Upcoming Events
Monthly Programs
While renovations at the Special
Collections Library are going on, monthly meetings will not be held
at the Special Collections Library "After April" and months
ahead. They will be held at various places.
Please make a note of those places for each monthly meeting!
You may still contact the Special Collections Library, 423 Central
Avenue NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
(505) 848 -1376, if necessary.
Program for Wednesday, July
14, 2010 (10:30 AM to Noon)
at the
Main Library Auditorium, 501 Copper NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-768-5141
Title: A Plan for Writing Your History
Speaker: Liz DeKinder, Educator and Genealogist
Description of Program:
As genealogists, we know the importance of writing the family history we uncover through our research. But few of us look forward to the work of writing and many put off starting for lack of a plan. Liz De Kinder, leader of the AGS Writers' Workshop, will offer strategies for setting writing goals, collecting our facts, and getting them onto paper. Whatever the stage of your writing, you are sure to learn something from Liz in this program.
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Program for Wednesday,
August 11, 2010 (10:30 AM to Noon)
at the
Roadrunner Food Bank Meeting Room, 5840 Office
Boulevard NE Albuquerque, NM 87109.
Albuquerque Metro: 505-247-2052 Toll-Free: 866-327-0267
Title: Summer Stories
Speaker: Everyone!
Description of Program:
Our annual Summer Stories program always brings us delightful tales of members' experiences. We genealogists often find ourselves surrounded by people who don't share our interest in family history. So we need to take time to listen, support, encourage, help, rejoice, or sympathize with each other. For this meeting, we will circle up in groups small enough that everyone will have a chance to tell about their recent genealogical adventures. Come early to shop at our book sale.
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Program for Wednesday,
September 8, 2010 (10:30 AM to Noon)
at the
Main Library Auditorium, 501 Copper NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-768-5141
Title: The Orphan Train Story
Speaker: Dr. Carl R. Soderberg, Minister at First Presbyterian Church
Description of Program:
Shortly before the Civil War, a social experiment began in New York City. At the time, thousands of abandoned and destitute children roamed the city streets. The Children's Aid Society was formed to give these destitute children a chance for a new life by sending them by train to homes in the American West. Dr. Carl Soderberg has studied this aspect of railroad history and will share with us what he has learned. This subject may be of great interest to family historians who discover Midwestern ancestors born on the East Coast. All will enjoy this program.
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Program for Wednesday,
October 13, 2010 (10:30 AM to Noon)
at the
Main Library Auditorium, 501 Copper NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-768-5141
Title: The Second Time Around: More Publishing Ideas
Speaker: Mike Blackledge, Family Historian & Publisher
Description of Program:
Most of us have published something. What are the lessons learned that can improve your 2nd edition? What are the technological advances in the past few years that genealogists can exploit? Is hardcopy practical for publishing small numbers of large books when we live in a world of virtual publishing and e-books? Or does it make more sense to 'publish' on a CD or in DVD format? Mike Blackledge, longtime AGS member, is enlarging a first edition genealogy standard book on his family surname in America from 950 pages to well over 1300 pages, increasing the number of descendants from 9,000 to 12,000. Even if you have never published anything, you can learn valuable lessons from this talk.
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Program for Wednesday,
November 10, 2010 (10:30 AM to Noon)
at the
Main Library Auditorium, 501 Copper NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-768-5141
Title: Using PERSI and the Allen County Public Library
Speakers: Panel of AGS members
Description of Program:
Several groups of AGS members have recently done research at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. That library is the developer of the Periodical Source Index, the largest subject index to genealogical and historical periodical articles in the world. And it contains a huge collection of those periodicals. What can the PERSI tell us? What keywords does it use to identify articles? How do we make the best use of the index and the sources it draws from? Several AGS members who have used this research tool will share their experiences with us.
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Program for Wednesday,
December 8, 2010 (10:30 AM to Noon)
at the
Roadrunner Food Bank Meeting Room, 5840 Office
Boulevard NE Albuquerque, NM 87109.
Albuquerque Metro: 505-247-2052 Toll-Free: 866-327-0267
Title: "Show and Tell" at the Holiday Party
Description of Program:
Our annual holiday party is a great time of fellowship as members bring heirlooms or items of genealogical interest and tell of their history or special meaning. We encourage attendees to come in costumes of their native lands or in the clothing of an ancestor. Members are also invited to bring a holiday dish to share with the group during the party time. This is a great way to end the year.
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Annual Research Trips
October 17-24, 2010 Salt Lake City Family History Library of the LDS Church, Salt Lake City, Utah
Our society makes a trip at least once a year to the best genealogical library in the world. There one has free access to the microfilm library, as well as internet databases, books, maps and family history documents that have collected from all over the world. There are experienced staff members available to assist researchers, as well as many classes that are open to anyone.
For information on the AGS trips, contact Ilene Jones at genealogy4@msn.com or Nancy Greenberg at NWGfamily@aol.com
The following information can be helpful in making plans for this trip.
Salt Lake Plaza Hotel
Single/double is $85 + tax of 12.761%
Triple/quad is $92 + tax
$10 shuttle fee
3 p.m. check-in-time
Make own reservations by calling the hotel directly 1-800-366-3684
Make your own arrangements for transportation, hotel, and payment. Tell the hotel you are with AGS. The hotel deadline is 9/1/2010. Then let Ilene Jones know you plan to attend.
Prepare for the trip by attending "Orientation to Salt Lake City Research" with Nancy Greenberg on Saturday, August 28, 2010, in Conference Room 2, first floor, Main Library. This free session is from 10 to noon and advance registration is not necessary. For information contact Nancy Greenberg at NWGfamily@aol.com.
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AGS Board Meetings
The AGS Board will meet at the same places as the Monthly AGS Meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 1:30pm following the General Meeting.
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