Cottage Grove Genealogical Society

12/31/2025

If you haven't seen Spirit of BMD's latest video production here it is: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Be9eKBF5a/

12/27/2025

Interesting article for researchers!

Wealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestors

12/24/2025

We have started putting up the WWII posters to Honor the Servicemen who, "Gave Their All" 🌟🇺🇸🎖️
You can view the posters in the Community Center at 700 East Gibbs Avenue, they are hanging in Art Gallery hallway and we will be adding more until all 42 (that we have identified in our research) completed. The display will be up through Memorial Day.
After the new year we will finish the research on our new book honoring those who served from South Lane and North Douglas Counties in WWII. We are up to 650+ pages of transcribed newspaper clippings, photos and historical records for the Service Men and Women from our area.
We will let you know when more posters are added.

12/21/2025

We continue to do the research for our new book honoring the WWII Service Men and Women from South Lane and North Douglas County. We are doing our due diligence as we do not want to miss any who served.

So far, we have 42 servicemen who, "Gave Their All", we want to honor these men for their ultimate sacrifice, so by Monday afternoon we will have the first 11 Memorial Posters on display at the Art Gallery at the Community Center, 700 East Gibbs Avenue. We will be displaying this first set until about January 17th and then on January 20th the next set will be available for viewing until February 14th and the last set will be up for viewing on February 17th.

We encourage everyone to come and view the Memorial Posters, we had some brave souls who lost their lives in service of our country. May they Rest In Peace.

In doing this research we sometimes come across some interesting information about the events of WWII. Today this was discovered:

During WWII, Germany confiscated thousands of European church bells. They planned to smelt them for use in armaments. Learn more on our blog.

12/15/2025

If you would like a peek ahead, here is the first quarter of the 2026 History Pub schedule. The "Pubs" take place every 2nd Tuesday, 5 to 7pm at the Axe and Fiddle. Always a good ol' time!

12/14/2025

What are you researching this week?

We are actively researching the WWII Veterans from South Lane and North Douglas County for our new upcoming book.

One of our go to places for information is the https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu Historic Oregon Newspaper Project. If you would like to learn how to get the best search results, stop by our Ellis Memorial Research Library, Wed, Thurs, Fri noon to 5:00! We are also the repository for all of the Cottage Grove Newspaper Archives, you can make an appointment to browse the original newspapers at info@cggenealogy.org

CGGS is Where Discoveries Happen! We are located at 700 East Gibbs Avenue. Serving our community for over 50 years!

12/08/2025

On this day, our military was put to test at Pearl Harbor! The devastation was immense! Heroism was shown in so many ways and the a t of aggression put our country in WWII.

https://youtu.be/YhtuMrMVJDk?si=mSS-Gz9NiTmtbPYE