The Northern Gila County Genealogical Society will be holding a Beginning Genealogy Class packed full of concepts, techniques and ideas which will hopefully get you started on your way to a fulfilling lifetime of tracing your family tree.

You will learn about the basic objectives of genealogical research, methods of charting your family tree, terms for the variety of relationships you will encounter in your tree and the proper methods for recording names, dates and places.

Here are just a few reasons to get involved in researching your family history:

• To satisfy your curiosity about yourself and your roots.

• To provide your children with a sense of who their ancestors were, where they came from and how they lived their lives. 

• To preserve family cultural and ethnic traditions for future generations.

• To compile a medical family history to give family members an advantage in the battle against inherited diseases or defects.

• To qualify for a lineage or heritage society.

• To assemble and publish a family history book, whether for family members or for profit.

For more information and to register, please contact:

Peggy Gray at 928-474-5015 -or- Nancy Hancock @ 928-479-2485