NORTHERN ARIZONA
           GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY    
   (NAGS)

      P.O. Box 695
                 Prescott, AZ 86302       

Monthly Programs, usually 4th Saturday @ 1 PM

Programs / meetings are generally on the fourth Saturday of the month at 1:00 p.m.  
The meetings are free and open to the public.   
Email: [email protected] for meeting information
Genealogy Gems: News from the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne​ -  Eastern Daylight Time Zone  (3 hours ahead)  
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Genealogy Center’s May 2025 Programs
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Join us for another month of free, virtual programs!
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Learning and networking abound through the Genealogy Center! Join us for another month of free, virtual and in-person programs!

Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. ET “In-Person DNA & Genealogy Interest Group” with Sara Allen - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13427227

Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 2 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. ET “United States Jewish Records” with Ellen Kowitt and the Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society. An afternoon of important programming: 2 p.m. - Locating Jewish Records in the Golden Medina (Jewish America) 1654 to present & 3:30 p.m. - U.S. Synagogue Records as Genealogical Source. Enjoy one or both - https://neindianajgs.org/upcoming-events/?mc_cid=a31f3c98d0&mc_eid=9ae2911281

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. ET “Researching Family in the Oldest Record Sets in the United States” with Dave Robison - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13552937

Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. ET “Uncovering the Past: Exploring the Canadian Census (1825-1931)” with Lisa Elvin Staltari - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13427241  

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. ET “Using Tax Records to Add Context to Your Family” with Michele Doyle - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13427298

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET “Migration of African Americans from Alabama to Fort Wayne” with Karen Richards - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xQZkncN_R_y4dTrrCGGnTQ#/registration
A program of the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana.

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. ET “Using Kindred Box to Preserve Your Story” with Jack Hamilton - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13552978

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 2 p.m. ET “Research Tools & Tips: No Ancestor Left Behind - Searching Non-population Census Records” with Roberta Ridley of the African American Genealogical Society of Fort Wayne - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ICrv7e7zQ0-mzMbChIOkHQ
This program is being offered both virtually and in the Discovery Center of the Genealogy Center

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. ET “Evaluating Published Family Histories” with John D. Beatty - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13427455

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. ET “Mapping Your Family History” with Susie Wickman - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13427504

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. ET “Tracing Your Ancestors at Library and Archives Canada with Marie-Eve Robert  - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13427813

Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. ET “The Basics of Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy” with Jennifer Wiebe - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13427852     

Please register in advance to enjoy these engaging programs.

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Staying Informed about Genealogy Center Programming
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Do you want to know what we have planned? Are you interested in one of our events, but forget? We offer email updates for The Genealogy Center’s programming schedule.  Don’t miss out!  Sign up at http://goo.gl/forms/THcV0wAabB.  

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Genealogy Center Social Media
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   Begin with Genealogy & History Tab for Online Resources @ Prescott Public Library   

                                                               www.prescottlibrary.info/

GENEALOGY & HISTORY
Saturday, 26 April 2025, 1 pm ~ Mary Kelly  ~
     "Dunbar Scots POWs of 1650 - A New Life in Maine, 
                                                                      How English Deportation Policy Shaped America"                                                                  
Mary Kelly’s American heritage reaches back to the 1640s along the border of Maine and New Hampshire.She encountered a Scottish prisoner of war who appeared in both her mother’s and father’s family tree. In exploringthis ancestor’s past, she has since found another and another -- now eight Scottish prisoners of war from the Battle of Dunbar in 1650.
 
Mary is the Registrar and Historian for the Lady Knox DAR Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, in Maine. She most recently served as project manager for the book: Fighting for Freedom, Fighting for Survival published in November 2024 by the Lady Knox Chapter. The book’s core is 40 biographies of men in Midcoast Maine who served their country during the American Revolution and the War of 1812. She compiled genealogies and stories of 3rd through 5thgenerations of her own family with copies distributed to her family.
  
Program Synopsis:  In 1650, 150 Scots who survived the Battle of Dunbar and a death march to Durham were shipped to New England and sold as forced labor toowners of ironworksandsawmills. After seven years, they gained their freedom and land located along the Piscataqua River. The men lived in a more lenient society than within Massachusetts andwould experience both opportunity and danger.Separated from their families in Scotland, they establishednew families and supportive relationships on a new continent.
 
Their story is not unique. Thousands of undesirable men, women and children were transported in bondagein the 17th and 18th centuries primarily by England.Their origins colored England’s mindset of American colonists as riff-raff and second-class citizens.
 
The stories of the Scottish Prisoners of Wars seized at the Battles of Dunbar and Worcester have been taken up on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years by the Scottish Prisoners of War Society, archeologists and historical societies. 

Zoom recording click to view
​Handout

Saturday, 22 February 2025 at 1 PM, “The Spanish Lady Revisited”  ~ Barbara Wich ~

Barbara is a long time member of NAGS with an interest in history which was fostered by her Father, a member of a B-17 Army Air Corps stationed in England during WWII. She will present an overview of some of the world-wide traumas of 1918.

We had a lively meeting and the recording is listed below for you to view or review.
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​View Recording click here:
2024 Genealogy Mentoring Program Schedule
Genealogy Mentoring done virtually via Zoom.
Get help with the research tools you need to discover your family history.
Register at the Prescott Public Library for a one-hour mentoring session
​with a member of the Northern Arizona Genealogy Society for assistance with your genealogy research.

1st & 3rd Thursdays on Zoom
10AM - 11AM
11AM - Noon
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You must register for your session:
Prescott Public Library website Events Calendar or call (928) 777-1526 to make a reservation,
 or by using the library email address: [email protected]

Family History Society of Arizona Upcoming programs on Zoom:  See News/Events or FHSA.org     

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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REPLAY: Sanborn Maps in Action - Janet McNaughton
Replay will be available till the end of July 2024

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. 

Janet will give a brief overview of the history of Sanborn maps and where to find them and then live demonstrations using the Library of Congress collection. 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. 


Replay Here
Handout from meeting

You are invited to view a recording of this Zoom meeting. 
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"Get Ready to Write About Your Family" ~Mary Kelly ~
                                                                       
Get Ready to Write About Your Family. 

What’s stopping you?

Your project is too big. You don’t know where to begin. You fear the blank page. There are remedies for these stumbling blocks and more.

A start-to-finish approach will help you define the scope of your project and slice it into achievable tasks. Techniques and handouts will help you get organized, build a work plan, spark your writing, and track your progress. Tips and pet peeves will make your writing readable and evade common pitfalls. Resources for writing and publishing are literally at your fingertips. Take advantage of lessons learned to get ready to write about your family.

NAGS member, Mary Kelly, will share her trial-and-error experiences as shepherd of a project for her D.A.R. chapter in Maine. They are wrapping up a book about 40 patriots of the American Revolution and War of 1812 honored in one cemetery. As project manager, Mary tapped her experience in project analysis and strategic planning. She developed forms for standard data collection and task management. She created prompts for story ideas and massaged chapter formats. As a contributing writer and editor, she investigated standard book structure, story development, publishing options and writing tools. She adapted the book’s chapter format to write stories of three generations of her own family.
​Recorded zoom meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/-aRsxNebNr5LmA6OVf9T1GTZVsfZ0ekNsQhIjKgKoM_EDvW-v4HN6u_V5DHUuvi-.9Ac34ox4GzDhgSps?startTime=1679774446000
Passcode: ^A3c=n%S

Handout
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