Author Archives: Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy Family Tree SIG June 2026

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy Family Tree Software SIG Meeting
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm virtual via Zoom

This month we are continuing with Siri Nelson’s Legacy SIG notes: Shortcut Keys and What to do if parents aren’t married.

This is our monthly meeting to share tips & tricks, problems & solutions. Sometimes we will watch videos or share our screens to aide in learning more about using Legacy Family Tree software.

Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in the learning. If you are just thinking about trying Legacy for the first time, you’ve been using it for a year or two or you are an old pro with many years of experience using Legacy this is the group for you.

We look forward to meeting with you, every month on the First Tuesday at 7:00 PM Pacific Time

We look forward to meeting with you, every month on the First Tuesday at 7:00 PM Pacific Time

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Heritage Quest Research Library What is Social History and Why Should a Genealogist Care?

by Charles Hansen

Explore the Exceptional Genealogy Classes at HQRL! Join us online via Zoom or in person at HQRL and connect with fellow genealogy enthusiasts who share your curiosity and drive—together, we can explore the fascinating world of family history!
JOIN US for our next class on June 4, 2026! Don’t miss out, sign up today!
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Heritage Quest Research Library | 2102 East Main Ave Suite 105 | Puyallup, WA 98372 US

Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Researching Women in the American Revolution

by Charles Hansen



Join SVGS as we celebrate America 250 on Saturday June 13, 2026, at 1pm at the Burlington Public Library with “Researching Women in the American Revolution” with Melanie McComb. Melanie is a Senior Genealogist with American Ancestors (originally known as the New England Historic Genealogical Society). Come learn how women contributed to the American Revolution from boycotts to the battlefield, and how you can discover your female ancestors from this period. Can’t make it to the Burlington Library, request a zoom link by emailing info@skagitvalleygenealogy.org.

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA SIG May 2026

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group Meeting
Tuesday, May 26, 2026, Starting at 7:00 pm via Zoom

Join us as we discuss various topics relating to the uses of DNA in genealogical research.

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Heritage Quest Research Library America 250 Patriot Celebration

by Charles Hansen
Only 6 more days to buy your tickets! PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS through May 24th! SCAN THE QR CODE or  CLICK HERE to PURCHASE TICKET
If you need help purchasing a ticket or have questions, please call the library at 253-863-1806, Mon-Sat 10am to 4pm As we celebrate the history of our great country and help raise critical funds for the library, come meet Vern Frykholm portraying George Washington who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), leading the colonies to independence from Great Britain. You don’t want to miss it! We look forward to seeing you there!  
Heritage Quest Research Library | 2102 East Main Ave Suite 105 | Puyallup, WA 98372 US

Italian Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society Italian Women of the Resistance

by Charles Hansen
Italian Interest Group (IIG) June 2026 Meeting
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Presenter: June 20, 2026 (Saturday)
1:30 PM (PT)Uncovering the Stories of the Italian Women of the Resistance 
Suzanne Cope

Description: In her talk, Suzanne will discuss the genesis and research journey of her narrative nonfiction book WOMEN OF WAR: The Assassins, Couriers, and Spies Who Fought the Nazis. She’ll tell how she first uncovered the stories of these intrepid women through what they left behind and give insight into her archival and on-the-ground research that led her to tracing the footsteps of these partigiane. Suzanne will also speak how her own Italian American heritage connected with these stories – particularly as this research intersected with her own pursuit of dual citizenship, shedding light on personal genealogical research. To order Women of War see Amazon: Order link & Elliott Bay Book Company Order Link
Suzanne Russo Adams Presenter: Suzanne Cope is a scholar and narrative journalist, and is the author of Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis and Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement. Her work on themes of political and social change, feminism, food, and culture has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, Food & Wine, BBC, Washington Post, Aeon, and others. She is a professor at New York University.
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Italian Interest Group (IIG) of the Eastside Genealogical Society P.O. Box 374
Bellevue, WA 98009-0374

America 250 Joseph Guess

by Charles Hansen

America 250 – Joseph Guess by Angela Michener

Joseph Guess was born about 1762 in Fairfax, County in the Colony of Virginia. His family moved to Orange County, in the Province of North Carolina when he was young and he was drafted in the local militia when he was of “age”, usually 16. He served as a private for 9 months in the New Levies (emergency conscripted soldiers in 1778 and 1779 authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly) under Capt. William Jamieson and Lt. Col. Archibald Lytle. They marched to Charlotte, then on to South Carolina; Charleston, Purrysburg, Two Sisters and Turkey Hill on the Savannah River. He was discharged at a place called Stono, according to his pension information.

A short time after his discharge, he was again drafted as a private and served for 3 months under Capt. Davis Gresham, Lt. Col. Thomas Taylor and Col. Francois DeMalmedy in the North Carolina Light Dragoons. The Dragoons were trained to fight on both horseback and foot, playing a crucial role in the American Revolution. They went against the Tories on the Pee Dee River and had many skirmishes with them. The prisoners they took were sent to Gen. Henry William Harrington, who was in the field not far from them.

Joseph Guess was my 5th great grandfather. He applied for a Revolutionary War pension and was placed on the pension roll on 14 March 1833. He died on 13 Jan 1835 in Caldwell, Kentucky. There is no marriage record and in order to continue to receive his pension, his widow Constance (Taylor), appeared in the Princeton, Kentucky courthouse on 17 May 1841 and testified under oath that she and Joseph were married on 11 Jan 1785 in North Carolina.

Angela Michener, Yakima Valley Genealogical Society