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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society February 18 Chat

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Genealogy Chat Meeting
Tuesday, February 18, 2025, starting at 7:00 PM via Zoom

Please join us and let’s chat!

Discussion starter topic Things you have learned and things you have enjoyed the most about being a part of TPCGS. In honor of the Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society’s founding 64 years ago this month, we are asking our long-time members, our new members, and guests of any of the TPCGS events in the past to share with each other what the Society has meant to them.

This is a monthly opportunity to connect with others and talk about anything and everything genealogical. The value of this meeting increases with the participation of each person that attends and contributes to the conversations. This is your chance to celebrate the breaking down of a brick wall in your research, or ask questions of others that can help you find records or relatives. Everyone, members and guests are welcome and encouraged to attend and participate.

Date & Time: Every month on the Third Tue, from 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM Pacific Time

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Clallam County Genealogical Society DAR Databases for Genealogy

by Charles Hansen

Clallam County Genealogical Society Announcement:

Using the DAR Databases for Genealogy will be the topic of a presentation by Georgianna Seko for the Clallam County Genealogical Society Saturday meeting, February 15th at 9:30am.  Georgianna is a longtime member of the DAR, and has been doing genealogical research for several years.  She volunteers at the CCGS Research Center in Port Angeles.

The DAR website offers more than just Revolutionary War information to the researcher.  This overlooked resource may help one find that missing clue that will break down a brick wall.

Everyone is invited to watch the program, either by coming to the Research Center at 403 E. 8th Street in Port Angeles, or via Zoom.  To obtain the Zoom meeting number and passcode, contact the Society by email: askus@clallamcogs.org or phoning 360-417-5000 Tuesday-Friday from 10am to 4pm.  Participants are requested to sign in 15 minutes before the program.

There is no cost to attend the meeting and program. 

Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Writing Your Life Story 2025

by Charles Hansen

Sharpen your pencils! Do your keyboard finger exercises! Don’t miss the second of our Winter Series, Writing Your Life Story with Annette Burke Lyttle, CG, of Heritage Detective, Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 1pm,presented by Skagit Valley Genealogical Society. Learn how effectively organizing your time and research leads to success in writing your family history. Come in person to the Burlington Public library or join us by Zoom, email genealogy0715@gmail.com to request a Zoom link.

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society February Educational Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Monthly Educational Meeting
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, starting at 6:00 pm

This month’s presentation: Using the FamilySearch Catalog presented by Charlotte Van Valkenburgh. This is a recorded presentation that was given at a Mini-RootsTech event on October 10, 2024. Charlotte is an intern at the FamilySearch Library on the U.S./Canada team. She recently graduated from BYU – Idaho with an emphasis on family history research. She finds joy in teaching others how to find the records that connect them to their ancestors. She loves spending her free time discovering all she can about her own ancestors and solving adoption mysteries with the help of DNA.

As one of the most useful tools in family history research, the FamilySearch Catalog is extremely valuable. Come learn about some tips and tricks to using the FamilySearch Catalog to help in your family history research.

This meeting will be hybrid and we encourage everyone who can to attend in person at our new meeting location:
University Place Library
3609 Market PL W.
University Place, WA 98466
and via Zoom for those unable to attend in person.

Attend virtually via Zoom:
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society February Writing Family History

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Writing Family History
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, starting at 7:00 PM via Zoom

The Writing Family History Special Interest Group (WFH-SIG) supports TPCGS members in documenting, writing, and preserving their family histories—formally or informally. Monthly meetings will provide a mix of presentations, writing exercises, and peer reviews to help members make progress in their projects.

Meeting invite with links in file attached below

Date & Time: Every month on the Second Wednesday, starting at 7:00 PM Pacific Time

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Passcode: 328639

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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society February Book Club

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club
Saturday, February 15, starting at 4:00 pm via Zoom

Please join us as we discuss a fictional genealogical book, The Doll from Dunedin by M.L. Condine. This the sequel to The Desk from Hoboken.


More information at:
Amazon: The Doll from Dunedin, print and Kindle versions
This book may also be available in print from various book stores.

TPCGS Book Club Zoom Meeting
Every month on the Third Sat beginning at 4:00 PM Pacific Time
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International German Genealogy Partnership 2025 Conference

by Charles Hansen

Hello IGGP partners and friends,

This is a reminder that the early bird registration discounts for the 2025 IGGP conference are ending soon. You have until Feb. 28, 2025 to save money on your registration. Or choose a “bundle” and save on all the conference activities.

You can register online and pay by credit card or you can register by mail with a check.

The conference will be held June 12-15 at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio. The event is in-person only.

We’ve recently updated hotel information with additional options. If there is no room at the conference venue, you can get a room at a nearby hotel at a comparable package rate.

Our speakers and topics are all available for review. As is the weekend schedule. And don’t forget to plan for the social activities on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Sponsors and exhibitors/vendors are also welcome to participate. If you know of someone who may be interested — including genealogy societies — please share the information to them.

Questions may be sent to info@iggp.org. For questions specific to registration, email iggp.registrator@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you in 2025!

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Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week FamilySearch Full Text Search

by Charles Hansen

TIP OF THE WEEK –
FAMILYSEARCH’S FULL-TEXT SEARCH
EXPANDS TO INCLUDE MORE RECORD GROUPS

The people at FamilySearch have been slowly improving their full-text search project. One of the latest updates has added federal records to be searchable. This include federal patent and land records, military records and other federal collections.

To access the project go to FamilySearch Labs.

Log in (with your free account, if you don’t have one you can create one) and activate the option “Expand your search with Full Text” and click “Go To Experiment.” Once on the project page, search by keyword. This could be a name of location name. If you need to search for a phrase or full name try putting it in quotes — for example, “Abraham Lincoln.” Hit search and then use the provided filters to narrow down your search results by date and place.

To find federal records filter by place “United States of America” and then pick “United States of America” again for the secondary location filter (not a specific state).