Events

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.

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. Contact Betty Wiese for the zoom link  (bettywiese@comcast.net).

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.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is hosting its Genealogy Chat. Please join us and let's chat! Discussion starter topic – open discussion. 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.