NORTHERN ARIZONA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (NAGS) P.O. Box 695 Prescott, AZ 86302 Monthly Programs, usually 4th Saturday @ 1 PM Programs during the Pandemic are online Zoom meetings, on the fourth Saturday of the month at 1:00 p.m. The meeting is 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 Time Zone
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Genealogy Center’s July 2024 Programs
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Join us for another month of free, virtual programs!
July 2, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Using MyAncestor.AI” with Nate Mason - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11014472
July 9, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Pass on the Torch: How to Ignite Passion in the Next Generation for Family History” with Daniel Poynter - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11103643
July 11, 6:30 p.m. ET “Discovering Your Roots at The Genealogy Center” with Christina Clary - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11032662
July 16, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Documenting The Many Lives You've Lived with Artifcts” with Heather Nickerson - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11014756
July 18, 2024, 6:30 p.m. ET “Missouri Repositories Online and In-Person” with Kate Huffman - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11024001
July 23, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Working with DNA Matches: Beginning to Sort Your Matches” with Sara Allen - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11055953
July 25, 2024, 6:30 p.m. ET “German Immigration from North Carolina to Indiana During the Plantation Era” with Leigh Bowles - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11014269
July 30, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Naming Practices and Genealogy” with John D. Beatty - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11056937
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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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GenealogyCenter/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genealogycenter/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ACPLGenealogy
Blog: http://www.genealogycenter.org/Community/Blog.aspx
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/askacpl
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Genealogy Center’s July 2024 Programs
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Join us for another month of free, virtual programs!
July 2, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Using MyAncestor.AI” with Nate Mason - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11014472
July 9, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Pass on the Torch: How to Ignite Passion in the Next Generation for Family History” with Daniel Poynter - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11103643
July 11, 6:30 p.m. ET “Discovering Your Roots at The Genealogy Center” with Christina Clary - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11032662
July 16, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Documenting The Many Lives You've Lived with Artifcts” with Heather Nickerson - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11014756
July 18, 2024, 6:30 p.m. ET “Missouri Repositories Online and In-Person” with Kate Huffman - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11024001
July 23, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Working with DNA Matches: Beginning to Sort Your Matches” with Sara Allen - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11055953
July 25, 2024, 6:30 p.m. ET “German Immigration from North Carolina to Indiana During the Plantation Era” with Leigh Bowles - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11014269
July 30, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET “Naming Practices and Genealogy” with John D. Beatty - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11056937
Please register in advance to enjoy these engaging programs.
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Staying Informed about Genealogy Center Programming
***************************************
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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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GenealogyCenter/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genealogycenter/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ACPLGenealogy
Blog: http://www.genealogycenter.org/Community/Blog.aspx
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/askacpl
Begin with Genealogy & History Tab for Online Resources @ Prescott Public Library
www.prescottlibrary.info/
GENEALOGY & HISTORY
www.prescottlibrary.info/
GENEALOGY & HISTORY
- Ancestry.com [only on site]
- HeritageQuest
- Fold3.com
- Digital Arizona Library
- Digital Sanborn Maps for several Arizona Communities
- Arizona Historic Digital Newspapers
- Remembering Elisabeth Ruffner
2023 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
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]
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
Handouts from Previous Programs (listed alphabetically by subject)
17 September 2022
- Breaking Down Brick Walls by Sue Williams
- Building Timelines by Sharon Atkins
- Cause of Death by Barbara Wich
- Civil War Photography by Brandelyn Andres (this is a Youtube presentation)
- Comparing Genealogy Software Programs: Legacy, Family Tree and Roots Maker by Katie Gertz
- Creative Iterative search Techniques on FamilySearch & Ancestry - Blog: https://peggyspowerpoints.blogspot.com.
- DNA: Your Second Family Tree by Phyllis Lewellen
- Evidence! Making Your Case: Evaluating Family History Sources & Information by Barbara Wich
- Future Proofing Your Genealogy Research by Thomas MacEntee: https://genealogybargains.s3.amazonaws.com/SYLLABUS+After+You're+Gone.pdf
- Guidelines for Dating Early Photographs by D.Sue Kissel
- Guidelines for Dating Early Photographs, Part 2 by D.Sue Kissel
- How To Find Your Ancestors Civil War Records by Dick Hiatt
- Maps in Genealogy Research, provided courtesy of Suzanne Young Brayer, April 2021
- Newspaper Research: The Newspaper as a Genealogy Resource by Suzanne Young Brayer
- A Brief History of Newspapers by Tim Lambert
- Planning Your Genealogy Research Trip by Laurie McCoy
- Prescott Public Library Genealogy Resources by Normalene Zeeman
- The New Ancestry by Valene Woolridge
- Weaving Cultural History into Your Family History
- Wiki Research by Dick Hiatt
- What Does that Document REALLY Say? by Suzanne Young Brayer
- Writing Family Stories by Sharon Atkins
17 September 2022
You are invited to view a recording of this Zoom meeting.
"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
"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