Mason County Genealogical Society

08/30/2021

In just about a year we'll be in our new house. That means I'll be able to start attending the meetings again. I'll have better, and more reliable internet if need be for Zoom gatherings.

12/19/2020

Join us for our Zoom meetings the first Thursday night of every month at 7:00 PM Pacific time. If you would like the Zoom link, email us at masoncountygenealogy@gmail.com! We look forward to seeing you on Zoom!

09/27/2016

08/12/2016

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06/13/2016

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03/10/2016

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02/20/2016

ALAMO 1836 COMPARED WITH ALAMO TODAY. Today the old Alamo Fortress is reduced to the Chapel and some parts of the Long Barrack. Houston Street and Alamo Street now crosses the Plaza of the Fort. Photo: Gary Foreman.

01/28/2016

Tragic story of our nation's history in the 40's.

Nice to know that genealogy research helped to solve the mystery. In the article it says "But as Klibanoff and the other students walked with Harris through the cemetery, Studdard drifted away from the group. She had grown up visiting cemeteries with her father, making rubbings of the headstones of family graves, and she began walking up and down each row.

She reached the end of a line, where the grass gives way to fallen leaves, pine needles, bushes and trees. Then she noticed a bit of concrete showing through, similar to the slabs that marked other graves from the 1930s and 1940s, with names written with a finger or stick before the cement dried so long ago.

Looking closely, she could see part of a word, starting with "I." Quickly she brushed more dirt and leaves away. The beginnings of "September," the month of Isaiah Nixon's death, appeared. Heart racing, she scraped away more leaves, more dirt, wanting to be sure.

She hurried back to the group with muddied hands, bringing a part of the story they had never expected to, quite literally, uncover.

"I found it."

01/27/2016

Just found this group on Facebook, and they have been around the area for some time. Our own Diane Meyers is a member for the Mason County Chapter "State Association of the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington"

http://www.wapioneerdaughters.org/

The DPW Story. The Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington is an organization with a deeply rich history while also being truly relevant in today’s world.