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Prescott Public Library
Genealogy Research Series

September 16, 2019 @2pm. Local History Resources for Genealogy by Rosemary Medrano, a librarian at Prescott Public Library.
She will describe the many local genealogical resources available to researchers, especially those available through Prescott Public Library and Sharlot Hall Museum. This free public lecture is presented in the Founders Suite at the Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin St. Prescott, AZ and sponsored by the Northern Arizona Genealogical Society.

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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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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September 28, 2019 @ 2pm.

Duane Roen will discuss " Using Cultural History to Enrich Family Stories."

Sometimes family historians have only names, dates, and places for ancestors. But the more we gather names, dates, and other genealogical facts, the more we yearn for more personal connections to and understanding of those who came before us, found in stories about their lives and accounts of their daily struggles, hopes, and dreams. How can we enrich the stories that we write about our ancestors if we have relatively few details about their lives? Duane Roen will talk about how to start writing about your family history by using cultural/social history to flesh out the stories that we write about ancestors. Such history can give us a better understanding of what our ancestors experienced. He will also offer some suggestions for organizing family history writing.
Duane Roen is Professor of English and Dean in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University, where he also serves as Vice Provost for ASU Polytechnic campus, Coordinator of the Project for Writing and Recording Family History, and Dean of University College. He previously served as Head of Humanities and Arts. Prior to that, he directed the Writing Program at Syracuse University, as well as the graduate program in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English at the University of Arizona. Early in his career, he taught high school English in New Richmond, Wisconsin, before deciding to complete a doctorate at the University of Minnesota. In addition to more than 280 articles, chapters, and conference papers, Duane has published ten books on writing and the teaching of writing.

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