We meet on the first Monday of the month (or, if a holiday, the second Monday) September through June
from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the Center for Higher Learning in the Kiva Club, typically featuring speakers on various topics.
Please join us!
TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2023!
Now accepting renewals via USPS and in person at club meetings
DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 6
To renew via mail, download membership form below, complete and send with payment for $10 dues.
Membership forms will also be available and payments accepted at upcoming meetings.
Payments via check or cash only.
UPCOMING MONTHLY MEETINGS (open to guests)
November 7, 2022
WORKSHOP -- with Vicki Reisenfeld & Bob Alford
The November meeting will be our only workshop for the year. Vicki Reisenfeld will start us off with a special presentation on the use of Excel in genealogy. Next Bob Alford will present two videos along with his own comments on websites he uses often in his research. Then we will divide into small groups. Each group will tackle a different genealogy research problem submitted by a member. The goal here is to learn from one other and to find information that will help a fellow member. Please bring your notebook computer or iPad, join in the fun, and maybe learn something along the way.
ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS --
In November, we will be electing new officers who will begin serving in January. Voting will take place among members present at this monthly meeting.
December 5, 2022
My Journey Through Family History and Lessons Learned Along the Way -- Bob Alford
The December meeting will be Bob Alford’s last as president of our club. He will discuss his personal journey through family history with lessons learned along the way. His efforts started with the goal of simply cleaning up and republishing some genealogy work his father left him in the 1980s. One thing led to another, and Bob has now expanded his family history work to include many maternal lines. He has published his own extensive genealogy website, written numerous biographies, and last year published the first volume in a planned four book series titled “Our Tree of Life.” He has also published 39 digital booklets containing the life stories of various ancestors. This collection is growing and there are many more in the works.
VOTING TO APPROVE UPDATED BY-LAWS --
The Board has been updating the club's by-laws and will distribute them in November for members' review. At this meeting, members will be asked to approve the updated document.
January 9, 2023
A Conversation that I Wish I Could Have with an Ancestor -- Duane Roan
In January, our special guest speaker will be Dr. Duane Roan, professor at ASU. He will lead us in a worksop where we imagine a conversation we might have with an ancestor who is no longer alive. We will write questions we would ask our ancestor, and some of us may even take the next step and invent a dialog with that person. Bring your laptop or tablet/iPad!
Duane has been tracing his roots since his teenage years, building a database with more than 32,000 ancestors. He and his wife, Maureen Roen, have also been recording their family history since 1978 by writing more than 16,000 daily journal entries on their children and other family members. Combining his professional and personal interests, Duane worked with colleagues to establish courses on writing and recording family history at Arizona State University. He also is founding coordinator of the Project for Writing and Recording Family History in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at ASU. Although Duane loves family history and life writing, he spends most of his waking hours serving as a faculty member at ASU.
February 6, 2023
Using County Histories as a Resource -- Kim Harrison
Published county histories are a popular resource, but the researcher needs to understand their limitations as well as the rich clues they provided for the genealogist. These clues may provide some of the best information on the local and county level -- tips about disasters, financial expansion, business, and the ethnic make-up of the community.
Kim Harrison is a teacher of genealogical classes, and a librarian, archivist, historian, accredited/certified genealogist; and currently serves as president of AzGAB (Arizona Genealogical Advisory Board), 2nd VP of West Valley Genealogical Society, and genealogy consultant. She has worked for online providers, lobbied the National Archives for records preservation, and lectured on various genealogical topics. From 1998 to 2015, Kim worked at Ancestry, NewsBank (GenealogyBank), ProQuest, Otherdays.com and Gale selling, and was later a product manager for genealogical and historical materials to the library world.
WORKSHOP -- with Vicki Reisenfeld & Bob Alford
The November meeting will be our only workshop for the year. Vicki Reisenfeld will start us off with a special presentation on the use of Excel in genealogy. Next Bob Alford will present two videos along with his own comments on websites he uses often in his research. Then we will divide into small groups. Each group will tackle a different genealogy research problem submitted by a member. The goal here is to learn from one other and to find information that will help a fellow member. Please bring your notebook computer or iPad, join in the fun, and maybe learn something along the way.
ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS --
In November, we will be electing new officers who will begin serving in January. Voting will take place among members present at this monthly meeting.
December 5, 2022
My Journey Through Family History and Lessons Learned Along the Way -- Bob Alford
The December meeting will be Bob Alford’s last as president of our club. He will discuss his personal journey through family history with lessons learned along the way. His efforts started with the goal of simply cleaning up and republishing some genealogy work his father left him in the 1980s. One thing led to another, and Bob has now expanded his family history work to include many maternal lines. He has published his own extensive genealogy website, written numerous biographies, and last year published the first volume in a planned four book series titled “Our Tree of Life.” He has also published 39 digital booklets containing the life stories of various ancestors. This collection is growing and there are many more in the works.
VOTING TO APPROVE UPDATED BY-LAWS --
The Board has been updating the club's by-laws and will distribute them in November for members' review. At this meeting, members will be asked to approve the updated document.
January 9, 2023
A Conversation that I Wish I Could Have with an Ancestor -- Duane Roan
In January, our special guest speaker will be Dr. Duane Roan, professor at ASU. He will lead us in a worksop where we imagine a conversation we might have with an ancestor who is no longer alive. We will write questions we would ask our ancestor, and some of us may even take the next step and invent a dialog with that person. Bring your laptop or tablet/iPad!
Duane has been tracing his roots since his teenage years, building a database with more than 32,000 ancestors. He and his wife, Maureen Roen, have also been recording their family history since 1978 by writing more than 16,000 daily journal entries on their children and other family members. Combining his professional and personal interests, Duane worked with colleagues to establish courses on writing and recording family history at Arizona State University. He also is founding coordinator of the Project for Writing and Recording Family History in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at ASU. Although Duane loves family history and life writing, he spends most of his waking hours serving as a faculty member at ASU.
February 6, 2023
Using County Histories as a Resource -- Kim Harrison
Published county histories are a popular resource, but the researcher needs to understand their limitations as well as the rich clues they provided for the genealogist. These clues may provide some of the best information on the local and county level -- tips about disasters, financial expansion, business, and the ethnic make-up of the community.
Kim Harrison is a teacher of genealogical classes, and a librarian, archivist, historian, accredited/certified genealogist; and currently serves as president of AzGAB (Arizona Genealogical Advisory Board), 2nd VP of West Valley Genealogical Society, and genealogy consultant. She has worked for online providers, lobbied the National Archives for records preservation, and lectured on various genealogical topics. From 1998 to 2015, Kim worked at Ancestry, NewsBank (GenealogyBank), ProQuest, Otherdays.com and Gale selling, and was later a product manager for genealogical and historical materials to the library world.
NOT A MEMBER (yet)?
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All Trilogy residents are welcome to attend their first monthly meeting as guests free of charge. Membership is only $10 per year, and dues paid during the fall apply to the following year. Membership gives you access to special programs such as our Family History Conference as well as countless resources that will assist you in all aspects of genealogy. You can download the membership form here and mail it to the address on the document. Join us and start your adventures in family history today!
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TRILOGY AT VISTANCIA GENEALOGY CLUB ~ Peoria, Arizona
