MyHeritage 24-hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon

TIP OF THE WEEK –BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORICAL  NEWSPAPERS AND A WEBINAR  Jill Morelli passed along this tip; it originally came from Valerie Beaudrault. The University of British Columbia has made the BC Historical Newspapers database, a digital collection of 168 newspaper titles published between 1859 and 1995, available on their website. Toward the bottom left hand side of the…

TIP OF THE WEEK –SEEK SCHOOL RECORDSRecords kept by schools often list all the students attending the school and ages over time, as well as the parents names of each child. If you have a child in your tree whose death you can’t confirm — maybe they show up in one census and disappear in…

by Donna Phillips I was once told that most every American has a good portion of German DNA in their ancestry. I know I do.  I discovered the German Genealogy Group (GGG) some years ago and have been a member ever since. I am astonished by the MANY FREE searchable records they offer! Total Database…

When: Friday, April 7, 2023 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm PT Zoom Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yck8upj6     Topic: “Researching the Eastern European German Diaspora” This presentation focuses on the populations of Germans in Eastern Europe which reached more than 18 million people scattered in former German communities. Their settlement area was roughly bounded by the Oder-Neisse River (West), the Ural…

You are invited to attend our monthly membership meeting Tuesday November 8th beginning at 6:30 pm. This is a hybrid meeting being held at the Tacoma Family History Center located at 5915 S 12th Street, Tacoma, WA 98465 and online via Zoom.  Please email publicity@tpcgs.org for Zoom login. We will have a presentation about our popular local…