Our History

50th Anniversary Celebration 2019

Society Seminar, Bellingham, Washington

Daisy Pattison Wickberg helped found the Whatcom Genealogical Society in 1969. She was the society's first president and served along with Darlene Hamilton, the society's secretary-treasurer.

Daisy was a member of the Chief Whatcom Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and served as president of the Huguenot Society of America.

Throughout the years, society meetings have been held at the Bellingham Public Library, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Bellingham Elks Lodge and various other venues in Whatcom county.

Enterprise Cemetery, Ferndale, Washington

The society has contributed many books to the library in Bellingham and has held various educational seminars since its inception.

WGS members have created several databases. The Civil War Veterans database covers that war's veterans buried in Whatcom County. Members have also transcribed many obituaries of Whatcom County residents and placed them online. Click here for more information on WGS databases available for purchase.

Past Presidents

Daisy Pattison Wickberg

Frances Bruce Todd

Neil D. Mullen

Delores Dunn Ackerman

Earle H. Christenson

Donna Stuart Ewing

Clyde H. Senger

Zelda Harlan Stout

Karen Vaughn Youtsey

Louise Gonser Greer

Lynda Wilkinson Lucas

Illene Mulligan Fleming

George S. Graham

Valerie J. Shahan

Robert Witherspoon

Ray Nelson

Barbara Lynch

Willard “Bill” Purnell

Susan Nahas

Jack Peter

Vacant

Sharon Neem

Barbara Lynch

Galen Biery 2017-2020

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Lynden Cemetery, Lynden, Washington

WGS Member Carol Signett sharing a family heirloom

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