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Photo Contest Winners for Maureen Taylor Workshop & Seminar
The winner of our Photo Contest is Alycia Rodríguez! Alycia submitted the following photo: Alycia says she received the photo from a second cousin. It includes “Tata Joe’s mom with a few known siblings,” but the rest of the people are unknown. She is hoping to learn how to identify
Family Photo Contest
Do you have a family photo in your collection with people you don’t recognize? Perhaps you have a photo that was taken in an unusual place that you can’t identify. Often we have to decipher clues in our old photos to understand the time, place, people, and events happening in
Love and Loss in the Family Album Workshop with Maureen Taylor
Maureen Taylor, the photo detective, is presenting an interactive hands-on workshop on Friday, October 16: Love and Loss in the Family Album: Finding the Story Between the Covers. If you know how to read the clues, photo albums tell a story. They are a “snapshot” of your family at a
Exploring Photos with the Photo Detective – Maureen Taylor
Pima County Genealogy Society is hosting a seminar with photo expert, Maureen Taylor on October 17. Join us for a deep-dive into historic photograph identification and photo preservation. We will learn how to follow clues in old photographs, identify the who, what, when, where, and why of the photos, preserve
United States Tax Records
Do you know the tax process that states instituted to collect taxes from their citizens over the past 200 years? First the county compiled a list of taxpayers and their taxable property, then then they valued the property in order to calculate the tax. After that, the taxes were collected
To the Victor Go the Spoils!
From 1775 – 1855, the U.S. Government and some states granted “bounty land” to soldiers as an incentive to enlist or to reward veterans for military service. At our society’s upcoming E-Conference on June 6, Billie Stone Fogarty, M.Ed., will give a presentation titled “Bounty Land and the American Soldier”.
Researching WWI Soldier Gandolfo Scarnici
Have you found military records for your relatives in the National Archives? At our eConference on June 6, Michael Strauss, Accredited Genealogist Professional, will be teaching us about military records from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War available at NARA. His seven page syllabus includes information about the major
5 Facts About The National Archives
At our upcoming eConference, “America: Our Records and Our History,” Michael Strauss, Accredited Genealogist, will be teaching the first lecture about the National Archives. His wonderful handout includes helpful details to help us prepare to research within NARA facilities. We are sharing five facts about the National Archives from Michael’s
America: Our Records and Our History – June 6, 2020, eConference
Pima County Genealogy Society is hosting our second eConference on Saturday, June 6, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Arizona time (PDT). The subject is America: Our Records and Our History. Our nationally known speakers will spend the morning discussing the records found in the National Archives and teach
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