Italian Mobsters and International Research–Saturday, August 19, 2017

Cool down from the August heat by coming to the air-conditioned auditorium where PCGS will resume our monthly meetings after our short break in July.

Our featured speaker, Joey Caccarozzo, will take us along on her journey to reveal the truth behind the Caccarozzo surname.  Is Caccarozzo her family's original surname or did her great-grandfather create that name before immigrating to the U.S.? Did her great-grandfather's emigration story involve criminals and mobsters?

The meeting will open with Joey giving us the Do's and Don'ts of a Successful International Research Trip based on her own experiences during her very successful research trip to Italy where she discovered the truth behind her surname and traced her paternal line back several more generations. Following a short break and award of door-prizes, she will present what she learned in the Case Study: Criminals, Mobsters and the Truth Behind My Name.

Joey Caccarozzo is a relative newcomer to genealogy. She began researching her family tree only seven years ago, when she was pregnant with her second child. She has three – ages 10, 5, and 4 years, and they keep her very busy.  Although she is new to genealogy, she is very experienced at complex international research, thanks in part to her career.

Joey has been a prosecutor for the Department of Homeland Security for over thirteen years. She has prosecuted removal cases involving national security, human rights violators, and individuals who have provided material support to terrorists. Her specialty is Eastern European asylum fraud, but she has also aided in the prosecution of large scale fraud involving Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, and Eritrean nationals. Her employment background has assisted her in pursuing her family's history; likewise, pursuing her family's history has helped her become a better researcher in her career.

Joey is a PCGS member and serves on the PCGS Steering Committee. In her spare time, she teaches classes on DNA at the annual Tucson Family History Fair, at local Family History Centers, and at genealogy clubs.

Our general meetings are free and open to members and non-members alike. Members will have access to the handouts via the Members Only section of our website (https://azpimagensoc.org/), one of the many perks of becoming a member.

DATE:	Saturday, August 19, 2017
TIME:	1:00pm – 3:00pm
PLACE:	Banner-University Medical Center Duval Auditorium (Room 2600) 1501 N. Campbell Rd. Tucson, AZ
	Parking is free

Genealogy Apps and Family History Blogs—Saturday, June 17, 2017

Come join us this Saturday, June 17, for two fascinating topics.

Our meeting starts with a class on Using Genealogy Apps on Your Tablet by Kathi Gardner. Following the class, Nicole Dyer will present a program on Tips on Sharing Family History with a Blog.

Nicole has been researching her ancestors and delighting in their stories fro over fifteen years. She and her mother regularly write on their "Family Locket Blog."  They share tips and ideas on how to get children interested in their family history, share research tips, and talk about family reunions, crafts, FamilySearch, and much, much more. Nicole spoke at RootsTech 2017 on Kid Genealogists - Inspiring the Next Generation. She is also the developer of the Preschool Family History Storytime held in April and May and the June Family History Craft Day at the Tucson Family History Center (visit the Tucson Family History Center Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1695205970728001/ for details).

Our general meetings are free and open to members and non-members alike. Hope to see you there!

DATE:	Saturday, June 17, 2017
TIME:	1:00pm - 3:00pm
PLACE:	Banner-University Medical Center Duval Auditorium (Room 2600) 1501 N. Campbell Rd. Tucson, AZ

Evidentia and The Family History Guide--Saturday, May 20, 2017

We have a special treat for you at this Saturday's general meeting.

We will start the meeting with Rondie Yancey presenting a class on Evidentia, a unique program that helps you to analyze your evidence, resolve conflicts, and confidently reach sound conclusions. The software follows the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) developed by the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG).

Rondie Yancey was born and raised in the Northwest, but settled in Tucson in 1989, and considers Tucson the best place in the world to live. It was shortly after moving to Tucson that she became interested in genealogy, and began research on one family that she thought might take one or two years to complete….(short pause for laughter to subside). After all these years, she still thinks genealogy is the most fascinating of subjects, and likes to create small books about members of her ancestral line for the benefit of family members who don’t have time or inclination to do the research, but who do enjoy reading about their family history.


