Heritage Quest Research Library Quest Connections

QUEST CONNECTIONS

June 2026

Volume 31 – Issue 2

Table of Contents

HQRL Dinner and Auction Fundraiser

Upcoming Events

Membership Fees

Welcome New Members

Super Supporters

Above and Beyond

Volunteer Opportunities

New in the Library

Paul Revere Quiz

New Library Books

Quiz Answers

Revolutionary War Slogan

“United We Stand

Divided We Fall”

HEAR YE! HEAR YE!

THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE!

JUST NINE DAYS TO GET READY

FOR

HQRL’s MAJOR FUNDRAISING EVENT OF THE YEAR!

America 250 Patriot Celebration

Place: Farm12, Puyallup, WA

Time: 5-8:30 pm

Final Prep for the Big Event

by Jennifer Pasquier

The Auction Committee has been hard at work. Under the leadership of Carmen McIntyre, we have secured the auction location, confirmed the menu, scheduled the evening, and secured sponsors and auction items. There’s still time to pitch in and lend a hand. We continue to collect auction items and baskets. Our next get-together is on Wednesday, June 3, at 1:00 pm to assemble auction baskets. If you can help, contact Carmen McIntyre (253) 241-6777, camway@outlook.com or Susan Nolan (253) 351044, gaelicsue@yahoo.com for the location directions. We will be assembling and organizing baskets and donations for the Auction. Please join us and help make this auction a fundraising success.

We also need extra hands to help at Farm12, June 9, starting at 1 pm to help decorate, keep things running smoothly during the dinner, and pack up afterward.

Upcoming Events

HQRL Class

Thursday, June 4

What Is Social History & Why Should a Genealogist Care?

Heritage Quest Research Library (Classroom & Zoom)

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Join Annette Burke Lyttle to learn how social history can both improve your research skills and help you better understand and tell the stories of your ancestor’s lives. Register at the library or online using the HQRL Store icon. Fee: $20+tax for members, $25+tax for non-members. (the zoom link will be sent to your email 1-2 days before the class along with any handouts)

HQRL 250 Celebration Dinner and Auction

(ticket sales are now closed)

Tuesday, June 9, 5-8:30 pm

Farm12

3303 8th Ave SE, Puyallup, WA 98372

Management Team Meeting

Wednesday June 17, 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm

Heritage Quest Research Library Classroom

HQRL Class

Thursday, June 18

Genealogical Research in Missouri: The Basics

Heritage Quest Research Library (Classroom & Zoom)

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Bill Eddleman’s presentation teaches about the thousands of documents available in archives across Missouri. Record survival has been excellent, with French records dating back to the mid-1700’s. Register at the library or online using the HQRL Store icon. Fee: $20+tax for members, $25+tax for non-members. (the zoom link will be sent to your email 1-2 days before the class along with any handouts)

Sumner Rhubarb Days

Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21

HQRL will have a booth at the celebration on both days. We still need several volunteers to man the booth for three hour shifts on Saturday and Sunday. There is a white board in the classroom where you can sign up or call HQRL, 253-838-1806 to find out what shifts are available. Librarians will be happy to sign the board for you.

Membership Fees Increase

HQRL membership fees increased April 1.

Individual Membership – $50.00

Individual Membership with mailed quarterly newsletter $65.00

Family membership $60.00

Family membership with mailed quarterly newsletter $75.00

Welcome to our New Members

March

Howard Frisk

Juanita Hembrow

Michele Horaney

Laura Lee

Kathy Penne

Shirley Stalgis

Wendi Thurnau

April

Diane Bertram

Sheryl Hayes

Christine and Jason Neil

May

Amy Plumb

Ryan Raburn

Gail Sanders

Peg Hinshaw

Sally Ives

Jamie Mittan

Janet K. Johnson

Super Supporters

Gloria Brain

LeeAnn Fogt

Lori Jewell and Lois Hoult

Judy Line

Carolyn Pasquier

Ileen Peterson

Phyliss Kleist

Holly McGuire

Maureen Vanek

Terry Vaughan

Steve and Roberta Weech

Keith Weissinger

Thank You So Much

Above and Beyond

Our wonderful library thrives thanks to the dedication of our faithful volunteers. These exceptional individuals maintain our facility in immaculate condition year-round. Though they expect little and often fly under the radar, they consistently show up despite personal commitments and challenges.

