dorena Lake. It looks to be a boat race and we found an article from 1956 confirming there were races at that time period.

If you love old newspapers our Society was chosen as the repository for the Sentinel archives. We can also help you learn how to do searches on the Historic Oregon Newspaper website. We, Partners In History, have been working on digitizing more of the local newspapers and are up to 1957.

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11/12/2025

One of the Cottage Grove Partners In History, Singing Creek has an even this Saturday at the Community Center. Here is the link with all the information:

Join us at the Cottage Grove Community Center in November, in honor of Native American Heritage Month, with Deitrich Peters of the Grand Ronde Tribe. Deitrich (Deitz) has graciously agreed to share elements of his regalia and will play flute music, talk about his culture, and answer questions. SCEC....

11/11/2025

We thank all Veterans for their service to our Nation!
Our Society is working on a book of all the WWII Veterans who entered the service from South Lane/North Douglas for this war. Our book will be available, hopefully by the new year.