| Washington State Archives will present another edition of “Stump the Archivist,” a Q&A webinar for researchers of all experience levels, on April 15 at 10 a.m. Bring your questions and a notebook, and chat with Research Archivist Tracy Rebstock! Learn how to use state and local government records in your historical research or family history. New records are added to our collections all the time. Updates to vital records means more access to birth, death, marriage, and divorce collections. Rebstock will talk briefly and then take your questions so you can dig deeper into your research. Register here. It is free to attend this event. Visit our YouTube channel to view past webinars. |
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Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA SIG
| TPCGS DNA Special Interest Group (Special Interest Groups) Tuesday, April 26 starting at 7:00 pm PST via Zoom Please join us as we discuss the use of DNA in genealogy. At this meeting we plan to watch Crista Cowan’s webinar on color-coding your Ancestry DNA matches. We will also be discussing the first couple of chapters of The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy by Blaine Bettinger. To receive a Zoom meeting invite please email info@tpcgs.org |
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Virtual Spring Seminar
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
2022 Virtual Spring Seminar
23 April 2022 Our speakers will be The Genealogy Guys George Morgan & Drew Smith 
George G. Morgan is president of Aha! Seminars, Inc.(R) and an internationally recognized genealogy presenter. He is the co-host of the longest running genealogical podcast, The Genealogy GuysSM Podcast, with thousands of listeners around the globe. His company also produces the Genealogy Connection podcast. He produces and maintains The Genealogy Guys Blog. The company offers a subscription genealogy education site, Genealogy Guys Learn, with new content added each month. George is the prolific, award-winning author of 14 books and hundreds of articles for magazines, journals, newsletters, in genealogical publications, and international online sites. His fourth edition of How to Do Everything: Genealogy is a standard for genealogy in the English-speaking world. He co-authored the Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques, and has a chapter published in Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards. He is a volunteer on the Zion Cemetery project searching for family of people interred in a lost cemetery in Tampa, Florida. George’s Topics: Bring ‘Em Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor ProfileIntroduction to City Directories
Drew Smith is the genealogy librarian at the University of South Florida Libraries in Tampa. Host of the Genealogy Connection podcast and co-host of The Genealogy Guys Podcast, he is the author of the book Organize Your Genealogy: Strategies and Solutions for Every Researcher and co-author of the book Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques. He writes regularly for the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly on the topic of productivity. He co-founded and continues to be one of the administrators for The Genealogy Squad Facebook group, with over 32,000 active members. Drew”s Topics: Organizing Your Research ProcessYour Ancestor’s FAN Club: Using Cluster Research to Get Past Brick Walls
Door Prizes: All registrants will be eligible for Door Prizes. Emcee and Virtual Meeting HostCyndi Ingle, creator of Cyndislist.com will act as Emcee and Virtual Meeting Host.
Detailed emails will be sent after registration.
Download a Brochure or Register Online We look forward to seeing you!If the above links do not work please go to tpcgs.org for a link to the seminar page
Seminar Schedule 08:30 – 08:45 Enter the Zoom meeting
08:45 – 09:00 General announcements; troubleshooting
09:00 – 10:00 Presentation 1: Organizing Your Research Process
10:00 – 10:30 Break & chit-chat
10:30 – 11:30 Presentation 2: Bring ‘Em Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch break & chit-chat questions
12:30 – 01:30 Presentation 3: Your Ancestor’s FAN Club: Using Cluster Research to Get Past Brick Walls
01:30 – 02:00 Break & chit-chat
02:00 – 03:00 Presentation 4: Introduction to City Directories
03:00 – 03:15 Q&A with the Speakers
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy SIG
TPCGS Legacy SIG Meeting April 19, 2022, 7:00 pm
This week we will start reviewing the video “Sources and Citations Made Simple, Standard, and Powerful”. It is free and available from the Help tab in Legacy by clicking to the QuickTip Videos icon. The direct link to the video is: https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/sources-and-citations-made-simple-standard-and-powerful/?category=software&subcategory=legacy-family-tree1&free=1&sortby=newest
Topics covered in this video include:
Welcome Introduction
Guidelines and Models SourceWriter
Which Template to Use Citations in Reports
Organizing Master Source List Source Clipboard
Advanced Source Clipboard Watch Geoff Live
Even More Sources
I hope to see you this coming Tuesday the 19th!
