Read more about the Building Index . Go to the index. The Photography Archive. More than 40,000 images form the Tacoma Public Library's extensive photography collection searchble by keyword. Read more about the collection.
Genealogy is the study of family history and the discovery of one's roots.
Tracing your family's ancestry takes basic research skills, patience and time. Included here is information about the Library's genealogy resources and a listing of other World Wide Web sites of interest. The Tacoma Public Library is home to more than 1.5 million photographs of Tacoma, Pierce County and the Pacific Northwest from 1888 to the present day. The collection is a veritable treasure chest of riches for historians, researchers, students, designers, architects and anyone curious about our past. The Library's Washington Place Names Database provides the who, what, when and why about thousands of place names throughout the state.