Details for Monthly Meetings
January 11, 2025
DATE: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 12:00 noon (Mountain Time)
LOCATION: Idaho State Archives (Idaho History Center), 2205 Old Penitentiary Rd, Boise
SPEAKER: Allyson Maughan
TOPIC: Add a Snapshot to Your Research
After months of research, you have run into questions. “What else can I learn about Grandpa?” “How can I solve this family mystery?” “Are there any other family members I can research?” During your research you have reviewed vital records, deeds, and census records, now it’s time to add photos. Often seen as enhancements, photographs hold answers to questions you have about your ancestors. The photos have faces on the front and writing on the back that tell stories. Photos provide new leads and solve family mysteries.
Speaker Bio
Allyson is a genealogy speaker, writer, and consultant. She completed Gen Proof in 2023, ProGen 53 in 2022, and a Genealogy Certificate from SLCC in 2019. She graduated from Idaho State University in 2001. She has nearly finished her AG. She volunteers with UGA as a board member over the Education Committee. She enjoys historical pictures and poetry writing and shares tips on https://rememberingrelatives.weebly.com/. She lives in SLC with her husband and three girls.
February 08, 2025
DATE: Saturday, February 08, 2025, 12:00 noon (Mountain Time)
LOCATION: Idaho State Archives (Idaho History Center), 2205 Old Penitentiary Rd, Boise
SPEAKER: Debra M Dudek
TOPIC: Using Fold3 Library Edition
Love it or hate it, Fold3 is a treasure trove of online military records. However, there are records and resources on this site that stretch beyond armed forces data. Using the Library Edition of this site, you'll learn how to navigate between pages, browse resources effectively, and find the hidden gems on this fantastic database.
Speaker Bio
Debra M. Dudek is Head of Adult and Teen Services at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook, IL. She holds a post graduate certificate in Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Ms. Dudek is the Book Review Editor of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, a board member of the Illinois State Historical Society, and is the author of the World War I Research Guide: Tracing American Military and NonCombatant Ancestors — Includes a Guide to Canadian Military Research.
March 08, 2025
DATE: Saturday, March 08, 2025, 12:00 noon (Mountain Time)
LOCATION: Idaho State Archives (Idaho History Center), 2205 Old Penitentiary Rd, Boise
SPEAKER: Lisa Elvin Staltari
TOPIC: A History Lesson on French Canada and the King’s Daughters
If you have French-Canadian ancestry, you are likely to have one or more King's Daughters (Filles du roi) or Carignan soldiers among your ancestors. In the early years of the French colony along the St. Lawrence River, there were many more men than women. The "King's Daughters" were approximately 768 women of child-bearing age sent from France under the sponsorship of King Louis XIV with the promise of a dowry of 50 livre or more for a marriage to an unmarried male colonist. Come and learn more about French Canadian history and the part played by the King's Daughters as well as the French soldiers in the Carignan-Salières regiment who settled in Quebec.
Speaker Bio
Lisa Elvin Staltari is a genealogist, writer, and speaker. She specializes in French Canadian/Quebec Genealogy in addition to New England. However, her "travels" in genealogy lead her to places as distant as Sweet Home, Arkansas, Hutchinson, Kansas and Seattle, Washington. That is what she loves about genealogy. You just never know where those roots will take you! Have Roots Will Travel is the name of her website and her YouTube Channel.
All monthly meeting presentations are free and open to the public, both in person and via Zoom. Society members receive meeting notifications that include the pertinent Zoom information. Nonmembers may request the Zoom link during the week each meeting is held by sending an email to idahogensociety@gmail.com. Zoom requests must be received no later than 9:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) on the day of the meeting. The Society's Board Meetings are held on the same day as its monthly meetings and are also open to anyone who would like to participate. These meetings begin at 10:30AM. If attending via Zoom, use the same Zoom information as for the monthly meeting presentation.