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NAGS Monthly Meetings, 4th Saturday of the Month 27 April 2024 @ 1 PM: Hybrid Meeting - in person at the FSC on Ruth St or register to attend via Zoom: "Sanborn Maps in Action" by Janet McNaughton
Janet will give a brief overview of the history of Sanborn maps and where to find them and then a live demonstrations using the Library of Congress collection. NAGS members are invited to send dates and addresses for buildings of interest and Janet could use some of those for the demonstration. Your addresses need to be to her by April 20. Your address being chosen would be like winning a lottery. There are Sanborn maps for about 12,000 jurisdictions. In her limited experience she found that between 1880 and 1920 there are the greatest number of maps.
Janet Keating McNaughton is a retired lawyer who worked for over 30 years in Arizona primarily as a prosecutor for the Arizona Attorney General's Office and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.For over 25 years she has been researching her children's family history.She has attended many genealogical courses as well as research trips to well known archives, libraries and historical societies around the country.She has also served 5 years as president of the Tempe Chapter of the FHSA in the Valley.She currently resides in Pennsylvania & mentors the FHSA Location SIG. You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Apr 27, 2024 12:30 PM Arizona
* * * * * * * * * GETTING STARTED WITH ZOOM - You may connect by using a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or mobile telephone. Each type of device will participate in the meeting a little differently. For tablet and mobile you may want to download the Zoom App. You can download the Zoom Client app. For iOS devices look in the app store for “Zoom Cloud Meetings” and for Android it’s in Google Play. Alternately you can get the download at https://ZOOM.us/download#client_4meeting
Here is a link to a 1 minute YouTube Video "How to Join a Zoom Meeting." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIkCmbvAHQQ If you just want to sit in on a Zoom meeting all you need is the ability to watch a video on your computer. If you want to participate you need a microphone. Many computers have a speaker and a microphone built in. If yours does not, you can obtain a headset with a boom microphone. External speakers will improve your experience. If you want to be seen by others you need a web camera. If your computer does not have a camera you can purchase one. There is a good video tutorial at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_8vQDfSzdY And zoom.us has some demonstrations. To run a test of your setup type zoom.us/test into your search bar.
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------------------------------- Meetings are open to the public and are held the fourth Saturday of the month (unless otherwise noted). The meeting starts at 1:00 pm. Meetings during the pandemic will be held online via Zoom. Email: AskNagsPrescottAz@gmail.com for meeting information. Map