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What I Wish I Had Known . . .
  • September 25, 2019
  • 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Heritage Quest Research Library

This is an interactive class with Janet Camarata, as the facilitator, where experienced genealogists share their genealogical knowledge with beginning genealogists. The following topics may be covered: cite your sources, the importance of the original, people married more than once, the importance of location, it might be a mistake, we can always learn, relatives are everywhere, importance of law, public or private sharing, problems with technology and the access to on-line sources.
Don’t miss this class, a lot of knowledge is to be gained by attending.  $20.00 members / $25.00 non-members
For reservations please, stop by HQRL or call HQRL at 253-863-1806.
After reserving a seat, if you are unable to attend the class, please call to cancel so that others may attend.
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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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Sumner Rhubarb Days
  • July 27, 2019
  • 09:30 AM to 05:00 PM

Heritage Quest Research Library

Come buy a pie during Sumner's Rhubarb Days on July 27 and 28th. HQRL will be working with the Orting Senior Center to provide delicious rhubarb pies and slices. See the HQRL Blog for volunteer spots signup.
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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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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