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SOCIETY

    MEETINGS & INFORMATION
American Historical Society of Germans From Russia (The)
 

Kaye Kuntz-Igoa, Chapter President
15611 W. Picadilly Rd.
Goodyear, AZ 85338
623.535.8343
Email: rkigoa@earthlink.net

Contact for Meetings and Information:
Judy Gareis
1384 South Main Drive
Apache Junction, AZ 85220
480.982.6407
Email: jgareis@msn.com

 

  *Arizona Council of Professional Genealogists (AzCPG)

This is an older organization with a new format; visit our website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azcpg/. We have an ongoing discussion board for members and plan on having virtual meetings several times a year. E-mail Janna Larson to join: Janna@GenealogyOne-on-One.com.

 

  Arizona First Families
4813 E. Flower Street
Phoenix, AZ 85018

Forrest Dougherty
602.840.4538

 

  Arizona Historical Society:
Southern Division-Tucson
Central Division-Phoenix
Northern Division-Flagstaff
Rio Colorado Division-Yuma
Quarterly: The Journal of AZ History
Arizona Historical Convention held in April of every year in various locations.
 

  Arizona Jewish Historical Society
Greater Phoenix
Genealogical Society

4710 N. 16th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Telephone: 602.241.7870
Attn: Dr. Bell
 

  Arizona Mayflower Society
16401 N. 99th Drive
Sun City, AZ 85351-1251
Membership Chairman
Robert C. Thompson
 

  Arizona Society
Children of the American Revolution
 
Julie Ebadirad
3000 S. Arizona Avenue
Yuma, AZ  85364
Phone: 928.344.8179
Email:  aebadirad@prodigy.net  
 

  Arizona Society Daughters|
of the American Revolution
 
Martha Beeching Jones
Arizona State Regent
212 W. Country Gables Dr.
Phoenix, AZ  85023-5250
Phone: 602.863.2520
Email: mjj41052@cox.net
 

  Palo Verde Chapter
National Colonial Dame
of the 17th Century
Marilyn Eldridge
11424 N. 40th Street
Phoenix, AZ  85028
 

  Arizona Society
Sons of the American Revolution

 
William Aurand - President 2007
520.574.2271
wraurand@cox.net

Chapter Meeting Information
and Contacts:

TUCSON CHAPTER:
Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties. Organized December 12, 1964. Meets the third Saturday of January, March, April, May, September, October, and November at 12:00pm (location varies) Contact Charles Miller, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer at 520.733.9779 or charles.miller@dm.af.mil for additional information.

SAGUARO CHAPTER: Glendale, Litchfield Park, Peoria, Sun Cities, Youngtown. Organized April 17, 1965. Meets second Saturday each month, except for June, July and August, for breakfast. Contact Jon Miller, Treasurer, at 623.362.9272 or jmiller45@cox.net for further information.

PHOENIX CHAPTER: Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley. Organized January 11, 1966. Meets every Tuesday at noon. Contact Charles Howey, Secretary-Treasurer, at 602.866.9495 or chuck@howey-consultants.com for additional information.

PALO VERDE CHAPTER: Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Ahwatukee. Organized February 22, 1969. Meets every second Saturday each month except June, July and August at 8:30am Contact Bill McElvain, Secretary-Treasurer, 480.354.0825 or wmcelvain@cox.net for further information.

PRESCOTT CHAPTER: Prescott. Organized February 22, 1997. Meets monthly, except July, at noon on the third Saturday of the month. July meeting is the Ice Cream Social. Contact Roger Mortenson, Secretary, at 928.717.0831 or rogerm@cableone.net for additional information.

COLORADO RIVER CHAPTER: Kingman, Bullhead City, and Lake Havasu City. Organized September 23, 2000. Meets each month at 11:00am, except for July and August, in Bullhead City, Kingman, or Lake Havasu City. Contact Loren B. Wilson, Secretary-Treasurer, at 928.753.3117 or museum@citlink.net. for additional information.

BARRY M GOLDWATER CHAPTER: Scottsdale, North Phoenix. Organized November 16, 2002. Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm. Contact Bob McClow, Secretary-Treasurer, at 602.765.3376 or bobmcclow@worldnet.att.net for additional information.
 

