The Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is inviting you to our monthly genealogy chat meeting.
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!
Topic: TPCGS Genealogy Chat 3rd Tuesday Each Month
Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Jan 3rd, 2023, 7:00 pm
Happy New Year! This week we will finish reviewing a longer video presented by Geoff Rasmussen that is free and available from the Legacy Family Tree Webinars site. The direct link to the video is listed below its title:
This Week we will finish up with the middle 3rd of this video that we started back in December.
We hope to see you this coming Tuesday, January 3rd!
Our meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 7:00 pm until 8:30. The link to the reoccurring Zoom Meeting is located at the bottom of this page.
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.
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group Meeting
Tuesday, December 27 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 third chapters.
The book is available from the publishers, The National Genealogical Society at:
Topic: “Start the New Year Right – get organized by letting software do the work.”
Is your genealogy research organized and easy to manage? If you’re like most of us, you could use some help getting this done. Several EGS-GIG members will demo free software that can help turn your piles and files into easily stored and retrievable data. Learn great ways to track everything from citations to collections, research management to photo organizing and many other useful tools.
Presenters: The presenters will include Leslee Dunlap, Wilson Royer and Melinda McRae. All are active genealogists and love finding new computer tools to assist their work.
Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Dec 6th, 2022, 7:00 pm
This week we will begin reviewing a longer video presented by Geoff Rasmussen that is free and available from the Legacy Family Tree Webinars site. The direct link to the video is listed below its title:
Our meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 7:00 pm until 8:30. The link to the reoccurring Zoom Meeting is located at the bottom of this page.
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.
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 National Genealogical Society at:
We will also discuss the direction in which we would like this group to go and choose future books. If we like this book, we may decide to continue with the next book in the series.
If you are not a member of TPCGS and wish to attend, please email info@tpcgs.org for the Zoom link.
Topic: “Beyond the Nutcracker: German Christmas Traditions“
The decorated tree, the song “Silent Night,” the story of The Nutcracker and more are contributions to Christmas in the U.S. by German immigrants of the 18th and 19th centuries. Other vibrant, lovely traditions have been lost in translation but continue in Germany today. Talk includes a handout with recipes, links to music, history and more.
Speaker: Claire Gebben
She is the author of the award-winning memoir How We Survive Here: Families Across Time (2018) about the discovery of old letters in an attic in Germany written by her ancestors, letters that propel her on a transatlantic quest to learn the truth and write about their lives. Her historical novel The Last of the Blacksmiths (2014) is based on the true story of German Michael Harm, who immigrates to America in 1857 to apprentice as a blacksmith and pursue the American dream. Ms. Gebben gives presentations on genealogy, history, and writing at numerous venues. Her articles on German genealogy and history appear in the Seattle Genealogical Society Newsletter, Northwest Prime Time, German Life magazine and elsewhere. More at http://clairegebben.com
Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Nov 1st, 2022, 7:00 pm
This month’s meeting will be a little different as we have exhausted the longer free Legacy Family Tree videos, so I will be picking 2 – 3 topics from the paid videos to discuss. We won’t be watching the paid videos, but I will review them and try to channel my inner Geoff to discuss and demonstrate the topics live via zoom and my Legacy family file.
I hope to see you on Tuesday November 1st!
Our meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 7:00 pm until 8:30. The link to the reoccurring Zoom Meeting is located at the bottom of this page.
The purpose of this Special Interest Group is 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.
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