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WELCOME TO THE NORTHERN ARIZONA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY - We are a non-profit dedicated to all aspects of genealogy, providing access to local records and other genealogical information. The Society serves genealogists throughout Yavapai and Coconino Counties. Explore our website and consider becoming a member.

See News/Events for upcoming Genealogical Zoom Meetings available to NAGS members!

NAGS Monthly Meetings, 4th Saturday of the Month @ 1 PM:

21 May 2022 @ 1 PM "Open NAGS Member Meeting"

This is not a 4th Saturday since Memorial Day is the next weekend!
Time to vote on officers and hold an open meeting to talk about what has been going on in genealogy with our researches, insights, new web sites, and the 1950 Census hunts!

25 June 2022 @ 1 PM "Rescuing the Hugh Calkins House of Norwich, Connecticut"
  ~ Nanette Armstrong

Due to be torn down in three days, this single family home in Norwich, CT was saved in the nick of time. Luckily, the Calkins Family Association stepped in with Nanette at the lead. Now the fun part—who lived there? What did they do? Dating to the year 1659, this house has a lot of stories to tell.
   Nanette wrote up her research into a story. She will present this story as she shows the process and supporting documents used as background for the tale. She will go over how the story was written and the items used in the research. She will finish with another an example in a very short paragraph of how you can turn even a few dates and names into a story: Not a work of fiction, but a story of real ancestors.
Nanette Armstrong will tell the tale of her instrumental part of saving the historic Hugh Calkins House that dates to British Colonial America, and what lies ahead. She’ll share photos and video of this house, mention the ghost, her tangle with the IRS, and how she figured out who lived there over the centuries.
Nanette Calkins Armstrong grew up on a farm in West Virginia, thinking there weren’t many with the Calkins name. Was she ever wrong. Thirty years ago she visited a friend who had pedigree charts and timelines pasted all over her living room wall and her interest in genealogy began. Nanette is the Vice-President of the Calkins Family Association, a national genealogy organization. She lives in Sedona with her husband, Rich. Together they share the hobby of birding.

23 July 2022 @ 1 PM "20 Timeless Genealogy Research Tips" ~ Sharon Atkins ~

Description:
“They say with age comes wisdom. And though so many things have changed in the past 20 years, the core of good genealogy research has remained the same.”

This NAGS July presentation will review Family Tree Magazine’s list of "20 Timeless Genealogy Research Tips" to enhance your research, no matter where you are in your genealogy journey.

Arizona State Library offers lectures - must register as space is limited

- https://azsos.libcal.com/

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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.

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