  Arizona State Genealogical Society

7pm, 2nd Tuesday (October thru May), 3182 North Swan Road, Tucson. Publication: Copper Filings. Write to: Society, PO Box 42075, Tucson, AZ 85733-2075. Website: http://azsgs.org/.

 

  Arizona State Society Daughters of the American Colonists Chapters located in Phoenix and Tucson. Contact the state regent for chapter times. Danna Koelling, State Regent dannansbaz@wbhsi.net
 

  Arizona Welsh Society
Meets the 2nd Thursday month (Oct-May)
1:30 pm in Menke's (103rd & Grand)
Pat King, President
4901 W Sandra Terrace
Glendale, AZ 85306
623.547.1107
 

  Associated Daughters of Early American Witches 6876 Richard Wilson Drive
Millington, TN 38053-3934
Annual meeting at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC in April.


Top *Black Family Genealogy & History Society 11:15am, 3rd Saturday, at Roosevelt Community Tech Center, 6029 South Seventh Street (southeast corner Southern & 7th Street), Phoenix. Publication: BFGHS Newsletter. Write to: Society, PO Box 90683, Phoenix, AZ 85066-0683. Website: www.bfghs.net/.


Top Caledonian Society of Arizona

6:45pm, 2nd Thursday, at Scottsdale Senior Center, 1700 N Granite Reef Rd., Scottsdale. Publication: Caledonian Society Newsletter. Write to: Society, PO Box 5853, Scottsdale, AZ 85261-5853. Website: www.arizonascots.com/.

 

  Camp Verde
Historical Society

P.O. Box 182
Rimrock, AZ 86335
Dorothy Wood, tuffywoodchuck@peoplepc.com
 

  Carver African American Historical & Genealogical Society/ Reference Library For Genealogy Information:
Joyce McCollum
602.276.7931
 

  Cochise Genealogical Society
 
The research library is housed at the Douglas Williams House in Douglas. Research is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm Publication:  “The Tombstone. Website: www.mycochise.com Write to: Society, PO Box 68, Pirtleville, AZ 85626
 

  Continental Society
Daughters of Indian Wars
 
Nancy Davis, President
14630 Futura Drive
Sun City West, AZ 85375
 

  Czech & Slovak Genealogical Society of Arizona One or two meetings a year. For information, contact Dorothy Janca at djanca@att.net.


Top Dames Court of Honor
Martha Jones
212 W. Country Gables Dr
Phoenix, AZ 85023-5250
 

  Daughters of the British Empire
in Arizona, Inc.
Contact State President
Susan Johnson at
520.568.7781 or Email: hojsij@qwest.net
National Society website: www.dbesociety.org
 

  Daughters of Union Veterans
of the Civil War 1861-1865
Margaret Warner Wood
Tent #1 Arizona
Verna Marie Griffith Maleski
1040 E. Greenway Street
Mesa, AZ 85203-4302
 

Top * The Family History Society of Arizona (FHSA) 7 chapters: Daytimers, 1pm, 3rd Wed. at Granite Reef Senior Center, Room 10, 1700 North Granite Reef Road, Scottsdale; East Valley, 7pm, 1st Wed., Fellowship Square, Building 4, 6945 E. Main, Mesa; Fountain Hills, 10am, 2nd Mon. (except summers) Fountain Hills Community Center, 13001 N. La Montana Dr., Fountain Hills; Glendale, 7pm, last Mon., at Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown; Paradise Valley, 6:30pm, 3rd Tues., at Horizon High School, 56th St. & Greenway – south side, Room C118; Scottsdale, 7:00pm, 4th Tues., at Paiute Neighborhood Center, Building 9, 6535 E. Osborn Rd.; Tempe, 6:15pm, 2nd Mon., at Pyle Adult Center, 655 E. Southern. Publication online: FHSA Newsletter. Write to: Society, PO Box 63094, Phoenix, AZ 85082-3094. Website: www.fhsa.org/
 

  The First Families of Arizona
105 N. 5th  St.
Phoenix, Az 84004
10:00AM -- First Tuesday of the Month (September through May) at the Phoenix Museum of History Public Mall
President - Frank Barrios
602.253.2734
Website: http://www.pmoh.org/membership/firstfam.asp
 

  Friends of Arizona Archives
P.O. Box 64532
Phoenix, AZ 85082-4532
John Akers, President
jakers@glendaleaz.com
Website: http://www.faza.org/
Quarterly meetings at different repositories around the State.


