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    • 1 Oct 2025
    • 31 Oct 2025

    Celebrate Your Family History with NVGS

    Here at Napa Valley Genealogical Society, we're always thrilled when October arrives. Family History Month reminds us to dig deep and explore our ancestors' lives.

    Here are a few suggestions for how you might observe this month:

    Interview: Ask family members for their memories of your ancestors.

    Scan: Digitize inherited photos or documents.

    Share: The holiday season is fast approaching. Tell your family about your ancestors: write a story or two, print a family tree, create a slide show, start a blog, etc.

    Enhance Your Research at the NVGS Library: Discover our Napa County resources, Colonial America and European sections, military records, and much more.

    Plan Your Visit

    We hope these ideas inspire you to find your own unique ways of observing Family History Month. Whatever your research goals are, NVGS is here to support you. We invite you to stop by our library and celebrate with us!

     

    • 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?
    • 20 Nov 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • Attend via Zoom or in person at the NVGS Library, 1701 Menlo Ave, Napa

    Genealogy Do-Over™

    A Year of Learning from Mistakes

    (90-minute presentation)

    Presented by Thomas MacEntee

    It isn’t often that we get a “do-over” when it comes to stuff that matters in life. When you first got started researching your family history, did you do some things that now are just plain “embarrassing” such as name collecting, not citing sources and more? Well now there’s hope since genealogists from beginner to advanced are employing new research methodologies and documentation practices.

    Follow genealogist Thomas MacEntee as he basically starts his genealogy research from scratch but includes sound research practices and methodologies as well as new templates, tools, and the latest technology for better family history research.


    Thomas MacEntee is a Baby Boomer guy with a love of punk rock music but also art history who somehow “fell” into the technology industry almost 40 years ago, and then left a lucrative IT career to pursue his love of family history and genealogy. Technology and historical research are opposites, but “tech people” like Thomas are needed to guide today’s genealogists through the maze of options so they can deploy the best apps and devices to break down research brick walls. Thomas MacEntee: author, educator, advocate, entrepreneur, and that “genealogy guy” who helps you accomplish your family history goals.

Past Events

16 Oct 2025 Program: Attending Gen-Fed
6 Oct 2025 Round Table: How to Inventory Memorabilia
18 Sep 2025 Program: Grapes of Wrath Meets American Graffiti
1 Sep 2025 Round Table: Bring Your Brick Wall
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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