Debbie Barr – Librarian

Mike Bartlett – Board of Trustees, Librarian

Gloria Brain – Research Coordinator

Angi Burslem – Board of Trustees, Book Repair, Scan Project

Gordon Chisholm – Librarian

Monty Euston – Board of Trustees Chair

Rachel Farley – Webmaster

April Fredricks – Assistant Treasurer

Heidi Geise – Education Coordinator

Elena Gosner – Board of Trustees

David Grimm – Community Events Coordinator

Jo-Anne Huber – Librarian

Sally Hurst – Librarian

Judy Line – Librarian

Dale Loseth – Grant Coordinator, Scan Project Manager

John Gillem – Board of Trustees

Sara McGlothlen – Membership Coordinator, Librarian

Carmen McIntyre – Promotions Coordinator

Jay McNabb – Board of Trustees

Judy Myers – Librarian

Susan Nolan – Volunteer Coordinator, Librarian

Jerry Olson – Librarian

Lauren Orheim – Board of Trustees

Carolyn Pasquier – Director, Collections Manager, Librarian

Linda Perry – Librarian

Joyce Phillips – Board of Trustees, Librarian

Marilyn Schunke – Librarian

Nancy Thaut – Librarian

Jean Van Hoof – Librarian

Terry Vaughan – Treasurer, Librarian

Volunteer Opportunities

Management Team positions

Secretary for the Monthly Management Team Meetings

Technology Manager to Maintain and update computers and electronics

Editor of Quarterly Newsletter

Assistant to the Education Coordinator

New in the Library

If you haven’t been to the library in awhile, you haven’t seen our Suggestion Box. It is placed on the table just in front of the Reception Desk. We welcome any suggestions, concerns, and other comments from our members and visitors.

Special Volunteer Opportunity

Leader for a once-a-month discussion group

One of our members recently suggested that we resume the discussion group we had before covid. In her own words, "The group was very beneficial" and other members agree.


The group would meet to discuss a a topic decided by the leader, their research questions and challenges or other topics of interest. The group would be informal and informative. Plus it is great way to meet other members and make new friends.

What do you know about Paul Revere?

    What was the name of Paul Revere’s parents?
    Where were they born?
    What was Paul Revere’s father’s occupation? 
    When Paul Revere was 15 years old, he and six of his friends were paid to ring the bells at which church in Boston? 
    How old was Paul Revere when he made his midnight ride? 
    What was the name of the horse he borrowed to make his midnight ride?
    Paul Revere was married twice and had 16 children! How many grandchildren did he have?
    Who wrote the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” in 1860 that made the patriot famous?
    On the road to Concord on April 19, 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes ran into a third rider. What was his name?
    In 1802, Paul Revere’s copper rolling mill in Canton, Massachusetts made the copper sheeting for the dome of the new Massachusetts State House. When the building was completed in 1798, what was the dome originally covered with? 
    A bell cast by Paul Revere in 1801 and connected to the 1766 tower clock rings out the time hourly at Old South Meeting House. What year was the bell installed?  
    How old was Paul Revere when he died and where is he buried?

New Library Books


Discover our New Book Shelf - the first shelf to the left of the classroom door. Our new books are from these generous donors: Sumner Family Search Center, Tacoma Family Search Center, Carolyn Harkness, Alan Manning, Steve Barndt, and Elisabeth Bender.


Thank You for keeping our collection new and fresh.


And a special Thank You to those who are cataloging all these book donations.

