Welcome to our website!

 
Our purpose is to stimulate a popular interest in family history, to seek genealogical and historical knowledge, to preserve and perpetuate the records of our ancestors, to aid and encourage individual members as well as non-members in compiling their family histories, and to collect and publish genealogical source material. 

Meeting Info
TPCGS monthly meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month, September through June. During COVID or inclement weather, meetings are held virtually utilizing the Zoom platform. The membership meetings are now in person as well; the location for each meeting will be on the website, and included in the email invitations that are sent to members before the meetings. The Meetings begin at 6:15 pm with a brief business meeting. Then the main presentation starts at 6:30.  
Guests are always welcome! 

 
Registration for the 2024 Virtual Spring Seminar is now open!
Speakers: Cyndi Ingle & Cari Taplin
 

Website of the Week:
While the live RootsTech event may be over, the majority of the presentations can stil be watched, whenever you like, over and over again!
 

 
Haytime
(Photo courtesy of Jean Findlay)

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
~Thomas Overbury
 

 
Do you have historical photographs of the Tacoma-Pierce County area?
Would you like to see them on our website? If so, please send an email to info@tpcgs.org.
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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March 19
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Genealogy Chat
Our converstation starter this week will be Diane Bertram talking about an NEGHS article about Mayflower Ancestors and then her experience spending last week at ...

April 2
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Legacy Family Tree Special Interest Group
This month's topic is: To Be Determined If you have any suggestions for future topics, please send them in.   This is our monthly meeting ...

April 4
7:00 pm
Board Meeting
Are you curious about what goes on at the board meetings and can't wait for the meeting minutes to be posted to the forum? Do ...

April 16
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
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 ...

April 20
4:00 pm
TPCGS Book Club
  Please join us as we discuss a fictional genealogical book, Home to Beulah by Claudia Breland..   More information at:  Amazon: Home to Beulah   We will also choose ...
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