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Welcome to the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Our mission is to preserve family history by indexing records; support research with free classes, lectures, special interest groups, one-on-one help; and contribute to public genealogy causes. We focus on El Paso and Teller Counties, but we support genealogical research everywhere.
PPLD Regional History & Genealogy at Penrose Library: 20 N. Cascade, Colorado Springs, Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 1:30 - 5 p.m.; appointments not required. Great U.S. genealogy collection.
Key local resources:
Pikes Peak NewsFinder: index to newspapers and other local records. NOTE: PPNF is being moved to the new PPLD platform; not everything has been moved yet, but some of the newspaper index and Colorado Springs death register items are there.
Wednesday, April 9
How I Built My Own Brick Wall and the Sledgehammer of Experience
by Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL
7 p.m., via Zoom
In this lecture, we identify ways researchers have built their own "brick walls" through inexperience, lack of organization, and incorrect assumptions, and we'll explore how to resolve these issues.
Rebecca Whitman Koford is a genealogical lecturer and writer who has presented at NGS conferences, RootsTech, and Legacy webinars. She is a course coordinator the IGHR and has presented at SLIG and GRIP. She is currently executive director of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and director of the annual Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed) at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Members: Zoom links and handouts will be emailed to you before the meeting. If you still need the monthly meeting link, log in with your user name and password, then click on "Monthly Meeting Zoom Link," the second button under Member Log In.
Guests are welcome to attend the meeting via Zoom. Please request an invitation from the PPGS President. Please note that only members receive meeting handouts. If you are interested in joining PPGS go to PPGS Join / Renew.
Wednesday, March 12
6:30 p.m., Mountain Time, Zoom hangout begins
7 p.m., Mountain Time, Meeting begins via Zoom
The Pikes Peak Genealogical Society meets on the second Wednesday of each month via Zoom. Guests are welcome.
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