Following the class, Bob Black  will present a program on The Family History Guide. This free new website represents a best-in-class learning environment for family history. Its scope is broad, but its focus is narrow enough to help you achieve your goals, step by step. The Guide's mission is to "greatly increase the number of people actively involved in family history worldwide, and to make everyone's family history journey easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable."

Bob Black spent 20+ years working in healthcare human resources before retiring. In 2011, he began working at the eastside Tucson Family History Center along with his wife, June. He began serving as Director there in 2014. Bob's passion is helping people at the Center with their family history discovery journey.

Remember, if you are not a PCGS member yet, you may attend up to two meetings as a non-member at no charge.

Handouts will be available to PCGS members under Secure Download in the Members Only section of our website (https://azpimagensoc.org/).

DATE: Saturday, May 20, 2017
TIME: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
PLACE:  Banner-University Medical Center, Duval Auditorium (Room 2600), 1501 N. Campbell Rd., Tucson

A New Place, GenSmarts, and Jewish Genealogy this Saturday

Come join us for a special meeting this Saturday, April 15, 2017.

Amy Urman

The meeting will begin with a short presentation Amy Urman on When Your GenSmarts Are Working. Amy is a private investigator licensed in the state of Arizona. She has been a genealogical researcher for over 25 years and serves as President for Pima County Genealogy Society. Amy is always informative and entertaining, making her a favorite lecturer in the society.

Heb. Pub. Co., 1901 [Public domain],
via Wikimedia Commons.

Following a break and door-prizes, Denni Ann Gershaw-Smith will present Adventures in Jewish Genealogy. Denni Ann has been vigorously researching her roots since 1981. The majority of her ancestors hail from Eastern Europe, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Belarus and Slovakia. In 2016, Denni Ann completed the Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate Program. In addition to having her own calligraphy business, she has been conducting genealogy research for clients since 1989. Her specialty is in Judaic genealogy. Denni Ann is also a PCGS member and serves on the Steering Committee.

Not only are we featuring two great speakers this Saturday, but we are meeting at a new location! We are returning to Banner-University Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Rd., Tucson. But we are meeting in a different room than before: Duval Auditorium, Room 2600. The Duval Auditorium is located at the first hallway to the right as you come into the main entrance of the hospital. Walk along the front windows to your right and look for the sign for Duval Auditorium on your left.

This change in venue allows us to renew our pre-meeting luncheon in the cafeteria. Most arrive between 11:30 and 12 noon. We sit together to eat our lunch and socialize. The menu at the cafeteria has something for everyone, but pizza seems to be a favorite with our group.

Remember, if you are not a PCGS member yet, you can attend up to two meetings as a non-member at no charge! And everyone is eligible to win the door-prizes.

Handouts are available to PCGS members under Secure Download in the Members Only section of our website (https://azpimagensoc.org/).

Special October General Meeting

Each October, PCGS hosts a special luncheon event for our general meeting and this year is no different.

On Saturday, October 15, we will have our annual luncheon at the Evergreen Cemetery (3015 N. Oracle Road, Tucson). There will be several speakers including Betty Cook and the Arizona Chapter Association for Gravestone Studies. Topics include the Greenwood Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Symbolism and Grave rubbings.

The cost is $5 and may be paid through the PCGS Marketplace or by check or cash at the September meeting. This event is open to members and non-members for the same $5. Advanced registration and payment by October 8 is required. Walk-ins will not be accepted.

Evergreen Mortuary & Cemetery, 3015 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson

Special Presentation at the September PCGS Meeting

PCGS has a special treat planned for the September general meeting. First up will be Jodi Strait presenting a short class entitled His Bones Lie Bleaching. Following her presentation will be a live webinar from George G. Morgan: Bring 'em Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile.

George G. Morgan is president of Aha! Seminars, Inc. and co-host of The Genealogy Guys Podcast, the longest running genealogy podcast on the internet. Following is his description of the webinar he Aha! Seminars website:
will be presenting to us from the

In the course of our genealogical research, we often become engrossed in the collection of information snippets, failing to put them into a logical perspective. We lose sight of the fact that the people we're tracing participated in the life of their historical times, led complex lives, and interacted with one another.
 