Regards,
Tim Ward
Our meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 7:00 pm until 8:30. Links to the reoccurring Zoom Meetings are located at the bottom of this page, one for the 1st Tuesday and one for the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
The first half of each meeting we will work thru training videos, watching, and then pausing to talk about the section we just watched before moving on to the next section. The second half will be used for open discussion of topics related to using Legacy. This could include any questions or problems we are having with the program or tips and features we have discovered. If you think of something you would like to bring up, please write it down so you can share it with the group.
1st Tuesday of Month Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82495661568?pwd=dy85YmluVzF5aEU4SzFTcTUrVDlTUT09
3rd Tuesday of Month Meeting Link:
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Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club Meeting
The next Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club Meeting will be held on April 16, 2022 starting at 3:00 pm PST Via Zoom.
Please join us as we discuss a genealogical murder mystery. In the Blood by Steve Robinson is the first book in the Jefferson Tayte mystery series. Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Jefferson-Tayte-Genealogical-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00G3NAPLC/ We will also discuss the direction in which we would like this group to go, and choose future books.
For Zoom meeting invite please email info@tpcgs.org
Tri-City Genealogical Society April Meeting Restoring Headstones
Please join with the Tri-City Genealogical Society on Wednesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. on Zoom (see below for link).
TCGS member Susan Peterson will be presenting on Restoring Cemetery Headstones. This should be an interesting presentation.
Thank you to everyone who has joined the TCGS for 2022. For those who would like to join or renew please see http://tricitygenealogicalsociety.org/q/join/join_renew/ or http://tricitygenealogicalsociety.org/q/wp-content/uploads/TCGSBrochure.pdf
Topic: Restoring Cemetery Headstones
Time: Apr 13, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Heritage Quest Research Library Researching Pennsylvania Ancestors
Researching Pennsylvania Ancestors  Jennifer Warner has worked in both public and special libraries since 1990, most recently as a reference librarian. Her genealogy research roots began with her mother’s stories about family and where they immigrated from. Jennifer has been the editor of a Civil War Roundtable Newsletter for over 12 years. She is the President of the DuPage County Genealogical Society and is a member of 14 lineage societies. Do you or your spouse have Pennsylvania ancestors and don’t know where to start? Pennsylvania has many resources available to you. We will go over how to start your research in Pennsylvania. We will discuss the many resources available to you online and in paper form. WHEN: April 21, 2022, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM WHERE: ZOOM COST: Members $20 – Non-members $25 Sign up & Pay: Come into HQRL at 1007 Main Street, Sumner, WA 98390 or Call: 253-863-1806 OR go to hqrl.com and sign up online. Members must log in to the members page and go to the hqrl store in order to obtain the discount. Please make sure you check your SPAM or PROMOTIONS folder if you do not receive the confirmation email. |
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Whatcom Genealogical Society will host Janice Lovelace “Special Collections Repositories”
On Monday, April 11 at 2 pm The Whatcom Genealogical Society will host Janice Lovelace, who is a genealogical researcher, educator, author, and lecturer with over thirty years of experience. Her topic will be “Special Collections Repositories. Finding Women’s Stories and Voices.”
We meet at the Pioneer Pavilion, 2007 Cherry Street, Ferndale, WA. Please join us.
Lower Columbia Genealogical Society Eastern European Genealogy
EASTERN EUROPEAN GENEALOGY
Pam Vestal,
professional Genealogical speaker, writer, and biographer from Oregon, has chosen this topic for the April 14th Zoom program for the meeting of the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society.
The meeting opens at 6:30 pm for announcements and visiting.
The program starts at 7:00 pm. The public is welcome to attend. Contact lcgsgen@yahoo.com to request a link to the
Zoom meeting.
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Too Many Mary’s
