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• Program: Grapes of Wrath Meets American Graffiti

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

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  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.

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  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.

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• Round Table: How to Inventory Memorabilia

  • When
    6 Oct 2025
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    11:00 AM
  • Location
    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?

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• Program: Attending Gen-Fed

  • When
    16 Oct 2025
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    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Attend via Zoom or in person at the NVGS Library, 1701 Menlo Ave, Napa

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  photo by SM Kuleto

  “Gen-Fed” – Genealogical Institute on Federal Records

  Presented by Diane Dillon

  Diane will discuss her participation in “Gen-Fed 2024.” Gen-Fed = Genealogical Institute on Federal Records, which is held for one week each year (since 1950) at the National Archives (NARA) in Washington, D.C. The intensive daily sessions are focused exclusively on the “origin, organization, proper use, and evaluation” of records created by the federal government, particularly those at Washington, D.C. and College Park, MD. There’s a lot more than you think to be learned at NARA!

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  Diane is a life-long Napa County resident and descendant of the Conn & Pritchard families. Her academic credentials include UC Santa Barbara, B.A. in cultural anthropology; UCLA, MSLIS (law librarian specialization); and UC Davis, J.D. She was a partner at Napa’s oldest law firm, Coombs & Dunlap, before serving five terms on the Napa County Board of Supervisors. Her “retirement” time is focused on all things Napa County history-related, including Bale & Bothe state parks, NapaValleyRoots.org (which is facilitating the establishment of the Napa County Heritage Network), and City of St. Helena’s plans for its 150th anniversary in 2026.

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• Round Table: Genealogical Gift Ideas

  • When
    3 Nov 2025
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    11:00 AM
  • Location
    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?

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