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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.

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* Regular monthly meetings of genealogical interest, including professional speakers

* The Bulletin, our quarterly publication

*Assistance and mentoring with your genealogical research and problems

* Reduced rates for attendance at NAGS special events

* Membership in a like-minded group which understands your excitement over finding dead ancestors. Your membership helps the organization provide more professional programs and materials

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Prescott Public Library
Genealogy Research Series

17 September 2018 2:30 - 4pm "Researching Your Ancestors' Military Service: Locating Source Documents and Adding Historical Context," by Bill Wolf, Monday, September 17, 2018, 2:30 to 4pm at the Prescott Public Library. This talk is part of NAGS' quarterly Genealogy Research Series talks at Prescott Public Library.

Contact Us: Please feel free to contact us in writing: P.O. Box 695, Prescott, AZ 86302, use the Email Button below or the Web Form on the Contact Us page.

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2018 Events
Join us!
You are cordially invited to attend the Northern Arizona Genealogical Society's (NAGS) monthly meeting at the Family History Center, 1001 Ruth Street.   Doors will open at 1:30 pm with the meeting beginning at 2pm. Please park at the rear of the building and enter through the double doors in back. This facility is handicap accessible. We will be meeting in Room 20. The meeting is free and open to the public.
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22 September 2018 @ 2:00 P.M "Walking Through the Stones--A Guide to Cemeteries and Headstones". Cemeteries hold a strange fascination for most people. For some, a cemetery conjures up ghostly thoughts, while others perceive them as places to remember loved ones long gone. Genealogists look upon cemeteries as a wide-open world of discovery -- discovery of names, dates, associations and stories of ancestors.
Headstones and gravestone art can provide fascinating insights into the life of an individual if you can interpret what you see. This talk will provide information on locating cemeteries and graves as well as what to look for when you walk among those silent monuments.
   Sue Williams will also discuss the "cryptic clues" that can be found in gravestone art, symbols and epitaphs. For example, if you find an ancestor's headstone with a skull and wings, does it mean you are descended from a pirate? Probably not, but it does mean the grave is likely from the 17th century. And epitaphs can add humor to your life such as, "I told you I was ill."
   Join us as Sue leads us in a "Walk Through the Stones" to discover more clues (and laughs) in the graveyard as we search for our ancestors.

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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 2 pm. The doors open at 1:30pm for social time. Meetings are held at the LDS Church, 1001 Ruth Street. Please park in the rear and enter through the back using the double doors. This facility is handicap accessible.
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