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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…

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023 Speaker: Judy Russell Printable 1-page flyer (8-1/2 x 11 pdf) Registration (required): — OGS Member Registration ($40; must be logged into OGS website to access this page.) — Non-Member Registration ($50) — Your payment receipt will be your registration confirmation. As the Seminar approaches, registrants will receive additional information via email. — A recording of each…

INTERNET ARCHIVE FOR THE FAMILY HISTORIANWow! Just when you thought you had linked all the genealogical research you could find…Internet Archive came along. Maybe not a new site, but have you used it?  Here is a free site to make books available for free.  This site includes “government documents, church records, county and state histories, atlases…

Mark your calendars for the National Genealogical Society (NGS) 2023 Family History Conference, 31 May – 3 June, in Richmond, Virginia. The theme is Virginia: Deep Roots of a Nation. Thanks to the more than 885 NGS members who answered our conference survey, the NGS Family History Conference promises to deliver the programming you’re looking…

Tuesday November 15th at 7:00 pm Do you have thoughts, ideas, questions, or comments about anything related to genealogy? Then this is for you.  Please plan to attend, share, and expand your knowledge of all thing’s genealogy all from the comfort of your own home. We look forward to seeing and chatting with you Nov 15th,…

More than 1,500 Washington Pioneers have been documented in our Pioneer Pursuit Contest. Thank you to all who have submitted genealogies, but we’re looking for more! It is estimated there were nearly 350,000 people living here in 1889, and thousands more who came and went before 1889. As an incentive for submitting (and having approved) a genealogy…