The Pagosa Peak Genealogical Society (PPGS) will hold its next monthly meeting on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The meeting will be held at the Community United Methodist Church at 434 Lewis St. and will begin at 10 a.m. We will begin with a short business meeting where you can learn about the upcoming activities of our society and the topics of future programs.
The PPGS is pleased to welcome back Katherine Sturdevant as the speaker at our meeting. Sturdevant’s presentation will be entitled “Using History to Track the Southern Roots and Migrations of Your Colorado (and other) Ancestors.”
Many Southern families who settled in western states like Colorado came by way of those familiar Depression-era reasons, goals, means, routes and methods made so familiar by John Steinbeck’s novel “The Grapes of Wrath.” There were variances, though, of course, and recording your family stories in this context will help grow the historical record. Learn some best sources and how you might use them.
Sturdevant is a professor of history at Pikes Peak State College and the author of “Bringing Your Family History to Life through Social History” and “Organizing and Preserving Your Heirloom Documents.”
Please join us for another informative and enjoyable meeting. This will be a hybrid meeting, both in person and on Zoom.
Contact Carolyn at carolynpaschal@gmail.com for more information or for a Zoom link to the meeting.