Top * Genealogical Society
of Yuma, Arizona

10am, last Saturday (except January "Dining With the Dead" and July-August) at the Yuma County Library District Main Library, 2951 S. 21st Drive, Yuma. Publication: GSYA Newsletter. Write to: Society, PO Box 2905, Yuma, AZ 85366-2905. Phone: 928.376.6758. Web site: www.gsya.org/

 

  Germans to America
5735 E. McDowell #234
Mesa, AZ 85208
Alvin Schireman, 602.396.4816
 

  Graham County
Historical Society

P.O. Box 127
Stafford, AZ 85546
 

  Green Valley Genealogical Society 1:00pm, 3rd Thursday (October through April) at St. Francis-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. LaCanada. Publication: Past Tracks. Write to: Society, PO Box 1009, Green Valley, AZ 85622. Contact Betty Malesky for information, email: bettymalesky@cox.net or their website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~azgvgs/.


  Huguenot Society of Arizona (The)
 
Geraldine Thomas
2612 E. Emile Zola
Phoenix, AZ  85032
 

Top Heredity Order of the First Families of Massachusetts (The) Marilyn Eldridge
11424 North 40th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85028.


Top Jewish Historical Society
c/o Carlton Brooks
1854 Fountain St.
Mesa, AZ 85203
Meeting times vary
Contact Carlton Brooks
602.969.1201


  *Lake Havasu
Genealogical Society, Inc.
6:30pm, 3rd Friday (Sept. - May) at Mohave County Library, Room A, 1770 N. McCulloch Blvd. (K-Mart Plaza). LHGS Library, 2126 N. McCulloch Blvd, LHC, 928-854-5447. Write to: Society, PO Box 953, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405-0953. Website:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~azlhgs/


Top Mohave County Genealogical Society 1pm, 2nd Wednesday, at Mohave County Museum Library, 400 West Beale Street. Write to: Society, 400 West Beale Street, Kingman, AZ 86401. E-mail: library@mohavemuseum.org.
 

  Monte Vista Genies 9am, 1st Friday (Nov - March) at Monte Vista Village Resort, Hopi Room, 8865 E. Baseline Road, Mesa; 8:30am, 3rd Friday carpool to Mesa Family History Center. Contact: wibsal21@aol.com


Top National Huguenot Society

Isabel Knopp Morrison
16820 N. 2nd Drive
Phoenix
, AZ  85023-3630
Phone: 602.863.0821

 

  National Society
Daughters of Founders/Patriots
of America
Bonnie Van Woierkom
16330 E. Villa Park Court
Gilbert, AZ 85297
 

  National Society
Children of the
American Revolution

2000 W. Flint
Chandler, AZ 85224
Mrs. Norma Griffin
Arizona Senior State President
602.814.9281
 

 

National Society of the
British Empire in USA

Agin Court Chapter
Mrs. Peter Cross
4046 E. Melita Avenue
Mesa, AZ 85206

Lion & Unicorn Chapter

Plantagenet Chapter
c/o Barbara Budianan
P.O. Box 4156
Scottsdale, AZ 85261

Stonehenge Chapter
c/o Patricia Henry
10247 West Pineaire Drive
Sun City, AZ 85351-1120

 

  National Society Colonial Dames
of the 17th Century
Ludella Ebinger
6131 N. 8th Avenue
Phoenix
, AZ  85013-1405
Phone: 602.246.9340
 

  National Society Dames
of the Court of Honor
Jane Foster, State President
3378 N. 129th Drive
Avondale, Az 85323-6672
 
