PCGS November 17 General Meeting
Our final meeting of the year will be on Saturday, November 17.
The short class is Researching the World on a Shoestring Without Leaving Town by Bob Black. This presentation will be an update on The Family History Guide ( thefhguide.com), the best free, at-home learning and resource guide for genealogists wherever they are in their discovery journey. No need to Google something like "British genealogy" and go through 130,000 websites any more!
Robert Wilbanks IV will present the featured program Heading West, Starting Fresh: Our Ancestors and American Expansion. This beginner to intermediate topic is an historical overview of United States migration from teh earliest Colonial period through to the later 1800s. This preentation explains the geography and topography of the Eastern United States, and how it influenced early settlement and growth, as well as the westward expansion after the Revolutionary War through the post Civil War Era. It also discusses what pushed and pulled our ancestors to pick up and head elsewhere.
Bob Black, Tucson Family History Center Director, retired in 2015 after too many years working in healthcare human resources, including 20 years at UMC, 9 years at St. Joseph's/St. Mary's (the last year traveling around the country every week), and 2 years at La Frontera, all in Tucson. He started his career in El Centro, CA, but moved to Tucson for the cooler weather in 1984. He was born in Albuquerque, grew up in San Diego (such a tough place to live!), spent two years speaking German in Germany (but is now only able to tell you when they are cussing in Indiana Jones movies), and graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He has six children and nine grandchildren. He's been at the Family History Center since 2011 and has been serving as Co-Director with his wife June since 2014. He really enjoys working with people at the Center on their family history discovery journey.
Robert Wilbanks IV has been a practicing genealogist for 40 years and a professional genealogist for 29. He holds a B.A. in History and attended the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University. He is the president of the Arizona Council of Professional Genealogists and the Chief Genealogist & Historian for the Caledonian Society of Arizona. He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, and the National Genealogical Society. His areas of expertise are U.S. Military History & Records, American Civil War, Old South, Colonial Virginia, United States, and British Isles. Learn more about him by visiting his website Ancestral Pride: Professional Genealogy Services.
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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1:00 pm to 3:00 pm |
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Banner-University Medical Center
DuVal Auditorium (Room 2600)
1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ
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PARKING IS FREE
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San Diego, CA
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Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG): January 13–18, 2019
Salt Lake City, UT
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Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) Academy for Professionals: January 21–25, 2019
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Association for Gravestone Studies Conference: June 25–June 30, 2019
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