Lebanon is the "City that Friendliness Built," but we are also home to the World's Largest Strawberry Shortcake, which is served yearly at the annual Strawberry Festival. The festival has been held every year since 1909 and is celebrated the first week in June.

Lebanon is located along the Santiam River in western Oregon near the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Linn County.

Lebanon Genealogical Society
626 Second Avenue
Lebanon, Oregon 97355

The society meets monthly on the first Friday of the month, 12:30 p.m. at the Lebanon Senior Center, 65B Academy Square, Lebanon. Dues are $10.00 per year. Newcomers are always welcome!

Contacts are Colleen Cook 928-8926 or Pat Dunn 258-5062.

Lebanon Genealogical Society Meetings and Other News:

Upcoming 2009 meetings:

Betty Jean Fritts is putting together a trip to Scio for July 10 (the 3rd is not a good day!). We will be visiting the Scio Museum and the Library. You remember that its librarian, Lavonne Murray, has given us several talks on genealogy ‘sleuthing’? Betty Jean or Lavonne will talk about their morning meetings and genealogy society. We will decide at our June meeting whether we want to have a sack lunch, potluck or go to the little restaurant in Scio. Jerry Duncan, of the Scio Museum, is opening it for us, so it sounds like they would like some visitors. More information will be available at the meeting and on the July postcard: such as where and when to meet for carpooling, etc.

***Is there anyone who would like to make a plan for August—preferably one with air conditioning? One of the ideas that was given before was Sweet Home’s East Linn Museum and the genealogy’s Mealey Library. A lunch could be at Sankey Park. Also, several had wanted to go to Eugene’s Family History Center.

Linn County’s Genealogy Society will have Ken Long, from LBCC speaking on

“The ABCs of Video Conversion.” If you have an old family video or film that you would like to convert to a digital format, this is a program for you. He will talk June 6th, 1:00 p.m. at the new Albany Library, 2450 14th Ave., Albany 97322 in the meeting room.

40th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree

Friday through Sunday, June 26-28, 2009 Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel and Convention Center Burbank, California. More information posted on bulletin board in the genealogy room at the Library.

NEWS: School History - Artifacts Wanted - Click the link for details.

Things you will find on our site on the Resource Page:

Research Aids and Books for Sale
Research available from society members
Resources in our genealogy room at the library
Online Cemetery Records
Census Records
Online Research Data
School Records
Military Lists
Query/Obituary/Surname Boards
Linn County Mailing Lists
Linn County Resources at the Oregon State Archives

Visit:

Asa McCully and the Wagon Train of 1852, a new website which is growing every day.
Saltmarsh Genealogy - a wonderful site with tons of Saltmarsh information, hosted by Mike Saltmarsh.
Parrish Family in Oregon website
Century Tel's New Lebanon Community Information site.

Family History Center in Lebanon - LDS Church
1995 5th Street
Lebanon, Oregon 97355
541-451-3992
Hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Evenings: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 7-9 p.m.
 

Funeral Homes in the Area:
Huston-Jost, 86 W. Grant, Lebanon, 97355, 541-258-2123
Workman & Steckley, 1443 Long St., Sweet Home, 97386, 541-367-2891
Aasum, 805 S. Ellsworth, Albany, 97321, 541-926-5541
Fisher, 306 Washington St., Albany, 97321, 541-928-3349

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