  National Society
Daughters of American Colonist

 
Inga Korte
(602) 938-6067
P.O. Box 83061
Phoenix, AZ 85013-3061
 

  National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
 
Margaret Sinclair Hurd
1255 W. Kilarea
Mesa, AZ  85203-6623
 

  National Society Daughters
of Colonial Wars
Sally Wood Hilavoy
25150 Windy Walk Drive
, Villa #16
Scottsdale, AZ  85266-9274
 

  National Society Daughters
of American Colonist
Patricia Pittman
6131 N. 6th Avenue
Phoenix
, AZ  85013-0879
 
  National Society Daughters of Founders/Patriots of American
 
Bonnie Van Woerkom
16330 E. Villa Park Court
Gilbert, AZ 85297
 
  National Society
Magna Carta Dames
Arizona Regent
Barbara Underwood
9510 Briarwood Circle
Sun City
, AZ  85351-1431
 

  National Society
New England Women
Glydie Ann Nelson
11033 Sun City Blvd.
Sun City, AZ 85351
glydie@msn.com
 

  National Society Sons & Daughters of the Pilgrims, Arizona Branch Mrs. Charles Perry, Jr. (Nancy)
2653 East Beekman Place
Phoenix, AZ 85016-7485
602.468.9692
nancymacten4@aol.com
 

  National Society
United Daughters of 1812
Nadine Brunhofer
7844 E. Meseto Avenue
Mesa, AZ 85209-5091
 

  National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company Georgiana Swanson
3139 N. 47th Place
Phoenix
, AZ  85018-6511
 

  Navajo County
Genealogical Society

9am, last Thursday of February, April, August and October, Winslow LDS Church. Publication: NCGS Bits & Bytes. Write to: Society, PO Box 1403, Winslow, 86047.

 

  * Northern Arizona
Genealogical Society

2pm, 4th Saturday, at LDS Family History Center, 1001 Ruth Street. Publication: The Bulletin. Genealogy Library located at Prescott Valley Public Library, 7401 E. Civic Circle, 3rd floor, Prescott Valley, AZ. Write to: Society, PO Box 695, Prescott, AZ 86302-0695. Website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aznags/.

 

  *Northern Gila County
Genealogical Society and Library

1:30pm, 1st Thursday, at 302 E. Bonita. Publication: Roots and Branches. Write to: Society, 302 E. Bonita, Payson, AZ 85541-5012. Phone: 928.474.2139. E-mail: ngcgs@npgcable.com. Website: www.rootsweb.com/~azngcgs/index.html.



Top Order of Founders and
Patriots of America (The)

Lawrence R. Fuller, Governor
6801 Camelback Road Apt S114
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
480-945-9816
Registrar Lawrence R. Fuller
6801 Camelback Road Apt S114
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
480.945.9816
 

  Order of the
Three Crusades 1096-1192

17239 North 59th Place
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Mrs. Beth Bugbee
National Counselors
602.867.4895


Top Phoenix Genealogical Society Keith Nelson, President
1:00pm, 1st Tuesday (except holidays) at Crossroads United Methodist Church, 7901 N. Central Ave.Publication: PGS Newsletter. Write to: Society, PO Box 38703, Phoenix, AZ 85069-8703; phone: 602.274.8047. Website: www.phxgensoc.org/.
 

  Pioneers' Cemetery Association P.O. Box 63342
Phoenix, AZ 85082-3342
Meetings: 2nd Sunday of each Month, 2:00PM at the Smurtwaite House, 14th Ave and Jefferson, 602.534.1262
Email: pioneercem@yahoo.com
 

  Polish Genealogical
Interest Group of AZ
Jan, April, and Oct. They meet the 4th Saturday from 9AM-12PM in the Pyle Center at the corner of Southern and Rural in Tempe. Contact person is Marilyn A. Collins, 8379 W. Utopia Road, Peoria, AZ 85382.
 

  Rincon County West RV Resort Genealogy Club

7pm, every Monday, during the winter, Classroom #2 at the Park. Write to: Club, c/o Rick Mullins & Ilona Stone, Resort, 4555 S. Mission Rd, Tucson, AZ 85746; 520.294.5899.


