Aurora Genealogical Society of Colorado
2025 Program Meetings
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 @1:00 p.m. (MT): Voting Records: Genealogy's Best Kept Secret
ZOOM MEETING: Presented by Pam Vestal, Professional Genealogist, Author
Looking for a date of birth or death? When and where your ancestor became a citizen? Where he disappeared to or
where he came from? Voting records may have the answer. These often-overlooked gems can be packed with
genealogical information, and you won’t believe what they can tell us about our ancestors!
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT) “Researching the American Quakers”
HYBRID MEETING (In Person and Zoom): Presented by Glenn York, Professional Genealogist
Meeting address: 1298 Peoria Street, Aurora, Colorado 80011 in the Aurora Public Library Hoffman Heights Branch Basement Community Room. Map: https://tinyurl.com/zphxjfrp
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The religious group known as Quakers (Friends) came to the Pennsylvania region in the late 17th Century and spread rapidly along the East coast. By the early 19th Century many Quakers migrated to the Northwest territory and by 1900 they had settled across the entire country. Quakers were known to keep detailed family records providing a wealth of information to those with Quaker ancestors. This presentation will cover some of the basic beliefs and organization of the Quaker communities. We will discuss migrations and records left behind that can advance your research.​​​​
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT) "Writing Your Own Obituary"
HYBRID MEETING (In Person and Zoom): Presented by Melanie Golden, M.Ed, Family Life Educator & Genealogist
Meeting address: 1298 Peoria Street, Aurora, Colorado 80011 in the Aurora Public Library Hoffman Heights Branch Basement Community Room. Map: https://tinyurl.com/zphxjfrp
As genealogists, have you ever run across a family obituary and thought, “YES! Now that is a good obituary!” What makes any obituary a “good one” or maybe “not so good”? Have you ever thought about writing your own obituary to make things easier for those left behind? Or possibly to make sure that you are remembered the way you would like to be remembered? If so, please join AGS at our May meeting, where Melanie will be teaching how to write a “good obituary” or at least one that you would be happy to have in print after your death. Just think, one of your descendants may run across it in the distant future and think, “YES! Now that is a good obituary!”
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Future Presentations:
Tuesday, 23 September 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT)
Tuesday, 28 October 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT) - Finding & Carefully Using Published Surname Sources, such as Family
Histories, to Beat Your Brick Walls
Tuesday, 2 December 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (MT)​​
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Speaker Bios
​Pam Vestal: Per her bio -
"Pam Vestal is a professional genealogist and speaker who turned her focus to her longtime love of genealogy after a 20-year writing career. Her articles have appeared in the National Genealogical Society Magazine, the Association of Professional Genealogical Quarterly, and FGS's Forum magazine, and her lectures take her form coast to coast. Pam specializes in conducting genealogical research and then transforming that information into illustrated stories that even non-genealogists can enjoy."
To learn more: https://www.generationsgen.com/about-me/
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Glenn York: Per his bio -
"Glenn York began researching by pouring over microfilm at the National Archives and reading books at the Library of Congress in the 1980s while living in the Washington DC area.
Most of Glenn’s immigrant ancestors came to Colonial America, and many of their descendants were among the westward migrations who homesteaded and settled in the Great Plains. Both of his paternal grandparents were born on homesteads in Kansas. With strong Quaker ancestry, Glenn has researched Quaker history and records in both North America and the British Isles.
Glenn’s formal education includes a bachelor’s degree in social science and a master’s degree in telecommunications. He has attended the Gen-Fed institute and over 12 courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) and Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburg (GRIP). He participates in many genealogy conferences and seminars.
Glenn is past President of the Larimer County Genealogical Society and serves as the delegate to the National Genealogical Society for the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Genealogical Speakers Guild, and many other genealogical and historical societies."
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Melanie Golden: Per her Bio:
Melanie Golden has an M.Ed. in Family Studies and is a Family Life Educator and Genealogist. She has specialized in working with seniors helping them document their family stories through her classes entitled, “Storying Your Life”. Family stories are an important piece for any genealogist, not just for general family documentation, but to help families know “who they are and where they came from” giving them a sense of self.
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