Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers Introduction to Family Search

by Donna Phillips This is a continuation not of Alexandra Rain’s article but a parallel article. This bit is from the Sept/Oct 2020 issue of YourGenealogyToday magazine, an article by T.S. Davis titled “What I’m Looking For.” I quote from his article: “It is an odd obsession, and people who are not consumed by it can’t understand why we…
In case you haven’t heard (not sure how you missed the news!), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is releasing the 1950 U.S. Census at midnight on 01 Apr 2022. NARA will provide free online access to the population schedules for U.S. states and territories, enumeration district maps, and enumeration district descriptions. According to NARA’s website,…
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA SIG Meeting May 24th at 7:00 pm The Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group invites you to attend our May meeting. Please join us as we discuss the use of DNA in genealogy. At this meeting we plan to watch Crista Cowan’s webinar on color-coding your Ancestry…
During the month of May 2023, we added 46 million records from 30 collections around the world, with records from Belgium, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. The collections include birth, marriage, divorce, death, military, naturalization, and student records. You can find a full list of the newly added collections…
We have some fantastic free webinars from Legacy Family Tree Webinars in July, plus a free genealogy conference. Check out the details below about July 2022’s live webinars: The Madness of ‘Mc’ Surnames by Carol Baxter What’s New at DNA Painter by Jonny Perl Exploring Your Ethnicities on MyHeritage by Gal Zrihen Montana Genealogy Treasures by…
Saturday, August 10Getting the Most Out of Find A Grave (Classes)1:00 pm to 4:00 pmZoom MeetingALL TIMES ARE MOUNTAIN TIME. THIS IS A ZOOM MEETING. Please set up your computer with the Zoom client app prior to the meeting, so that you are not delayed getting into the meeting. Set up is simple but is…