TCGS Library Resources

The TCGS library includes 2,900 books, 450 periodicals, 200 CDs, 3000 microfilms and thousands of microfiche. Below are the catalogs for these resources to help you prepare for a visit to our library.

Our catalogs have been reorganized and updated. The catalogs for books, fiche and CDs have been expanded to include short descriptions of each book/fiche/CD that often including the surnames included or the counties covered. Each catalog is a work-in-progress, and will be updated periodically.

Usage instructions are:

• You will need Adobe Reader installed on your system to use it. Download and install Adobe Reader. It's easy and takes less than five minutes.
• Each catalog is organized by location.
• Within each catalog the resource headings on the first page are hyperlinks that will take you directly to each state, country, or topic of interest.
• You can use Adobe Reader’s powerful search function to find all occurrences of a topic, place, name, etc.
  • Go to Edit/Search (not Find) and enter the word or phrase of interest.
  • There is no wildcard capability, but you can enter a few letters to find all the words containing those letters. For example, entering penn finds all occurrences of Pennsylvania. Similarly, entering Os and checking Case-Sensitive finds all the Osborn, Osborne, Osburn, etc. spelling variants.
  • Enlarging the Search window shows the word or phrase with its surrounding words, and clicking on the item of interest takes you to its location in the document.

Book Catalogue (updated 3/2008) – listing of the books but not periodicals.

Microfiche Catalogue (updated 3/2008) – listing of the microfiche.

CD Catalogue (updated 9/2009) – listing of the Compact Discs.

Microfilm and Periodicals (updated 3/2008)– listing of microfilms and genealogical and historical periodicals. Pages 3-24 is the catalogue for periodicals. The remaining pages are the catalogue for microfilms.

Our TCGS researchers will search these resources for you for a fee. See our Research page for details.

Our Library is housed in the Richland Family History Center

• Address is 1314 Jadwin Ave. Richland WA 99352 (509) 946-6637. Behind the church is a smaller building that houses the family history center and TCGS's book collection.
• Hours are:
  • Mon, Fri, Sat 9am - 5pm
  • Tues, Wed, Thur 9am - 9pm
• Free family history classes are offered. See the Calendar or the Monthly Update for the latest classes.
• Check out the online resources accessible for free at most Family History Centers, including the Richland Center.

Check out the area's Other Libraries.