Debbie Barr

Angie Burlem

Sara McGlothlen

Nancy Peterson

IL Knox 003 Index to Marriages 1879-1904 Knox County Illinois, Volume II Knox County Genealogical Society

IL Knox 004 1855 Personal Property Tax Lists, Knox County Knox County Genealogical Society

IL Lake 011 Index to Portrait and Biographical Album of Lake County, Illinois, Lake County Illinois Genealogical Society

IL Lake 012 Index to the Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, Lake County Illinois Genealogical Society

IL Lee 002 Recollections of the Pioneers of Lee County (1893), Seraphina Gardner Smith

IL Tazewell 003 v.1 Tazewell County Illinois Marriage Records Index 1827-1859 volume one, David C. Perkins

IN Cass 004 Will book I, Cass County, Indiana, Barbara Wolfe

IN Owen 005 Owen County Indiana Military Veterans 1775-1903, Owen County Historical and Genealogical Society

IN Putnam 003 Personal Name Index 1971 to History of Putnam County Indiana 1887, Mike Marler

IA Taylor 002 History of Lenox, Iowa 1872-1972, Lenox Centennial

IA Warren 003 Warren County Iowa Cemeteries, Warren County Bicentennial Commission

KS Cherokee 002 Cherokee County Kansas Marriages 1867-1886, first twenty years, Cherokee County Genealogical Society of Southeast Kansas

KY 015 v.1 Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books A-G Vol 1, Michael L. Cook, Bettie A. Cook

KY 048 Talley’s Kentucky Papers, William K Talley

KY Bath 001 Bath County Kentucky Records # 1 Marriages 1811-1850 Joan Colbert Gioe

KY Bath 002 Bath County Kentucky Records # 2 Deaths 1852-1859, Wills 1811-1850

KY Edmonson 003 Jacob’s People [Descendants of Jacob Locke; history of Good Spring church; vital records Edmundson County, KY], Kenneth H. Lee

KY Green 003 The Long Hunters of Skin House Branch, Ruth Paull Burdette, Nancy Montgomery

LA 016 Cemeteries in the State of Louisiana by Parishes, Louisiana Cemetery Board

MD 061 Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers 1727-1775, Robert Barnes

MD Baltimore 043 Baltimore Directory of 1807. F. Edward Wright

MD Washington 010 Washington County, Maryland. Our Past, Our People. a Historical Portrait Vol II, Herald-Mail Company

MD Worcester 005 Cemetery records of Worcester County Maryland, Ruth T. Dyland

MA Plymouth 017 History of the Town of Middleboro Massachusetts, Thomas Weston

MO Clay 003 v.1 Clay County Missouri Cemetery Records volume 1, Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry

MO St Francois 002 St. Francois County Missouri Small Cemeteries, Rosalea Hopper

NY 000 Military 12 New York in the American Revolution, a source guide for genealogists and historians, Eric G. Grundset

ND Barnes 002 Zion Free Lutheran Church Valley City, North Dakota 1888-1988, Zion Free Lutheran Church Centennial Book Committee

OH Hamilton 007 Collection of Pioneer Marriage Records, Hamilton County, Ohio 1789-1817 volume 1, John D. Caldwell

OH Hamilton 008 1791-1826 Abstract of Book 1 and Book A Probate Record 1791-1826, Hamilton County, Ohio Hamilton County Ohio Genealogical Society

OH Hamilton 009 Willis Filed Probate Court Hamilton County Ohio 1791-1852, Ohio Genealogical Society

TN Dickson 006 v.1 Dickson County, Tennessee Deeds, Mar. 1804 – Dec. 1808 Vol. 1, Laura Willis

TN Dickson 006 v.2 Dickson County, Tennessee Deeds, Dec. 1808 – Sept. 1812 Vol. 2, Laura Willis

TN Dickson 006 v.3 Dickson County, Tennessee Deeds, Sept. 1812 – Aug. 1815 Vol. 3, Laura Willis

TN Dickson 006 v.4 Dickson County, Tennessee Deeds, Aug. 1815 – Feb. 1818 Vol. 4, Laura Willis

TN Dickson 006 v.5 Dickson County, Tennessee Deeds, Feb. 1818 – Oct. 1820 Vol. 5, Laura Willis

TN Dickson 006 v.6 Dickson County, Tennessee Deeds, Oct. 1820 – Apr. 1823 Vol. 6 Laura Willis

TN Gibson 002 History of Gibson County, Indiana, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, [Published 1884] Jas T. Tarrt & Co.

