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NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION, AGAINIs your New Year’s resolution this year the same as it was last year, organize this genealogy research mess, it’s out of control. Here’s a few simple tips from the Family Curator: 

As you probably remember, we released LiveStory, an incredible new feature that makes your photos speak, at RootsTech. The response has been enthusiastic: in the first two weeks, over a quarter of a million LiveStories were created by MyHeritage users. People are just loving this new feature and can’t get over how incredible it is…

by Donna Phillips We recognize them anywhere: Carnegie Libraries. Seemingly, every city has one….or more. Some 43 were built in Washington State; 32 are still standing and 14 are still used as libraries. We think of Andrew Carnegie as a self-made millionaire and philanthropist, and he certainly was. But did you know he obtained most of…

The Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) invites members of other Washington societies to attend our next Skill Building SIG – Saturday morning July 9th 10:00 am PDT.  Details below. Contact Betty Wiese at [email protected] to get the zoom link information Disaster Preparation for our Family History Material Saturday, July 9, 2022, 10:00 AM (PDT) via Zoom and in person…

 Please join us for Tri-City Genealogical Society’s January General meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8.  The presentation will be at the Richland FamilySearch Center located at 1314A Goethals Dr.  Entrance is down the ramp from the parking lot that is to the north of Dairy Queen.  The presentation will also be on Zoom…

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Monthly Educational MeetingTuesday, March 11, 2025, starting at 6:00 pm This month’s presentation will be a video presentation provided by MyHeritage: Researching Family History at Your Library with MyHeritage Library Edition presented by Daniel Horowitz. MyHeritage Library Edition is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its…