GREEN VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Programs for 2011-2012

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are at St. Francis In The Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley from 1-3 PM on the third Thursday of the month.

Thursday 20 October 2011, 1-3 PM

St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley.

PROGRAM: "Genealogy Online" -- Bob Vint will review "Genealogy Online, 9th Edition" by Elizabeth Powell Crowe. Online genealogy was a most requested topic in our survey. A copy of "Genealogy Online" will be the raffle prize this month, and a copy is also available in our library. Bob is well qualified to discuss the Internet because his professional career involved computers and programming from 1958 until his retirement in 1995. In addition, he was the Webmaster for ASGS and developed the ASGS Surname Database. Presently, Bob is the Webmaster for the Green Valley Genealogical Society, keeper of the GVGS Surname Database, and manager of the GVGS email list. He has been a member of GVGS since 2002, serves on the board, and is well qualified to discuss online genealogy.

Short Subject: "Our Library" -- Gordon Gray, GVGS Librarian, will present the ins-and-outs of the Green Valley Genealogy Society's Library that is located in the Continental School Library.

Thursday 17 November 2011, 1-3 PM

St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley.

PROGRAM: "Boom or Bust -- Economics Create Migration" -- Sharon Scott will present an historic look at how economic and natural disasters and booms caused our ancestors to migrate and search for better times at new locations. This program will give you new ways to look for your ancestors. Sharon's life events have well qualified her to speak on migration. She was born at the Kindley AFB, Bermuda and lived in England, Michigan, Washington, Oregon, and California before joining the US Air Force for a career in exotic fuels, aviation, and military history, which also included duty at too many places to count. Since retiring in 1995, she has entered a second career in construction drafting as owner of Scott Drafting. She continues her interest in military history, is an author of four fiction novels, and one non-fiction article, "Be Vewy, Vewy Quiet - I'm Hunting LNUs" that was published in the Internet Genealogy Magazine. Sharon and Arwen Newman operate "Genealogical Research Services", which can be found at www.findyourdead.com.

Short Subject: "Family Atlas" -- Jon Otto will demonstrate "Family Atlas", a PC based Genealogy Mapping and Publishing software program that will map locations from your Genealogy software or GEDcom files. Jon has searched for his ancestors at many locations including the Catskills of New York, Central Illinois, Iowa, Dakotas' Land Patents, Tombstone's Boot Hill, Central California, Prussia (now Poland and western Germany), Norway, and Sweden. The raffle prize for November is a copy of Family Atlas.

Thursday 15 December 2011, 1-3 PM

St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley.

PROGRAM: "History and Genealogy" -- Jim Turner will present a program on combining history and genealogy in writing your family history. Jim Turner is a retired historian from the Arizona Historical Society and is now a freelance editor, teacher, researcher, and author. His family moved to Tucson in 1951, and he has been studying Arizona history for thirty-six years. Jim received his master's degree in U.S. history from the University of Arizona and now teaches history for Central Arizona College and Pima College. He has worked with more than 70 museums around the state, and enjoys writing history articles for The Globe-Miami Times, Capitol Times, and The Journal of Arizona History. Jim's new pictorial history book, "Arizona: Celebrating the Grand Canyon State," is now available in stores and online.

SHORT SUBJECT: "Show and Tell -- Family Treasures" -- Do you have a family item passed down in your family that you would like to share with us? Pictures? Clothing? Military medals? Please send JoAnn Herbst (joannherbst@cox.net) a brief description of your treasured heirloom. Three treasures will be selected for the owners to share their story. All treasures will be put on display, and members may talk to the originators during the break.

Thursday 19 January 2012, 1-3 PM

St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley.

PROGRAM: "Collateral and Allied Families" -- Edie Sly -- If you're up against a brick wall in your research, you'll want to hear how collateral and allied research might help you. Edie has been doing family history research for 25 years, mostly in the Midwest but also in records of Norway, Denmark, and Germany. She has presented various topics for the GVGS, ASGS, Pinal County Genealogists, Sun City Vistoso, Voyager RV Resort, and the Las Cruces (NM) Genealogy Society.

SHORT SUBJECT: "Family Legends and Fables" -- Gordon Gray -- Besides being the GVGS Librarian, Gordon is owner of the GrayLine Group LLC, a genealogy and family history research business, and has been active in a number of genealogical societies.

Friday 17 February 2012, 9 AM to Noon

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 17699 S. Camino de las Quintas, Sahuarita.

Genealogy Workshop -- We are having the Genealogy Workshop and Seminar in place of our regular meeting this month, featuring speaker Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS. Click here for details and Click here for a registration form you can print.

The workshop is limited to 30 attendees and it is full, so no more registrations are being accepted for the workshop. There still are seats available for the seminar on Friday. Submit your registration soon because the seminar is likely to fill up too!

Saturday 18 February 2012, 9 AM to 4 PM

Green Valley Recreation Desert Hills Social Center Auditorium, 2980 S Camino del Sol, Green Valley.

Genealogy Seminar -- We are having the Genealogy Workshop and Seminar in place of our regular meeting this month, featuring speaker Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS. Click here for details and Click here for a registration form you can print.

(Date change!) Thursday 22 March 2012, 1-3 PM

St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley.

PROGRAM: "Evaluating Genealogical Evidence" -- Betty Lou Malesky, C.G. is a certified genealogist who has been researching her own and other's families since 1963. She is past President of the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors and writes "Genealogy Today", a semi-monthly column for the Green Valley News & Sun.

SHORT SUBJECT: "The Feng Shui Approach of Organizing Your Family Research" -- Jill Bailey -- Jill has been working on her genealogy for the past 7 years and has tried several methods to organize her research. We are fortunate that she is willing to share her comedic experiences so we may follow a more "organized" path.

Thursday 19 April 2012, 1-3 PM

St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley.

PROGRAM: "Immigration" -- Suzanne Brayer -- We all have immigrant ancestors. Where did they come from? How did they get to America? How can I find out more about their journey? What are their stories? Join us to hear Suzanne give us some insight to these interesting ancestors. Suzanne and her father have been researching her family history since 1982. That includes Mayflower ancestors to Revolutionary War patriots to 19th century German immigrants. She, like most of us, represents the "melting pot" of American culture. Suzanne is a member of several genealogical societies and has shared her genealogy knowledge through class and talks around the Arizona.

SHORT SUBJECT: "Mayflower Adventure" -- Mary Lee Taylor -- Mary Lee was formerly a middle school principal in Chicago, Illinois. She has been a Green Valley retiree since 2007.

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