Welcome to Stevens County
NeWGS is based in Colville, WA, which is located in Stevens County. At one time Stevens County covered most of the northeast part of our state, including what is now Ferry and Pend Oreille counties. It was formed in 1863 from Walla Walla County, with Ferry County breaking away in 1899 and Pend Oreille in 1911. Some early records for those counties are to be found in Stevens county materials, some of which date back to 1861. If you have ancestors or family in the area, please explore our site.
Next meeting
February 8, 2012 The Computer Interest Group will meet in the basement of the Colville Public Library at 10:30 a.m. Longtime member, Sue Richart will present a Google Map Demonstration. If you saw the Google Earth presentation at our Fall Conference and are interested in the program but felt it was "over your head" you will want to come for a slower paced look at overlaying historical maps onto Google Earth. Sue will show you the fun and challenging how-to's of overlaying an ancestor's homestead onto a modern day map.
The afternoon meeting takes place at 1:30 p.m. in the basement meeting room of the Family History Center located in the LDS Church at 260 E. Juniper in Colville. Our librarian, Nancy Wright will introduce us to "The Great Migration Series - Early Immigrants to New England."
Do you have immigrant ancestors who immigrated between 1620 and 1635 to the New Colonies? Did you know our library has ten volumes of books written by Robert Charles Anderson on this subject? Come take a tour of this award winning series with Nancy. You won't be disappointed!
Both meetings are free and anyone with an interest in tracing their family history is welcome.
Polk Directory available for searching
The 1911-1912 Polk Directory for Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille counties is now available online. Check it out under "Searches" at the left.
Publications for sale
Just reprinted! "Pioneers of Happy Hill" by Jim McMillan
Another new publication by local historian Patrick Graham ...."Colville Collection Book Four - Old Dominion Mine...the mine that saved Colville and Jimmie Durkin...a man of his word" - available NOW!
NeWGS now has more local history, other books, and CDs for sale. Download an order form or order from our Store.
NeWGS Projects
NeWGS now has over 435,000 entries in their various databases! Let us help you find your Stevens County ancestors. Contact us.
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