Organizing the information we collect into a biographical profile can help you begin to recognize character traits and decision patterns. And the profile also provides an invaluable, portable research tool that avoids your taking voluminous amounts of notes with you on research trips. 

This seminar presents a methodology and a structured model for taking the details you collect about your ancestor and creating a biographical profile. We will discuss:

• Establishing your ancestor's every location,
• Learning about other people in your ancestor's life,
• Studying local, state and national history to determine what events may have influenced or motivated your ancestor,
• Studying personal events that may have influenced or motivated your ancestor, and
• Effectively organizing materials into a profile that can be used for additional research and for writing.

 This approach will not only help you organize your research, it can become the basis for writing detailed biographical sketches or novels about the people whose lives you have been researching.

Our general meetings are free and open to members and non-members alike. Come join us on September 17 from 1-3 p.m. at our new meeting location in the Operations Division Midtown, Hardesty Multi-Service Center, 1100 S. Alvernon (located on the corner of 22nd and Alvernon, just beyond the Reid Park Golf Center).

Visit our website at http://azpimagensoc.org/ for more info. We can be reached via email at info@azpimagensoc.org, or phone at (520) 589-5803.

Registration Deadline extended to April 16

There is still time! The registration deadline for the special two-part workshop Do It the Write Way has been extended to April 16.

Part One, "Getting Started," will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016. You will leave this workshop with a good start to your story. You will come to Part Two, "Polish Up," on Saturday, May 28, 2016, with a draft of your finished story and will receive editorial feedback to help you polish it into a finished product.

Participants do not have to attend both sessions, but the fee is the same whether you attend one or both. Advanced registration is required and must be received no later than April 16, 2016. Visit our website Writing Workshop webpage at http://azpimagensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=30 or the PCGS Calendar for additional details and to register. 

Only Two Days Left to Register!

There are only two days left to register for the special Two-Part Do It the Write Way Workshop!

This Saturday is the deadline to register for this special two-part workshop. Part One, "Getting Started," will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016. You will leave this workshop with a good start to your story. You will come to Part Two, "Polish Up," on Saturday, May 28, 2016, with a draft of your finished story and will receive editorial feedback to help you polish it into a finished product.


The cost for attending the workshop is $15 for PCGS members or $20 for Non-Members. For those workshop participants that choose to enter our 2016 Write-On! writing competition, the contest entry fee will be waived  See our blog post Our Second Annual Write-On! Writing Competition Has Begun for more information about the Write-On! writing competition.

Participants do not have to attend both sessions, but the fee is the same whether you attend one or both. Advanced registration is required and must be received no later than April 9, 2016. Visit our website Writing Workshop webpage at http://azpimagensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=30 or the PCGS Calendar for additional details and to register.

Do It the Write Way: A Special Two-Part Writing Workshop

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This special two-part writing workshop will give attendees some tried and true techniques to bring their family history to life and create a fascinating story anyone would want to read. Our instructor, Rondie Yancey, will help you flex your writing muscles to create something of lasting value for you and your family.

If you are one of those people who got scared to death by their high school English teachers—FEAR NOT!! We will prove to you that You CAN write and share the family story you have been researching all these years. If you can talk, you can write an interesting and informative story your family will love to read. So...

Part One, "Getting Started," will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016. You will leave this workshop with a good start to your story. You will come to Part Two, "Polish Up," on Saturday, May 28, 2016, with a draft of your finished story and will receive editorial feedback to help you polish it into a finished product.

Workshop participants may find the Microsoft Word Workshop, scheduled for Saturday, April 30, 2016, particularly useful in preparation for Part Two, "Polish Up." See our blog post Registration now open for Microsoft Word Workshop for details.

The cost for attending the workshop is $15 for PCGS members or $20 for Non-Members. For those workshop participants that choose to enter our 2016 Write-On! writing competition, the contest entry fee will be waived  See our blog post Our Second Annual Write-On! Writing Competition Has Begun for more information about the Write-On! writing competition.

