Aurora Genealogical Society of Colorado
2025 Program Meetings
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Tuesday, February 25, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT): Finding Aids and the National Archives
ZOOM MEETING: Presented by Craig Scott, Certified Genealogist, Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association (FUGA)
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The National Archives of the United States documents American history from the time of the First Continental Congress. That is a lot of paper, pictures and other things, so much in fact that it requires organization. Organization means that there are rules about how things will be filed and how they can be located once they are stored. "Finding Aids" is a term that describes the various publication, such as, guides and indexes, microfilm catalogs, reference information papers, inventories, preliminary inventories, special lists, checklists, descriptive pamphlets, and other tools that have been created to assist either the researcher or the archivist.​
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 @1:00 p.m. (MT): Voting Records: Genealogy's Best Kept Secret
ZOOM MEETING: Presented by Pam Vestal, Professional Genealogist, Author
Looking for a date of birth or death? When and where your ancestor became a citizen? Where he disappeared to or
where he came from? Voting records may have the answer. These often-overlooked gems can be packed with
genealogical information, and you won’t believe what they can tell us about our ancestors!
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT) “Researching the American Quakers”
HYBRID MEETING (In Person and Zoom): Presented by Glenn York, Professional Genealogist
Meeting address: 1298 Peoria Street, Aurora, Colorado 80011 in the Aurora Public Library Hoffman Heights Branch Basement Community Room. Map: https://tinyurl.com/zphxjfrp
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The religious group known as Quakers (Friends) came to the Pennsylvania region in the late 17th Century and spread rapidly along the East coast. By the early 19th Century many Quakers migrated to the Northwest territory and by 1900 they had settled across the entire country. Quakers were known to keep detailed family records providing a wealth of information to those with Quaker ancestors. This presentation will cover some of the basic beliefs and organization of the Quaker communities. We will discuss migrations and records left behind that can advance your research.
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Future Presentations:
Tuesday, 27 May 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT) - Writing Your Own Obituary
Tuesday, 23 September 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT)
Tuesday, 28 October 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT) - Finding & Carefully Using Published Surname Sources, such as Family
Histories, to Beat Your Brick Walls
Tuesday, 2 December 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT)​​
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Speaker Bios
Craig Scott: per his bio -
"Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG, FUGA is the President and CEO of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing firm with over 10,000 titles in print. A professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty-eight years, he specializes in records of the National Archives, especially those that relate to the military. He has coordinated the Military tracks at IGHR, SLIG, and GRIP in years past. He is currently the Coordinator of the SLIG Consultation track, helping students solve their brick wall problems.To learn more: https://familytreewebinars.com/speaker/craig-scott/
​Pam Vestal: Per her bio -
"Pam Vestal is a professional genealogist and speaker who turned her focus to her longtime love of genealogy after a 20-year writing career. Her articles have appeared in the National Genealogical Society Magazine, the Association of Professional Genealogical Quarterly, and FGS's Forum magazine, and her lectures take her form coast to coast. Pam specializes in conducting genealogical research and then transforming that information into illustrated stories that even non-genealogists can enjoy."
To learn more: https://www.generationsgen.com/about-me/
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Glenn York: Per his bio -
"Glenn York began researching by pouring over microfilm at the National Archives and reading books at the Library of Congress in the 1980s while living in the Washington DC area.
Most of Glenn’s immigrant ancestors came to Colonial America, and many of their descendants were among the westward migrations who homesteaded and settled in the Great Plains. Both of his paternal grandparents were born on homesteads in Kansas. With strong Quaker ancestry, Glenn has researched Quaker history and records in both North America and the British Isles.
Glenn’s formal education includes a bachelor’s degree in social science and a master’s degree in telecommunications. He has attended the Gen-Fed institute and over 12 courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) and Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburg (GRIP). He participates in many genealogy conferences and seminars.
Glenn is past President of the Larimer County Genealogical Society and serves as the delegate to the National Genealogical Society for the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Genealogical Speakers Guild, and many other genealogical and historical societies."
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