Aurora Genealogical Society of Colorado
2026 Program Meetings
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All meetings begin at 1:00pm (MT) via Zoom.
If interested in attending, please send request to attend to: AurGenSoc@gmail.com
Attendance is free, however, donations are greatly appreciated.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2026 @ 1:00 pm (MDT)
Identify and Make Sense of the Hundreds of “Unknown” Relatives in Your Ancestry DNA Match List
Presented by Jeff Adams, Experienced Genealogist
Many researchers can identify and figure out maybe 20 to 50 of their DNA matches. However, after that it becomes difficult or just impossible to see where they fit your Family Tree. Identifying the DNA matches that are 2nd cousins and further out can actually help you identify or further confirm who your mysterious great-great grandmother was.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 @ 1:00 pm (MDT)
War of 1812 – It’s Records, Pensions and Bounty Land Warrants
Presented by Sandy Carter-Duff, Experienced Genealogist
Sandy will review major events and participants in the War of 1812. Many genealogically valuable records were created as a result. This includes service records of the soldier, pension application records and lastly bounty land applications. There were roughly 3 times as many bounty land applications as pension records. These are being scanned for digitization and ultimately given free access. This project will be briefly discussed
Speaker Bios
I’m Jeff Adams. I’ve been a member of the Aurora Genealogical Society (AGS) since November 2019. I’ve been doing genealogy about
15 years. My family has lived in Aurora on and of since 2012. I’m originally from Texas and was in the U.S. Army from 1994 to 2018. I am currently the genealogist, historian, and CCGS (Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies) delegate for AGS. I was a member of the PROGEN 50 Study Group, a precursor to becoming a genealogist, in 2021 and hope to become a professional genealogist by the end of this year - 2026.
Sandy Carter-Duff began researching her family history in the 1970’s. Her passion stems from her youth as an Air Force brat. As her family moved from one station to another, she envied classmates with many extended families in their lives. When she learned her father was adopted, the challenge to find the heritage and story of his birth roots piqued her curiosity. She joined the Colorado Genealogical Society about 1988 to learn family research skills, she is a past president. She also joined the Computer Interest Group, Palatines to America, the W.I.S.E. Family History Society, NGS, NEHGS and several state societies. Since she had no plans to publish a family history, she joined a lineage society to preserve her research for future generations. She now belongs to several lineage societies.
