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Discover County Histories and the Family Stories They Tell
  • August 28, 2019
  • 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Heritage Quest Research Library

Instructor:  Janet Camarata
The town, county, and regional histories are important sources for genealogists for 18th and 19th-century research. Discover settlement patterns of a given area, origins of the early settlers, geography, religion, economics, education, the social conditions and major events of the times, and if lucky, a biographical sketch of your ancestor. Learn what's been written, where to find them and how to assess their value.
$20.00 members / $25.00 non-members
 
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Meyer’s Orts- und Verkehrs- Lexicon
  • August 15, 2019
  • 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Heritage Quest Research Library

Join us as we welcome our member, Sue Foster, as a new instructor. Sue will speak on 2 subjects:
1) Meyer's Orts- und Verkehrs- Lexicon includes all place names as they were designated during the time of the German Empire (1871-1918). She will discuss the online version, importance in locating the place where vital records were recorded and the locations of the microfilmed/digitized records of the Family History Library based on this Gazeteer.
2) a FREE German website, which translates to English, and its 2 divided sections: a] information, history, links to regional family history groups and repositories, and b] family trees submitted by researchers.
$20.00 members / $25.00 non-members
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Making Sense of the Supplemental Censuses
  • July 24, 2019
  • 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Heritage Quest Research Library

Instructor: Janet Camarata
The U.S. government also collected non-population, special supplemental censuses, collecting territorial data, agriculture, manufacturing, slave schedules, state, veterans, social statistics, and mortality (causes of death). Learn how to build a personal guidebook for help in reading and understanding each census. Learn what's available and where to find them in Ancestry, FamilySearch and the National Archives.
$20.00 members / $25.00 non-members
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Social Media: Facebook & Pinterest for Genealogy
  • July 09, 2019
  • 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Heritage Quest Research Library

Social media is one of the fastest growing resources for discovering your family history. It allows you to connect to family, friends, and colleagues on-line as well as meet people with similar interests and hobbies. This class will focus on Facebook, including how to protect your privacy, and Pinterest. There will be a brief mention of other social media sites.
Instructor:  Dee Haviland Fournier
Fee:  $20 for members, $25 for non-members
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Understanding DNA with Janet Camarata
  • June 26, 2019
  • 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Heritage Quest Research Library

This is a GREAT class for beginners and for brushing up on your skills. After receiving your DNA results, the questions begin. Learn how to navigate the results, understand an ethnicity report, geographical background maps and identifying cousin matches with Ancestry, Family Tree DNA and 23and me.
Instructor:  Janet Camarata
$20.00 members / $25.00 non-members
(We had a class on library research previously in this time slot.)
 
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Call : (253) 863-1806 Email : Info@hqrl.com
Heritage Quest Research Library

Heritage Quest Research Library is a nonprofit genealogy library, a 501(c)(3), in Puyallup, Washington, managed and staffed entirely by volunteers.

2102 East Main Avenue, Suite 105, Puyallup, Washington 98372, USA