The Rogue Valley Genealogical Society (RVGS) is an all volunteer, non-profit organization founded in 1966 and located in Medford, Oregon. The society promotes family history research by providing educational and research opportunities at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library and through our website rvgslibrary.org. The mission of RVGS is to inspire interest in genealogy, inform the public, and maintain a growing sustainable library with a strong online presence. The Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library has an extensive collection of birth, marriage, and death records; family histories, books, bulletins, cemetery records, obituaries, local maps, microfilm and microfiche, and newspaper abstracts for every state and many countries. Our library has patron computers with subscriptions to Ancestry, Fold3, MyHeritage, FindMyPast, American Ancestors, HistoryGeo, NewspaperArchive, and Newspapers.com Oregon Edition. Our website, rvgslibrary.org, provides a growing number of searchable databases for Jackson County and an online library catalog of over 25,000 other resources. Monthly free programs are open to the public providing information that augments personal genealogical and historical research. Genealogy classes are offered regularly and include offerings such as beginning genealogy, library use, software use, and subscription website use. In addition, various user and interest groups meet routinely. Information regarding the programs, classes and interest groups is published in the monthly RVGS eNews, as well as on the RVGS web calendar and on social media. Membership is available to all interested persons for just $40 a year. A second household member can join for an additional $15. Non-members may use the library for a fee of $5.00 per day. Membership privileges include: Free use of library Volunteer opportunities Reduced fees or free genealogy classes Check out of materials Subscription websites Society publications Interest groups Free mentoring Members-only website content RVGS membership provides a meaningful way to give back to the society and help other researchers. The membership fees help to fund a variety of the Society’s historical record collections and preservation projects. Our members also help to maintain our library, research facilities, and website content.
