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• Napa's 4th of July Parade

  • When
    4 Jul 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • Location
    Downtown Napa

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  Join Us for Napa's

  4th of July Parade!

  NVGS & Napa Model A's Team Up Again This Year

  NVGS will roll in Napa's July 4th Parade for the second time! Once again, Napa Model A's club members have offered to escort us on the mile-long parade route in their antique cars decorated for the occasion.

  How YOU Can Participate

  • Walk: Get your steps in and walk the parade route with us. We need two people to carry the NVGS banner in front of the cars, and a few more people to relieve them. Bring the kids, bring the grandkids — the more the merrier!
  • Ride: A few seats will be available in the antique cars. Be sure to practice your wave! Preference will be given on site to those with mobility challenges.
  • Make some noise: If you can't walk or ride with us, find a shady spot and cheer us on from the sidelines!

  Members, please RSVP to walk or ride with us:

  • CLICK HERE, then click the Register button.
  • Last day to register: July 1, 2025
  • Questions about participating? Email Treasurer@NapaGenSoc.org.

  Please join us for this fun celebration, help us boost public awareness of NVGS, and hang out with old friends while making some new ones.

  
  

  Note: Parade participants will need to arrive by 8:30 a.m. on Friday, July 4th at our designated line-up spot. A map and additional instructions will be emailed to participants in advance. The parade starts at 9:30 a.m.

  Please remember to bring water, a hat, and sunscreen, and to wear good walking shoes. The parade route is about 1 mile long.

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• Round Table: Artifacts Passed Down from Ancestors

  • When
    7 Jul 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    On Zoom

  

  Artifacts Passed Down from Ancestors

  Host: Chris McKenzie

  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:

  • Are there any interesting or mysterious books, memorabilia, or documents that have been passed down in your family?
  • What stories have you uncovered about these items? 

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• Program: Tax Records -- More Exciting Than You Might Think!

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

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  Tax Records — More Exciting Than You Might Think!

  Presented by Annette Burke Lyttle

  Tax records can help us locate our ancestors in place and time. They can tie our ancestors to land or confirm for us that an ancestor did not own land. They can help us follow ancestral migrations and separate same-named persons. Sometimes they can help us pinpoint a death date or timeframe. Tax records can act as censuses between the censuses.

  The variety of taxes levied by governments at all levels has left a rich record of our ancestors’ lives and their sometimes-changing fortunes!

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  Annette Burke Lyttle, CG® owns Heritage Detective, LLC, providing professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. She speaks on a variety of genealogical topics at the international, national, state, and local levels and loves helping people uncover and share their family stories. Annette is a course coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the British Institute. She is a published writer whose research interests include Quaker ancestors and ancestral migrations in the US. She is past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist.

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• Round Table: Using Newspapers

  • When
    4 Aug 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    On Zoom

  

  Using Newspapers

  Host: Linda Jesmok

  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:

  • How have newspapers enhanced your research?
  • How do you search for newspaper information? Any tricks or tips to share?
  • What's the best treasure you've found in newspapers?
  • If newspapers aren't fruitful, what comes next? 

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• Program: Travel Your Tree

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

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  Travel Your Tree: Walking in Your Ancestors’ Footsteps

  Presented by Lisa Vogele

  Explore the world of family history travel beyond the confines of television shows like Finding Your Roots. Discover how you can personally trace your ancestors' paths, whether it's visiting battlefields where your forebears fought, exploring ancestral villages, or connecting with distant relatives. Join us to uncover expert tips for planning your journey and forging meaningful connections along the way.

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  Lisa Vogele is a professional genealogist and Certified Travel Associate (CTA). She is the Chief Tree Climber at Travel Your Tree: Where Ancestry Meets Adventure, a European family history research, travel planning, custom tour & genealogy research tour operator specializing in Italy & Ireland. Lisa is passionate about traveling in the footsteps of your ancestors to make or re-establish connections of personal, historical significance.

  In March 2025, Lisa was named the inaugural recipient of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) Fellowship. She is the author of Food & Folklore: A Year of Italian Festivals, a guidebook to assist travelers with incorporating heritage festivals into their itineraries, get off the beaten path, and experience local culture through food and historic events. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), earned a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University in 2019 and a Certified Travel Associate (CTA) credential. Her travel tips have been featured in the Huffington Post, 1000TravelTips.com, and Dream of Italy. She holds a master’s degree from Clemson University, was raised in Connecticut, and resides in Colorado.

  Follow Lisa’s travels and discoveries: @travelyourtree on Instagram and Facebook.

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