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Tuesday, May 19
Genealogy Chat (Special Interest Group)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Virtual
The Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is holding a Genealogy Chat. This is a monthly opportunity to connect with others and talk about anything and everything genealogical. The value of this meeting increases with the participation of each person that attends and contributes to the conversations. This is your chance to celebrate the breaking down of a brick wall in your research or ask questions of others that can help you find records or relatives. Everyone, members and guests, are welcome and encouraged to attend and participate.
For more information, click here.
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Wednesday, May 20
From Territory to State: Records You Might Miss - Fiske (Trainings)
10:00 am to 11:15 am Virtual
The Fiske Genealogical Library is sponsoring "From Territory to State: Records You Might Miss" with Sylvia Doolos. As our nation grew, territories began keeping records to achieve statehood. Let's look at records and research strategies that can help you.
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Thursday, May 21
Unusual Places to Find Irish Births & Naturalizations in American Records -- HQRL (Trainings)
11:00 am to 12:00 pm Hybrid
Heritage Quest Research Library is sponsoring a class "Unusual Places to Find Irish Births & Naturalizations in American Records with Debra Dudek. Debra explains how and where to widen your search for your Irish ancestors birth date, place of origin, and their American naturalization details from a variety of underutilized resources! In this lecture, you'll learn how to utilize a combination of research methodologies and combine them with military rosters, sailing registers, professional registrations, and much more!
The class is virtual and in-person (2102 E. Main St., Suite 105, Puyallup). To register, go to hqrl.com and go to HQRL Store.
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Friday, May 22 through Friday, May 22
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (Local society meetings)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Virtual
The program at the Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) meeting will be "Find A Grave -- Finding More than Graves" with Joyce Oswald and Ashley Riley. Uncertain about how to leave photos, biographies and documents for your descendants? Find A Grave provides a paywall free site to upload photos, documents and biographies to your relatives' memorial. Learn how to create new memorials, upload photos and documents and use the advanced features of this site to pass along your research to others. You can also learn about being a Find a Grave volunteer.
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Tuesday, May 26
Clark County Genealogical Society (Local society meetings)
7:00 pm 3205 NE 52nd St, Vancouver, WA 98663
The program at the Clark County Genealogical Society's meeting is "Finding African Ancestors Through the Census & Trans-
Atlantic Slave Trade" with Stephen Hanks. This presentation will offer other clues for researchers in African American genealogy trying to locate African ancestors, and will also provide an additional historical/cultural context to slavery in West Africa and
America that may be overlooked, namely, evidence that some of the enslaved from West Africa were black Hebrew Jews. For more information, visit www.ccgs-wa.org. |
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Wednesday, May 27
Mapping Your Migrating Ancestors - Fiske (Trainings)
10:00 am to 11:15 am Virtual
The Fiske Genealogical Library is sponsoring "Mapping Your Migrating Ancestors" with Tina Beaird. Tina will discuss the usefulness of different types of maps including aerial and birdseye maps as well as cadastral, enumeration, and fire insurance maps. She will give suggestions on how to trace your ancestors using land records available through multiple government agencies such as local and county tax assessors, county clerks, circuit court offices, and land use departments. Tina will also provide suggestions on how to track resources using non-governmental sources like libraries, archives and historical societies.
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Saturday, June 6
Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society (Local society meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm SVGS Library, 6111 188th Pl NE, Arlington, WA
The program at the Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society will be a virtual presentation of "Navigating the Seven C's of Genealogy" with Thomas MacEntee. Do genealogy “resolutions” really work? How about setting genealogy “goals” or “themes” instead? Here is a developed a list of seven “themes” to guide you this year and hopefully you can institute these as general “rules to do genealogy by” over the next few years. The themes cover most areas of concern for every family historian, whether you’ve been at this for some time or you are just getting started. Participants will learn how to focus on seven key areas in genealogy research: Clean, Collect, Curate, Create, Connect, Conserve and Continue. For more information, visit the SVGS website. |
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Saturday, June 13 through Saturday, June 20
Small Group Research Trip to Edinburgh (Tours)
Edinburgh, Scotland
The British Columbia Genealogical Society (BCGS) is offering small-group genealogical research trips to Edinburgh. The next one is coming up in June.
BCGS member and professional genealogist Kathy Chung is offering a fun, supportive, small-group genealogy research trip to Edinburgh from June 13-20, 2026. The tour includes seven nights hotel and seven breakfasts, 3 days of supported research at Scotland's People, a day-long bus tour out of the city, a closing night dinner with Scottish music, and pre-trip information and guidance. Enjoy the company of other family history buffs while you deepen your knowledge of your roots in the country of your ancestors. For this inaugural trip, Kathy is offering genealogy society members who register by March 15 a $200CAD discount. Simply mention your genealogy society membership in the "anything else you'd like us to know" section of the registration form. Details and registration at https://scottishgenealogy.ca. |
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Saturday, June 13
America250 -- JCGS (Special events)
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
The Jefferson County Genealogy Society of Port Townsend, Washington, cordially invites you to join us in celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. Our observance of this historical event will be held at the Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum, Washington, on June 13, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Event Details
- Date: June 13, 2026
- Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- Location: Tri-Area Community Center
10 West Valley Rd
Chimacum, Washington 98325
Special Guests
The event will feature guest speakers from the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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