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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society March Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, March 14 from 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm Hybrid In-Person and via Zoom

Our speaker will be Sara Cochran, presenting “When Irish Eyes are Smiling.”Using vital records to discover information about your Irish heritage. She spoke to us in October and is a thoroughly enjoyable and knowledgeable speaker.

Note: This zoom/hybrid meeting will be in the smaller Conference Room at the Parkland Spanaway PC Library, located at 13718 Pacific Ave, (SR7) just north of Papa Murphy’s Pizza, so we do ask that it be limited to 6-8 in-person attendees, please RSVP to VP-Programs@tpcgs.org. Our next meeting in April is planned to be in their Meeting Room which is larger. The library closes at 8pm.  

Join Zoom Meeting

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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club DNA Never Lies

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club Meeting

Saturday, March 18 at 3:00 pm via Zoom

Please join us as we discuss a genealogical murder mystery.

This month’s book is DNA Never Lies by Sue George

Amazon: DNA Never Lies

We will also choose future books. 

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 819 9921 3610

Passcode: 479394

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Meeting ID: 819 9921 3610

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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy Family Tree SIG

by Charles Hansen

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 Legacy family file
Legacy software tip: How to unlink a child, spouse or parent if needed
How to Import a Family Tree Maker file into Legacy
How to make a Family Calendar using Legacy Family Tree software
Creating a Migration Chart with Legacy Family Tree software
Working with gaps in Legacy Family Tree
Legacy QuickTip: How to create a Mother’s Chart
Blank Forms in Legacy Family Tree software

We hope to see you this coming Tuesday, March 7th!

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.

Meeting Link:

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As always if a hyperlink is not active just copy and paste it into your browser.

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Beginners Class

by Charles Hansen

Want to learn how to start exploring your family tree? Join us at the Parkland/Spanaway Library on Friday, March 10 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm where members from the Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society will guide you into the pages of your past.

Parkland/Spanaway Library

13718 Pacific Ave. S

Tacoma, WA 98444

253-548-3304

www.piercecountylibrary.org

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA SIG Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group Meeting

Tuesday, February 28 at 7:00 pm via Zoom

We will continue studying Genetic Genealogy in Practice by Blaine Bettinger and Debbie Parker Wayne.

This month we will discuss Chapter 5: Genealogical Applications for atDNA.

This book is available from The National Genealogical Society (the publishers): 

Genetic Genealogy in Practice

From Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Genealogy-Practice-Blaine-Bettinger/dp/1935815229

From your local public library or via Inter-Library Loan.

Check WorldCat to see what libraries may have copies: https://worldcat.org/title/959825550

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: TPCGS DNA SIG

Time: Feb 28, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 827 2531 6888

Passcode: 811780

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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Chat

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogy Society Genealogy Chat

Tuesday February 21st, 2023 via Zoom

The Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom 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

Time: 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting:

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Meeting ID: 878 3913 0000

Passcode: 836216

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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club

Saturday, February 18th at 3:00 pm via Zoom

Please join us as we discuss a genealogical murder mystery.

This month’s book is The Moving Pictures: An Ella Graepenteck Genealogy Mystery by Erika Maren Steiger

WorldCat: https://worldcat.org/title/1284980875

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09C6DJC3D

We will also discuss the direction in which we would like this group to go and choose future books. 

Meeting link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81999213610?pwd=Qkk2WFZTZ2Rzdzc1Z0szN1AzdEZCUT09

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Parkland’s Journey from Indigenous Resource to PLU Campus

by Charles Hansen
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society General Membership Meeting
Tuesday, February 14th at 6:30 pm via Zoom

  Speaker: Marianne Lincoln, “Parkland’s Journey From Indigenous Resource to PLU Campus”   Before the fur trade, or British and American settlers arrived, the Parkland area was a shared resource for multiple populations of local Native Americans. In the early 1800’s, change arrived by sea and over the continent from far away. This story will tell of the major events and people that arrived and changed the Parkland area to what it is now.   Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86718143644?pwd=S0FjYU5acVVKbDEyamdXWWZVekFjdz0

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy Family Tree SIG

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society

Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Feb 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 Legacy family file
Legacy software tip: How to unlink a child, spouse or parent if needed
How to Import a Family Tree Maker file into Legacy
How to make a Family Calendar using Legacy Family Tree software
Creating a Migration Chart with Legacy Family Tree software
Working with gaps in Legacy Family Tree
Legacy QuickTip: How to create a Mother’s Chart
Blank Forms in Legacy Family Tree software

We hope to see you this coming Tuesday, February 7th!

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.

Meeting Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82495661568?pwd=dy85YmluVzF5aEU4SzFTcTUrVDlTUT09

As always if a hyperlink is not active just copy and paste it into your browser.

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club

by Charles Hansen

Attention:  The Book Club Meeting schedule for Jan 21st has been rescheduled for Feb 4th!

Saturday, February 4th at 3:00 pm PST via Zoom

Please join us as we discuss a genealogical murder mystery. This month’s book is The Sawtooth Slayer by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, the second in the Venator Cold Case series. WorldCat: https://worldcat.org/title/1345221886 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sawtooth-Slayer-Venator-Cold-Case/dp/B0BD2XNX52/ We will also discuss the direction in which we would like this group to go, and choose future books.  Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81999213610?pwd=Qkk2WFZTZ2Rzdzc1Z0szN1AzdEZCUT09