WV Greenbrier 006 Walking Tour of Historic Lewisburg, West Virginia, Greenbrier County Convention and Visitors Bureau

WI Milwaukee 003 Old Cemetery Burials of Milwaukee County Wisconsin Vol 2, Elizabeth Doherty Herzfeld

Foreign IRELAND 000 Research 31 Irish Ancestors, a pocket guide to your family history, John Grenham

Mayflower 039 Mourt’s Relation, a Journal of the Pilgrims at Portsmouth, Dwight B. Heath

Military REV WAR 076 Forgotten Patriots – the untold story of American prisoners during the revolutionary war, Edwin G. Burrows

Military REV WAR 077 Battle of Piqua Revolutionary Encounter in Ohio, [Brief history of the Shawnee Indian Village that formerly occupied the plot of ground now designated as George Rogers Clark Park, Springfield Ohio], Richard Roland Juday

Source GENEALOGY 081 Genealogist’s Question & Answer Book, Marcia Yannizze Melnyk

Source MAPS 023 Ward Maps of United States Cities, selective checklist of pre-1900 maps in the Library of Congress Michael H Shelley

Source PRESERVATION 006 More Than Memories, the complete guide to preserving your family history, Julie Stephani

US History WOMEN 033 Pioneer Women, the lives of women on the frontier, Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith

Family History CLINGENPEEL 01 Clingenpeel Family Lineage, Ronald Harvey Clingenpeel

Family History WATERMAN 01 Genealogical Line of Paternal Descent of the Waterman family of Davenport, Iowa, Fred L. Waterman

Family History WILDMAN 01 Wildman – Huckaby (all spellings), July 5, 1983, Bettina Pearson Higdon

Quiz Answers

Apollos Rivoire and Deborah Hichborn
Paul’s father was born in Riocaud, France; his mother in Boston
Silversmith
Christ’s Church (Old North Church)
He was 40 years old
Brown Beauty
He had 51 grandchildren
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Dr. Samuel Prescott
Wooden Shingles
2011
He was 83 and is buried in the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts

Source: Walking Boston, https://www.walkingboston.com/paul-revere-quiz-1/

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Lower Columbia Genealogical Society Missing Reward! Locating Widows, Spinsters and Batchelors

Sara Cochran

Genealogist and lecturer

Her Topic is

Missing: Reward! Locating Widows,

Spinsters and Bachelors

The speaker at the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society’s June 11th, 2026, zoom meeting will be Sara Cochran. Her topic is Reward! Locating Widows, Spinsters and Bachelors.

Virtual meeting doors will open at 9:30 am

Speaker’s program will begin at 10:00 am

The public is invited to attend

Please consider joining our society for $20/yr.

For a link to join the meeting or to join the society contact lcgsgen@yahoo.com 24hrs prior to the event

Let’s Talk About: McNeil Island & Prison

First off, McNeil Island was, indeed, a tiny seven-square-miles island in Puget Sound west of Tacoma. Its name comes from William Henry McNeil, a captain of some Hudson Bay Company steamers. Oregon Trail pioneer and advocate, Ezra Meeker had a homestead on McNeil Island where the prison yard would be but sold it in 1862. (Isn’t it interesting how history overlaps?)

In 1867, Congress authorized a territorial jail in the Washington Territory; in 1875 this became a federal penitentiary. The original cellhouse was built in 1873; by the end of 1875 the total prison population was nine. There are several websites available to you giving a chronological history of the place and are most interesting reads. At one time, the island provided for itself by raising vegetables, fruit, pork, beef and milk. By 1947, the incarcerated population was 320 individuals. Additional prison cells were added as the inmate population increased as did the housing facilities for the prison staff. McNeil ultimately had a capacity of 853 prisoners; the prison was closed in 2011and the land was deeded to the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife for continued use as a wildlife refuge. 

One of the more famous inmates was Robert Franklin Stroud whose story was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the movie Birdman of Alcatraz. (He was at McNeil but the movie was Alcatraz??)

Perhaps one of your family members was a “guest” at McNeil Island? Want to find out? 

The McNeil Island Penitentiary records, spanning 1875-2010, are primarily held by the National Archives at Seattle and the Washington State Archives, Digital Archives. They include inmate case files, mugshots and registers of prisoners received. Key digital records are accessible through Ancestry.com and the Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (www.digitalarchives.wa.gov). 

