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 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 DirectoriesDrew 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.
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
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.
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
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.
To me, the “funny” thing about this 1923 marriage certificate is that Miss Hazel was obviously so proud to be IRISH. And her groom was proud of his Scotch-English-Irish “color or race.” And both were happy to be single!
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.
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
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