Upcoming Events

    • 1 Sep 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • On Zoom

    Bring Your Brick Wall

    Host: Susan Ingersoll

    Members: Join us at our monthly round table! Each month, we choose a theme to spark the conversation, then gather on Zoom to have a great time sharing our ancestors' stories.

    Are you stumped with a specific research question? 
    • Is there a BMD record you just can't locate?
    • Are you trying to find your ancestor in the news, but don't know where to look? 
    • Are you unsure where to find an immigration record?
    • Looking for church records?

    Bring your brick wall and let your fellow members brainstorm new research paths for you to explore!

    • 18 Sep 2025
    • 1:00 PM
    • Attend via Zoom or in person at the NVGS Library, 1701 Menlo Ave, Napa

    Grapes of Wrath Meets American Graffiti

    Presented by William Carroll Moore

    Please join us to hear Bill Moore’s first-hand accounts of the challenges facing Cleburne County families and individuals during the changing times of the Great Depression through World War II. He will also talk about his family’s migration to California’s Central Valley that brought a different kind of struggle — starting a new life. Bill will share valuable family genealogical discoveries he made along the way in his life journeys.


    William “Bill” Carroll Moore was born in Cleburne County, Arkansas, and moved to the Central Valley of California at the age of ten. He holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and a master’s degree in urban planning from Athens Technological Institute in Greece. Now living in Napa, California, he writes fiction and nonfiction, including his recently published memoir, The Houses of Cleburne County: Memoir of a Southern Boyhood.

    • 6 Oct 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • On Zoom

    How to Inventory Memorabilia

    Host: Sue Ziemski

    Members: Join us at our monthly round table! Each month, we choose a theme to spark the conversation, then gather on Zoom to have a great time sharing our stories.

    Questions to guide our conversation:

    • How do YOU organize inherited memorabilia?
    • What mistakes have you made over the years?
    • Got any great tips to share?
    • 3 Nov 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • On Zoom

    Genealogical Gift Ideas

    Host: Susan Ingersoll

    Members: Join us at our monthly round table! Each month, we choose a theme to spark the conversation, then gather on Zoom to have a great time sharing our ancestors' stories.

    Questions to guide our conversation:

    • What genealogy-themed gifts have you created/purchased over the years?
    • How have you made them appealing to a range of personalities?
    • Any tips or tricks to share?

Past Events

21 Aug 2025 Program: Travel Your Tree
4 Aug 2025 Round Table: Using Newspapers
17 Jul 2025 Program: Tax Records -- More Exciting Than You Might Think!
7 Jul 2025 Round Table: Artifacts Passed Down from Ancestors
4 Jul 2025 Napa's 4th of July Parade
19 Jun 2025 Program: Irish Census Substitutes
2 Jun 2025 Round Table: Correcting the Genealogical Record
15 May 2025 Program: Point of Origin
5 May 2025 Round Table: Finding School Records
29 Apr 2025 Preservation Week Special Event: After You're Gone
17 Apr 2025 Program: Bagging a Live One - Reverse Genealogy in Action
7 Apr 2025 Round Table: Meeting Distant Cousins
20 Mar 2025 Program: Women’s Issues on the Overland Trail
6 Mar 2025 RootsTech 2025
3 Mar 2025 Round Table: Using Family Photos to Validate Research
20 Feb 2025 Program: Connecting Faces Through Time
3 Feb 2025 Round Table: How I Got Hooked on Genealogy!
16 Jan 2025 Annual NVGS Membership Meeting & Special Program
6 Jan 2025 Round Tables: What Would YOU Like to Talk About in 2025?
11 Dec 2024 Holiday Reception
2 Dec 2024 Round Table: Religious Figures & Influences
21 Nov 2024 Program: Mapping Native American Tribes
4 Nov 2024 Round Table: Colonial America
23 Oct 2024 October Events at Napa Public Library
19 Oct 2024 Buy Quilt Raffle Tickets at Napa Farmers Market
17 Oct 2024 Program: Research Planning for the Win! Next Steps for Breaking Down a Brick Wall
7 Oct 2024 Oct Round Table: DNA Successes and/or Fails
19 Sep 2024 Program: Genealogical Resources at the SF National Archives
9 Sep 2024 Private Tour: Historic Saint Helena Cemetery
2 Sep 2024 Sep Round Table: Ancestors' Occupations
15 Aug 2024 Program: BEWARE! The Enchanted Forest: Perils & Pitfalls of Online Trees
5 Aug 2024 Aug Round Table: Photographs As Genealogical Clues
18 Jul 2024 Program: The ABCs of Land Records
1 Jul 2024 July Round Table: Summer Events & Traditions
29 Jun 2024 50th Anniversary Celebration
20 Jun 2024 Program: Did Your Ancestor Attend Church? Researching in Religious Records
3 Jun 2024 June Round Table: Genealogy Travels
16 May 2024 Diseases, Disasters, Distress: Bad for Your Ancestors, Good for Genealogy!
6 May 2024 May Round Table: Military Records
1 May 2024 Preservation Week Special Event: Creating a Digital Legacy
18 Apr 2024 Why They Left, Where They Went, and What Their Journeys Can Reveal
1 Apr 2024 April Round Table: Unusual Characters
21 Mar 2024 25 Tips for Researching Your Female Ancestors
4 Mar 2024 March Round Table: Amazing Female Ancestors
15 Feb 2024 Local History & Genealogy Research at the Library of Congress
12 Feb 2024 February Round Table: Patriots & Public Servants
18 Jan 2024 Annual Meeting: Accomplishments, Goals, & Installation of Officers
8 Jan 2024 January Round Table: Bring Your Brick Wall

 

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