Tina Lawson Named One of WSGS’s Outstanding Volunteers in 2025

Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized over 600 outstanding volunteers and teams, nominated by their local society or genealogical organization for their service and dedication. These volunteers are the backbone of their local society, giving their time and expertise, to the organization and the field of genealogy. In the coming months, you will be introduced to each of the 2025 award recipients and learn why they received they received a WSGS Outstanding Volunteer and Team Award.

Today we’re introducing Tina Lawson of Auburn, Washington who was selected by the South King County Genealogical Society as its recipient of a WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.

Tina has made a quiet impact since she joined our society, volunteering to solve problems as we moved from mostly in-person meetings to a mostly online group during COVID. She took our Google workspace, and made it work for both the board, our members, and eventually, our website. She even figured out how to keep our website constantly updated, teaching all responsible parties how to edit the shared calendar, spreadsheet, or PDF document, which show up on SKCGS.org. She figured out how to include our blog posts and index in the website.

Tina also quietly created a publicity team who worked together seamlessly, sharing information about our meetings and our mission widely. She also volunteered to lead the bylaws team, which brought us into compliance with the new Washington State non-profit law.

As a board member, Tina helped each of us use our online tools effectively, and used her experience both in business and in other non-profits to help us develop plans, surveys, and programs, raising our success and enthusiasm greatly.

For more information on the WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award program, visit the Recognition page of the WSGS website or contact Info@wasgs.org. Please type “Volunteer Award” in the subject line.

LeeRoy Kind Named One of WSGS’s Outstanding Volunteers in 2025

Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized over 600 outstanding volunteers and teams, nominated by their local society or genealogical organization for their service and dedication. These volunteers are the backbone of their local society, giving their time and expertise, to the organization and the field of genealogy. In the coming months, you will be introduced to each of the 2025 award recipients and learn why they received they received a WSGS Outstanding Volunteer and Team Award.

Today we’re introducing LeeRoy Kind of Marysville, Washington who was selected by the StillaguamishValley Genealogical Society as its recipient of a WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.

LeeRoy spearheaded the Weller’s Funeral Home Card Project for SVGS. This project required the digitization of 4,000 3×5 cards. These cards span funerals from the 1880’s to the 1980’s and contain valuable family data which had not been publicly available until now. He also indexed the cards in preparation for loading them onto our website.

When the project stalled, LeeRoy stepped up and completed it on his own. LeeRoy’s willingness to work from home, as well as during his volunteer shifts at the library, has been instrumental in completing this project. We continue to be grateful for his diligent work ethic.

For more information on the WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award program, visit the Recognition page of the WSGS website or contact Info@wasgs.org. Please type “Volunteer Award” in the subject line.

Let’s Talk About: Indian Princess Buried In Utah?

 Some time ago, a friend told me that as a youngster, she enjoyed roaming a nearby cemetery where she lived in Beaver, Utah. She clearly remembers seeing this tombstone and asking folks who this was? Here’s what Google taught us:

“The “Indian princess” story associated with Beaver, Utah, is a family legend about an East Indian woman who converted to the LDS faith and moved to Beaver. The narrative is a specific family tale and there is no historical record of an “Indian princess” of this kind in Native American history or in the founding of Beaver, Utah. The concept of an “Indian princess” is often a romanticized and inaccurate portrayal of Native American nobility which didn’t exist in the European sense.”

Just for fun, I did some sleuthing on FindAGrave. Entering “King” in the first name box yielded 15,958 hits.  Entering “unknown” showed 307,472 hits.  What really was sad was the entries for “baby” as the first name:  786,412. This one really was awfully sad.

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Dragons?

Dragons?

Cymru & Dragons: Wales Research

Please Join us to learn more about Wales Research.

Date: June 06, 2026

Time: 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Location: The Hive (Door Code: 985426#)

Zoom Link and Class Handouts will be available on the website the day prior to this event. EWGSi.org

Cymru & Dragons

Speaker: Donna Potter Phillips

Nearly two million Americans today claim some Welsh ancestry….. are you among them?

Donna’s program will tweak your Welsh beak to learn about the history, culture and research resources for Cymru descendants.

 (That’s the ancient name for Wales.)

Cookies   Coffee  Free Stuff  Raffles  $50-50$

Bring any items you’d like to donate to the Fall Auction.

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy Family Tree SIG June 2026

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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