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Speaker
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January 11, 2010 |
Jean White
is
a life
member, past president and one of our teachers
January program
(meeting handout) |
"Great Lakes Sailors"
Learn how shipping
goods and transporting our ancestors played a part in our history.
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February 8, 2010 |
Jim Neal
Conservator of the Arizona
State History and Archives Division at the Arizona State Library
(meeting handout) |
"Preserving Book and Paper Documents"
Mr. Neal has
worked in the field of preservation and conservation
and has worked with the Vatican Secret Archives, U.C.
California Berkeley Libraries and The Getty
Research Institute for the History of Art
and Humanities.
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March 8,
2010 |
Howard Mathieson
Retired University of Winnipeg
instructor
(presentation outline) |
"Surnames and Their Origins"
His inability to find his 4th
great grandfather’s birthplace back in the early 80s led him to collecting
all the Dangerfield surnames a study of surnames and their origins. |
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April 12,
2010 |
Dr Barbara Vander Leest
Graduate
and Instructor at the
University of Wisconsin
(presentation outline) |
"Overcoming Brick Walls"
If
these walls weren’t brick, they’d be easy to get over.
This talk will give you ideas and examples for conquering your most
troublesome genealogy problems.
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May 10,
2010 |
Bonnie McCulley
Former coordinator of the
AZ State Genealogy Library Volunteer Organization, coordinator of the FHSA
Book fund and teacher of genealogy classes
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"So You Want to Join a Lineage Society"
She
will explain all the ins and
outs of getting your papers together to qualify for membership.
Many lineage societies require specific information and Bonnie will
guide us through this process.
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Summer Break |
No Meetings |
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September 13, 2010
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Marsha Allen |
"Using Printed County Histories"
Marsha’s interest in
genealogy began when she visited grandparents and cousins and spent time
going through old photograph albums and reading their life’s stories.
After she was grown, she spent
one day a week with her mother, having her relate family stories so she
could write them down.
Marsha has spoken to several
genealogical societies in the area and has taught beginning classes to the
Family History Society of Arizona. |
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October 11, 2010
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William Kane
Retiree of the Thunderbird
School of Global Management
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“Daughters
of the King”
Bill will show us how to
put the meat on the bones of our ancestors. This talk is
about 1000 women who were encouraged by a dowry from the King of France to
come to Canada
and marry.
Though the talk deals
with Canadians, it is interesting to all ethnic groups.
Bill is the
Vice
president of the Societe des filles du roi et Sodats du Carignan, Inc (
daughters of the King and soldiers of the Carignan Regiment).
Author of two books and
regular contributor of articles to the Journal of the American Canadian
Genealogical Society.
Bill also serves on the Canadian
committee of the Mesa
Family History
Center. |
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November
8, 2010
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Neal
Dushane
Neal is the founder and
current president of the Arizona Pioneer + Cemetery Research project.
He also founded the Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
Project in Iowa.
Neal now spends his spare time in cemeteries and riding his ATV.
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The topic will be about the
life of Jack Swilling, the founder of Phoenix,
and the man who had the vision to organize and create
the first successful modern irrigation project in
Arizona's Salt
River Valley.
Annual Board Election |
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December 13, 2010
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Verlyne Meck
Author, Teacher, Librarian & ASU
graduate |
"Preserving Buckeye’s history"
Verlyne
is a native of the Buckeye
Valley, author of two books about her hometome and is dedicated to
preserving Buckeye's history. |
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