Advanced registration is required and must be received no later than April 9, 2016. Visit our website homepage at http://azpimagensoc.org/index.php or the PCGS Calendar for additional details and to register.

Registration now open for Microsoft Word Workshop

Whether you want to write your family history story for publication in a national magazine, a local genealogy society newsletter, publish a book, or just for yourself, you will need to use a word processing program. Microsoft Word is a popular word processor with powerful and robust capabilities that can help you create beautiful documents.

Pima County Genealogy Society is presenting a Microsoft Word workshop. This workshop will give attendees a solid foundation of the features a genealogist would use most often. Using MS Word 2013, Sherri Hessick will teach participants:

• Basic document formatting skills
• How to create and use Styles and Templates
• How to design and work with tables
• How to insert and place pictures and text boxes into your document
• How to add headers and footers
• How to add endnotes and footnotes
• How to generate a Table of Contents and Index
• How to markup and track document changes

All of the features taught at the workshop can be done in earlier versions of MS Word as well as in LibreOffice 5.0.


The workshop will be especially useful for anyone planning to attend the special 2-part Writing workshop or to enter the 2016 Write-On! competition (details to be announced shortly).

The cost for attending the workshop is $10 for PCGS members and $15 for non-members. Advance registration is required and must be received no later than April 16, 2016.

The workshop will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2016, from 9:30am to 12 noon at the Banner-University Medical Center.

Visit the Pima County Genealogy Society website for details and to register.

Excel Workshop - Learn to use Excel to track and analyze your genealogy data

EXCEL WORKSHOP

Saturday, May 30, 2015 

9:30 AM to Noon

University Medical Center

1501 N Campbell Road

Tucson, AZ

Room 2500 C & D

Free Parking

Learn to use this popular spreadsheet program to help you track and analyze data, visualize it in context, summarize it all in charts and graphs, and a whole lot more!  You will learn:

Basic navigation tools

How to perform the basics of copy/paste and cell formatting

How to insert & delete columns and rows

Sorting, filtering, and color coding

How to use pivot tables to do advanced data analysis

Feel free to bring your laptop!

Workshop Fee:  $10 members, $15 non-Members

Advanced registration required.  

Registration form: Excel Registration

Come join us for our General Meeting this Saturday, March 21, 2015

Our March meeting will be on Saturday, January 21st .  We will be meeting in our normal room 2117 in the Medical College which is located at the University Medical Center, 1501 N Campbell.  The meeting begins at 1:00 p.m.  

Please join us in the cafeteria for lunch prior to the meeting.  Folks usually arrive for lunch around 11:15 to 12.   We look forward to seeing you there! 

Saturday, March 21 PCGS General Meeting  (Monthly Meetings) 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Univ. Medical Center, College of Medicine, Room 2117 Get the scoop on lineage societies and how to accurately complete the required documentation. Lynne Brooke, our featured speaker for this program, is a professional genealogist and formerly worked on the genealogy staff of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her program, "Lineage Society Proofs", will guide you through the maze of lineage societies currently available and explain how to locate the required documentation to prove your lineage. The second part of our meeting will challenge you with "What Do You Think You Know?" about all things genealogy!

General Meeting Saturday February 21, 2015, 1-3 pm

All are welcome, bring a friend!

Saturday, February 21 PCGS General Meeting  (Monthly Meetings) 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Univ. Medical Center, College of Medicine, Room 2117 This month's meeting focuses on DNA testing and its uses. Our guest speaker, Daniela Moneta, CG, will explain the three DNA tests availabe to every genealogist: Y-chromosome DNA, Mitochondrial DNA, and autosomal DNA, and how to use the results to further your generalogy research. She'll also explain how to use DNA testing when applying for DAR and SAR membership. Ms. Montena's program will be a great starting point for anyone wanting to learn more about DNA testing.

Two wonderful Seminars and PCGS General Meeting on February 21st

Green Valley Genealogical Society Annual Seminar will be at the Valley Presbyterian Church, 2800 S. Camino Del Sol, Green Valley. Judy Russell will be presenting Genealogy and the Law.  Please  visit GVGS website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azgvgs/ for information.

