WELCOME

TO THE

CLALLAM COUNTY

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Our library is located at 931 West 9th Street, Port Angeles which is in the building behind Lincoln School. Free parking is adjacent. It is handicap accessibile.  We are open from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, with volunteer help on site. There is no charge to use this library. We have an all volunteer staff and new volunteers are always welcome. Not only do we "man" the library, but there are special projects to be done such as extracting county records, indexing, filing, cataloguing and publishing. Volunteers use their free time to take advantage of the many resources for personal research. 

The society has general membership meetings once a month, puts on seminars, and presents an annual beginners workshop. Special interest groups may be formed for those with specific areas of research. We have many committees which function for the society and you are encouraged to serve on one of them. We also welcome suggestions to improve the Society. 

As a member of CCGS, you are also a member of the Clallam County Historical Society and the Museum. You will receive both society publications and a discount on admissions and purchases from the Museum. Members may purchase genealogy forms for half price and use the copy machine at 10 cents per copy. 

To promote fellowship and support for persons interested in the research, creation and preservation of individual family histories and genealogical materials and data.

To provide  educational opportunities for the membership and general public interested in family history research and genealogy.

To provide research assistance and support for the membership and the general public doing family history research and genealogy.

To promote the use of recognized standards of methodology and ethical practices in genealogy.

To collect,  preserve and provide access to a variety of materials and/or data of genealogical value to the family history researcher or genealogist, with special emphasis  placed  on any materials and/or data on families of Clallam County.

In order to protect the integrity of public records and library books, I am ethically bound and hereby agree:

• That I will treat with the greatest care and respect all public records and library books which may be made available for my use.

• That I will speak with courtesy to all employees of a vital record office, or of a public library, when requesting to see any vital record or library book, and that when finished with such record or book, I shall express my thanks to the person attending to my requests.

• That I will not tear, erase, mark, or remove any public record or library book, and will refrain from mutilating, defacing, or otherwise destroying any part of such public record or library books.

• That when I have finished viewing any public record or library book, I will return it to the proper or designated place.