Genealogical Records for Klahoose, European and Asian Cortes Island Families
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Museum has a genealogical database. It was compiled by Bernice McGowan, whose interest in genealogy was sparked by her mother’s research of their family roots. Coming to Cortes Island some 50 odd years ago, she was intrigued by the fact that so many of the island’s older European families seemed to be related. She has also dug up some census records for Klahoose, Japanese and Chinese residents. Bernice McGowan: "I was always interested in questions like, 'how are you related to so and so." When I started putting my family into a database, I…
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