The society was organized in the spring of 1961 and began with 6 members, ending its first full year with 54 members.
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- 1961
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- TPCGS Christmas Party
Sam Allen Room at the Tacoma Elks L...
Tuesday, December 8 at 6:00pm
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
The Importance of Newspapers in Genealogy Research
Presented by Karl Kumm
Informal Pre-Meeting beginning at 6:00pm: Sandra D. Johnson will be a resource for providing guidance, answering questions, facilitating discussion, etc, about Colonial American Genealogical Research.
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:Bates Technical College
Time:6:00PM Tuesday, December 8th
Location:Sam Allen Room at the Tacoma Elks Lodge
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
Topics: A Case Study in Genealogical Research & An Overview of Norwegian Family History
No reservations, pay at the door, $5 members, $10 non-members.
Coffee, tea, hot water, and cookies will be available for you to enjoy during the mid-morning break.
Speaker: Sarah Little
Time:9:00AM Saturday, October 3rd
Location:Bates Technical College
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
Speaker: Audrey Roley
Informal Pre-Meeting at 6pm: In keeping with the season Jane Irish Nelson will lead a discussion about Ghosts and Witches in our family trees.
Scottish Research
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, October 13th
Location:Bates Technical College
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
Don't forget our September meeting tomorrow evening! Annual Show and Tell ~ Genealogical Discoveries This Summer Presented by Everyone! Our members get together after our summer apart and share stories of what we did with out genealogy over the summer. Bring your summer projects and memories to share with us. Informal... Pre-Meeting: Lou & Marge Lehmann will facilitate discussion of Breaking through Brick WallsRead More
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
Speakers: Everyone ~ Members and Guests
Informal Pre-Meeting at 6pm: Lou & Marge Lehmann: Breaking through Brick Walls - Sharing Successes, Challenges, and Methods
Annual Show and Tell ~ Genealogical Discoveries This Summer
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, September 15th
Location:Bates Technical College
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society I just updated the Events Calendar on the TPCGS website.
Source: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Bates Technical College, 1101 South Yakima Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98405. Program 9:30 am to 12:00 noon.Registration: Free. Limited to TPCGS Members and their guests.Additional Information: Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Mini-Seminars.
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Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society discussed Tacoma-Pierce County Research Locales on the Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society discussion board.
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society changed their Mission.
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
This seminar will be for members only and guests if you bring them. We will have members with different genealogy programs on laptop computers, including Family Tree Maker, Legacy, PAF, and The Master Genealogist. We also hope to have Reunion on a Mac.
If you have a laptop with any computer program on it, and would like... to bring it to the seminar to help show other members how those programs perform, pleas e-mail Chuck Waid at cbwaid@comcast.net or call him at 253-862-6557 and let him know that you can bring your laptop and what program you are using.
If you plan to attend, or think that you can, and did not sign up at the April meeting, please let Chuck know.
We will have coffee, tea, hot water, and cookies to enjoy during the mid-morning break.Read More
If you have a laptop with any computer program on it, and would like... to bring it to the seminar to help show other members how those programs perform, pleas e-mail Chuck Waid at cbwaid@comcast.net or call him at 253-862-6557 and let him know that you can bring your laptop and what program you are using.
If you plan to attend, or think that you can, and did not sign up at the April meeting, please let Chuck know.
We will have coffee, tea, hot water, and cookies to enjoy during the mid-morning break.Read More
Genealogy Computer Programs
Time:9:00AM Saturday, June 6th
Location:Bates Technical College
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
Presented by Cyndi Howells of "Cyndi's List"
Informal Pre-Meeting at 6:00 pm: Warren Fisk will be a resource for providing guidance, answering questions, facilitating discussion, etc, about "Civil War Genealogy".
Plotting, Scheming, and Mapping Online
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, May 12th
Location:Bates Technical College
