Pikes Peak Genealogical Society
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
Pikes Peak Genealogical Society helps members and guests connect with their past and learn to do sound family history research by offering top-of-the-line monthly speakers, classes, on-demand genealogy webinars, and a DNA special interest group. We meet by Zoom so members don’t have to drive at night or in bad weather. Meetings are recorded for later viewing. As a result, we have members from throughout the country. Guests are welcome to visit.
We also plan events and meals together so we can socialize in person. At times, we index local records to make them available to genealogists worldwide. We focus on our own backyard—El Paso and Teller counties, Colorado—but we support genealogical research everywhere. PPGS members can be your boots on the ground for local research.
Wednesday, December 9, Monthly Meeting
True Grit and Determination: Finding Your Female Ancestor
by Amanda Oldenburg
7 p.m., Mountain Time, via Zoom; socializing at 6:30 p.m., MT
The challenge and frustration of tracing female ancestors is one that every researcher will experience at one time or another. However, there are some tried-and-true techniques that will help you overcome these challenges. This presentation will focus on why it is sometimes difficult to locate the women in our trees and the records and techniques that can help locate these elusive women.
Amber Oldenburg is a genealogist, lecturer, and social media manager with a degree in Family History Research from Brigham Young University-Idaho, where she currently serves as an online instructor in their Family History Research program. She specializes in Midwest and Great Lakes states research.
Members: Zoom links and handouts will be emailed before the meeting. If you still need the monthly meeting link, log in and click on the Monthly Meeting Zoom Link, under Members Only.
Guests are welcome to attend the meeting. Please request an invitation from president@ppgs.org.
Thursday, December 3, Education Meeting
Questions to Ask Your Family This Holiday Season
by Dave Bouchard
1 p.m., Mountain Time, via Zoom
When the family gathers for the holidays, the stories are right there at the table. In this warm, interactive talk on Zoom, Dave Bouchard of Root & Quill shares the questions that bring out real stories from parents and grandparents, why a recipe card can open a door a question can't, and how to record at a gathering without making it awkward. There's a quick poll, a myth-or-fact game in the chat, and a family mystery solved with an old recipe card. Bring a family dish with a story. Everyone receives a printable set of Holiday Table Question cards after the talk.
Dave Bouchard writes researched family histories at Root & Quill in Granby, Connecticut. He traces families in the original records and turns them into hardcover books with every fact cited. He gives talks for libraries and historical and genealogical societies.
Guests are welcome to attend the meeting. Please request an invitation from president@ppgs.org