Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society

What are Queries?
Queries, in genealogical publications, have traditionally been similar to classified ads. They are short paragraphs, with specific details about a person or family, usually complete with a specific question or "query" about that person or family. These days, queries are published in magazines, newsletters, journals, newspapers, e-mail mailing lists and on web sites. The queries found here on the TPCGS web site are submitted by members and non-members who have research in this area of the world. The queries submitted are published in the society's quarterly and on this web site. If you are looking for research help besides this type of query, see the following pages for further options:

• Family Line Research
  A unique service of the Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society.
• PSRoots Mailing List
  Free to subscribe to via e-mail for anyone who is doing genealogical research in the Puget Sound area of Washington state.
• Puget Sound Genealogy Resources
• Cyndi's List - Washington

Index to TPCGS Queries Online

• TPCGS Queries, 2009
• 2008 Seminar Surnames
• TPCGS Queries, 2007 - 2008
• TPCGS Queries, 2006 - 2007
• TPCGS Queries, 2004 - 2005
• TPCGS Queries, 2002 - 2003
• TPCGS Queries, 2001 - 2002
• TPCGS Queries, 2000 - 2001
• TPCGS Queries, 1999 - 2000
• TPCGS Queries, 1998 - 1999
• TPCGS Queries, 1997 - 1998
• TPCGS Queries, 1996 - 1997
• TPCGS Queries, 1995 - 1996
• TPCGS Queries, 1994 - 1995

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Abbreviations Used In Queries:

ENGLE, SCHRENK
Seeking information on Jacob (Jake or Jack) ENGEL, who was b 19 Nov 1886, in Kleefeld, Russia, to Joseph EINGEL/ENGEL and Elizabeth (SCHRENK) EINGEL/ENGEL. He is known to have worked as a bulk fuel driver from Goodrich, ND, to New Rockford, ND, and is also known to have worked in sales. He disappeared in 1913-1914 and has never been seen again by his family in ND. Since that time, there have been rumors of his being seen in Texas, Chicago, Canada, and Carrington, ND, where his extended family lived. He may have had a wife and children.
Contact: Lorraine L. Werner, 3709 N Orchard St, Tacoma, Washington 98407-4129, lorraine@harbornet.com

AVERY, LEWIS, GIVENS, SPIVEY, CAMMACK
Seeking information about the following people:
William AVERY, known to have been in St. Tammany, LA, in 1870;
Emerline LEWIS, known to have been in Louisiana in 1877;
Charles GIVENS, known to have been in Hancock, MS, in 1868;
William SPIVEY, known to have been in Mississippi, in 1880; and
Lorena CAMMACK, known to have been in Mississippi, in 1895.
Contact: Dolores K. Woods, 1627 E 63rd St, Tacoma, Washington 98404-4318, DoloresKWoods@aol.com

CARTWRIGHT, TRESENRITER
Seeking parents of James M. CARTWRIGHT b June 1844, possibly in Indiana. He married Alice TRESENRITER, b 10 May 1849 in Floyd Co., IN, m 24 Dec 1866, in Harrison Co., IN. Possible names Charles CARTWRIGHT and Cynthia unknown.
Contact: Katherine Richey Johnson, 3342 N Whitman St, Tacoma, Washington 98407, johnsokb@plu.edu