Top Saddle Brooke Genealogy Club

1pm, 1st Thursday, SaddleBrooke Clubhouse, Coyote Room, 64500 E. SaddleBrooke Blvd. Website: www.sb-genealogy.org/.

 

  Sedona Genealogy Club 1:30 pm, 4th Monday (except June-August & December) at the Sedona LDS Church on Mormon Hill Road. Write to: Society, PO Box 4258, Sedona, AZ 86340-4258. Website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azsgc.
 

  Sharlot Hall Museum
415 W. Gurley Street
Prescott AZ 86301
520.445.3122

Sharlot Hall Museum Archives
The Museum is open 7 days a week, however the Archives, where all the genealogical material is located) is open for researching by reservation by calling 928.445.3122. Scott Anderson, Assistant Archivist.
 

  Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Arizona
James D. Winter, Governor
1902 Fairway Lane
Payson, AZ 85541-4526
928.474.0010
Sandra M. Everett, Membership Chairman
3825 E. Mountain Vista
Phoenix, AZ 85048-7374
480.759.4407
For information pertaining to Mayflower Meetings, contact the Governor or see web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~azsmd/azmayflower.html
Meetings: April 27, 2008
 

  Society of the Cincinnati
17239 N. 59th Place
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Representative:
James M. Bugbee
602.867.4895
 

  Sons of Confederate Veterans
 
7PM Monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of the month at Denny’s on Rural Road, just south of the 60 Fwy. No meetings June - August. Website: http://www.geocities.com/granvilleoury1708/. For additional information, contact Ron Fox, Adjutant SCV Camp 1708 at Fox5tex@aol.com.
 

  Sons of the Revolution
Joseph L. Brumit
President, Arizona Society
12947 West Blue Bonnet Drive
Sun City West, AZ 85375
 

  Sons of the American Revolution
J. Michael Jones, Membership Chairman
212 W. Country Gables Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85023-5250
 

  *Sun City Vistoso
Genealogical Society
1:00pm, 2nd Tuesday (October - May), at SCVCAI Social Hall, Navajo Room, 1465 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., Oro Valley. Publication: AncesterE News. Write to: SCVGS, 1565 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd, Oro Valley, AZ 85755. Website:  www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azscvgs/.


Top Tri-State Genealogical Society 10AM, 2nd Friday, at Mohave Community College Library, 3400 Highway 95. Write to: Society, PO Box 21902, Bullhead City, AZ 86439. Website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azcanvtsgs/. We are an Arizona organization with members who live in Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Nevada and San Bernardino County, California. Publication: Desert Dwellers Digest.


Top United Stated States
Daughters of 1812,
Arizona Division
 Betsy Jones
6341 W. Prickly Pear Trail
Glendale, AZ  85310
 

  United Daughters of the Confederacy
John R. Baylor #2298
6341 East Calle Dened
Tucson, AZ 85710
Mrs. Joseph L. Bruins (Marylyn)
520.747.3769
 

  United Daughters of the Confederacy
Picacho Pass #2530
Thunderbird Chapter
Patsy N. Barrett,
President, Arizona Division,
United Daughters of the Confederacy
6501 North Camino Libby
Tucson, AZ 85718
520.297.2983
Pbarrett31@msn.com
 

Top Verde Valley
Historical Society

P.O. Box 511
Cottonwood, AZ 86376
Bill Morris

 

 

  Welch League of Arizona
4802 East Ray Road
Suite 23-510
Phoenix, AZ 85044
602.532.7837 phone/fax
12PM First Saturday of every month at the Irish Cultural Center, 1106 North Central Avenue, Phoenix. Information: info@welshleagueofarizona.org.
John Good, President
 

  * West Valley Genealogical Society
Dorothy Sprague, President
 
1:30pm, 2nd Monday (September thru May), First Presbyterian Church, Swain Hall, 12225 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City, AZ. Genealogy Library located at 12222 N. 111th Ave., Youngtown, AZ; phone: 623-933-4945; Publications: Desert Tracker and Tidbits. Write to: Society, 12222 N. 111th Ave., Youngtown, AZ 85363. Website: www.azwvgs.org/.

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