Northeast Washington genealogical Society Fall Seminar

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group Meeting Tuesday, November 22 at 7:00 pm via Zoom Please join us as we begin our discussion of the book Genetic Genealogy in Practice by Blaine Bettinger and Debbie Parker Wayne. This month we will cover the first two chapters.  The book is available from the publishers, The…

On February 17, 2023 BIGS Presents At 10AM, Friday, Feb 17, 2023, on Zoom, Elizabeth Williams Gomoll will present: “Documents + DNA + Methods + Luck,” Combining Tools to Find Biological Family Finding an adopted child’s biological family is especially challenging for genealogists. This presentation uses a success story to show how good methodology combined with document research and DNA matches…

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Mar 7th, 2023, 7:00 pm This week we will be reviewing a series of short videos presented by Geoff Rasmussen that are free and available from the Legacy Family Tree Webinars site.  How to customize Legacy’s Family View How to make a backup of your…

by Donna Phillips Was Johnny Appleseed for real?  Click to this link and find out: https://waapple.org/johnny-appleseed/ (You may have to copy/paste this link.) Apple facts perhaps you didn’t know: Apples are a $2 BILLION industry in Washington.  Washington grows over 30 varieties of apples….can you name five? Apple sizing is designated by count—specifically the number of…

You’re invited to the WSGS’s annual meeting! Thursday, August 31, 2023, 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Here’s the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85164040192?pwd=ejZhaG9yaGE4MzZ3bDNnaTA1ZmVZUT09 Meeting ID: 851 6404 0192Passcode: 816294 Via phone: (253)205-0468,,85164040192#,,,,*816294# US The agenda will include the announcement of the 2023 Outstanding Volunteer and Team recipients, as well as the recipient of the President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement. We’ll also…

Hi there Great news: date estimation for historical photos is finally here, and is available exclusively on MyHeritage! I’m delighted to announce the release of PhotoDater™, a groundbreaking, free new feature that estimates the year a photo was taken using AI technology.  PhotoDater™ uses an AI model developed by MyHeritage that is trained to understand nuances such…