West Valley Genealogical Society Annual Seminar will be at the Lakeview United Methodist Church, 10298 W. Thunderbird, Sun City.  Dr. John Philip Colletta, Ph.D. will be presenting four topics:  Passenger Arrival Records, Naturalization Records, Lesser Used Federal Records and Our Immigrant Ancestors.  Visit http://www.azwvgs.org/seminar.asp for more information.

PCGS will also be holding our monthly meeting on February 21st.  Our speaker Daniela Moneta will be speaking on DNA and it's role in Genealogy.  Please visit our website at http://azpimagensoc.org/ for additional information.

RootsMagic SIG 10-noon Jan 3, 2014

Join us for the RootsMagic Special Interest Group, Saturday Jan 3.  We will be meeting in Dining Room D off the Cafeteria at the University of Arizona Medical Center.  We will learn to export a gedcom, import a gedcom, and compare two databases in this session.

General Meeting This Saturday, November 15, 2014

Sherri Hessick will present: Pajama Skill Building: Podcasts and Webinars. 

Steve Schuldenfrei will present: What are Two Jews doing in the Klondike? 

We will be meeting in our normal room 2117 in the University of Arizona Medical Center.  

We would love to see you before the meeting for lunch in the cafeteria beginning at 11:15 am!

PCGS Calendar Updates for the next 30 days.....

September 13 

  1:00 pm  PCGS Help Session at UMC Room 2500D off the cafeteria.

September 20

 10:00 to 11:30  Family Tree Maker SIG at UMC Room 2500D off the cafeteria.

   1:00 pm  PCGS Monthly Meeting:  FamilySearch Tree Toolbox speaker Sherri                   Hessick will update us on the latest at FamilySearch.

There is no monthly meeting in October.  Several of us will be gathering during our normal meeting time to watch a webinar or two since we already have the room reserved.  We will announce the webinar titles in the beginning of October.

Please join us at the workshop and/or seminar Oct 3 and 4th featuring Lisa Louise Cooke.  Registration information may be found on our blog at http://pimacountygenealogysociety.blogspot.com/p/2014-seminar-lisa-louise-cooke.html. 

We also have a land workshop featuring author and genealogist Michelle Goodrum on November 22 from 9 am to noon.  Information and registration is available here: http://pimacountygenealogysociety.blogspot.com/p/workshops-tours-and-seminars.html

Please email us at pimacountygenealogysociety@gmail.com to pay for the seminar or either of the workshops with a credit card.

ATTENTION MEMBERS!!! PCGS Help Session this Saturday

The PCGS Help Session will meet on Saturday July 12th from 1 to 3 PM. We will be in room 2500 D off the cafeteria at UAMC.

 

This is an opportunity to discuss your research problems with other PCGS members and/or to share researching techniques that you have found helpful. The session is open to all PCGS members.

General Meeting this Saturday!

March 15, 2014

            

Host:   Steve Schuldenfrei

            

1-1:45 pm

Class:              

SAFE ON-LINE GENEALOGY – David Van Gelder

2-3 pm            

Program:  

INS AND OUTS OF FAMILY SEARCH–Pam 

 Ingermanson

Upcoming Genealogy Events

18 January 2014   PCGS Monthly Meeting

                              University Medical Center (UMC) Room 2117 

                         Colleen McHugh   meeting host                   

                         1:15 – 1:45 p.m. Deeds and Related Records - Al Seames

                         2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Civil Service Records - Barbara Salyer

25 January 2014  Tucson Langley Family History Center - Family History                                     Fair 

                         9:00 AM to 1:45 PM, with classes for all levels of                                          genealogists.   Click here for Schedule

25 January  2014  Pinal CountyGenealogists Annual Workshop

                         1555 N Colorado, Casa Grande, AZ    

                         Visit Workshop for additional information

08 February 2014  Green Valley Genealogy Society Seminar

                          featuring Marian Pierre-Louis

                          Visit Seminar for additional information