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Tune in on May 21 at 1 p.m. ET as Claire Kluskens, Subject Matter Expert for & Census Records, US National Archives in DC, discusses the genealogical value of U.S. passport applications and related records from the 1790s to 1925.

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JOIN US TOMORROW AT 6:30pm
at the Natrona County Library for the last class of the season presented by Johanna Wickman, who has been working in the museum field for over 15 years. She is president of Wickman Historical Consultants providing research and archival care services for museums and the public. She has been on the Fort Caspar Museum Association board since 2015 and currently serves as vice president. In 2021 she began the project of completing Fort Caspar's commemorative cemetery that was started in the 1970s. She was interviewed as the expert on the 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry for the film "The Battle of Red Buttes" currently on exhibit at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. She is the author of "Lost Forts of Casper" and "The Forgotten Senator: The Life and Character of Preston B. Plumb."

"Discovering 'The Forgotten Senator'" Uncovering the life of Kansas U.S. Senator Preston B. Plumb. Author and historian Johanna Wickman will share exploits of Plumb's life from his teenage years smuggling weapons to support the abolitionist Free State Movement in Kansas, serving with distinction in the Civil War as the Lt. Colonel of the 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, to his impact on the United States as a U.S. Senator. Wickman will also share how she found such significant unpublished information, her format for the book, and her research methodology.
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How timely is this, arriving via e-mail right after Tamara Hallo's fantastic presentation tonight!!!

US, War of 1812 Pension Files, 1812-1815 The War of 1812 pension files resulted from a man's service during the war, 1812-1815. They were granted to the veteran, his widow, or his heirs.

For those of you who wish to attend our class tonight via Zoom, you may use the same Zoom link as last month. If you do not have that, please call the library at (307) 577-7323 to get the current link. Of course, we hope to see most of you in person tonight for this fantastic class called, “Follow the Money.”

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Join us Thursday, APRIL 18th, 6,:30 PM, at the Natrona County Library for a presentation entitled "Following the Money" which will teach us how to find our ancestors' financial records! Tamara Hallo (Hallo Genealogy Services) will be live on ZOOM from Florida, and will share with us which documents to look for AND where to find them. Digging into these documents can lead to fascinating discoveries about family backgrounds and lifestyles!

If you are unable to attend in person, join us on ZOOM. The connection info will be in this week's e-mailed NCGS newsletter if you are a Natrona County Genealogy Society member. If not, give the library a call or drop by, & they can give you the passcode. Annual membership is only $15.00 for a couple, & you can join at the check-in table at the next NCGS meeting!

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Join us for a very special genealogy presentation called “Following the Money.” Tamara Hallo comes to us live from Florida (via Zoom) and never disappoints. Learn what documents to look for and where to find them. Locating financial records from your ancestors can lead to many new discoveries about their background and lifestyle. This is truly a golden opportunity to help you unlock a trove of new insights and information. Who knew there were so many kinds of records?
Our classes are always FREE, so bring a friend to the Natrona County Library at 6:30 pm, Thursday, April 18.
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Join us Thursday March 21st, 6:30 PM, at the Natrona County Library or from your home for a Legacy Webinar on ZOOM entitled "Documenting American Indian Families in 20th Century Records". We sometimes think of Native American ancestry as difficult to trace, however Angela Walton-Raji will share several public records that reveal life in Native American communities described in collections from the 19th and 20th centuries. She will discuss traditional census records as well as some of the specific Native American Membership Rolls, including communities from New England to the Western Frontier.

For Natrona County Genealogy Society dues-paying members, you will find the CORRECTED password in our newsletter which Vernon will e-mail to you this week. Those who are not yet members may call or drop by the library & get the password there. You may check in to ZOOM as early as 6:15 PM on Thursday.

We hope to see you for this excellent presentation. If you know any one who does Native American research, you'll want to let them know about this webinar!! AND we really appreciate it when you share our posts with all your FB friends! Just click "share" under our post, then click 'save to feed', then click share. Easy!

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How many of you can trace your roots back to the penal colonies in Austrailia who traveled there from England & sometimes Scotland & Ireland? 😲

These are the cells on an 1800's convict ship. In 1787, the First Fleet, a group of convict ships departed from England to establish the first colonial settlement in Australia, as a penal colony.

The First Fleet included boats containing food and animals from London.

The ships and boats of the fleet would explore the coast of Australia by sailing all around it looking for suitable farming land and resources. The fleet arrived at Botany Bay, Sydney on 18 January 1788, then moved to Sydney Cove (modern-day Circular Quay) and established the first permanent European settlement in Australia. This marked the beginning of the European colonisation of Australia.

https://ruralhistoria.com/2024/03/08/first-fleet/

George Washington was born 292 years ago today. Explore the events that preoccupied Washington's thoughts during his presidency in our collection of George Washington Correspondence, 1789-1796: https://f3.social/6y00

Are you related to any famous African Americans? Discover your African-American ancestors in the records that were created as part of their heritage.

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You have your DNA results. Now what?
Join us this Thursday evening (Feb 15) at 6:30 for a free class in the Crawford Room at the Natrona County Public Library. Whether you are a hobby genealogist, a newbie, or have years of experience, this class has useful information for YOU! Join us and bring a friend or two!
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Join us at 6:30 Thursday, February 15th at the Natrona County Library to learn more about the DNA tests available to you or to learn how your DNA results can help you with your family history research!! Elaine Jones Hayes will be joining us on ZOOM from the Laramie County Library in Cheyenne where she's worked for almost 24 years. She'll give us a virtual exploration of current DNA test options if you have not yet tested. If you already have test results, she'll show us how to use our distant cousin matches to help find our ancestors! Elaine has been teaching genealogy classes for over 20 years.

If you need to join ZOOM from home instead of wqtching on the big screen from the library, you'll find the needed check-in info on the first page of your Natrona County Genealogy Society e-newsletter from Vernon. Not receiving the newsletter? That would mean you are not a Society member, but you CAN be for just $15.00/year per couple. If the latter is the case, just give the Natrona County Library a call & they can give you the check in link for Thursday's DNA ZOOM link. And the NCGS classes are always FREE at the Natrona County Library!! Be sure to SHARE this post and to bring a friend or family member with you to the class!!

Any one else have this problem? I know I know I sure do!

The Bank of Vernal was shipped through the mail one brick at a time! When construction began on this Utah bank in 1916, mailing the 80,000 bricks was the cheapest option.

According to this 1935 article, each brick was wrapped and put in a crate totaling less than 50 pounds to comply with mail regulations. The bricks were then sent by train from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Colorado, where they were transferred to a narrow-gauge railway and transported to within 65 miles of Vernal. The bricks were hauled the final miles by wagon.

The bank was completed in 1917 and still stands today!

See this clipping in the Charlotte Observer on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-the-mail-order-bu/139840386/

Join us at 6:30 Thursday January 18th in the Crawford Room of the Natrona County Library for this month's FREE genealogy class, "Discovering How Military Records Can Unearth a Uniformed Past." Learn how to use and interpret military records for family genealogy, as well as where to find and obtain these documents!
(To join on ZOOM, check this month's NCGS Newsletter or contact the library for the pass code.) Bring a friend or family member AND please share this post on your own FB page!