The Family History Society of Arizona, Fountain Hills Chapter, meets Monday, Jan. 9.

The first meeting of the new year will feature Karen Blackmore, who will give ideas about how to organize genealogy files, both paper and digital. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. at the Community Center.

A brief business meeting precedes Blackmore’s program. A genealogist, quilter and blogger, Blackmore began working on her family history in 2002. She didn’t document her findings in the beginning; she is going back now to fill in the blanks.

She regularly attends genealogy conferences to discover new and different ways to improve her research. She is a retired high school math teacher and enjoys teaching genealogy classes now.

The Fountain Hills Chapter of the Family History Society of Arizona meets the second Monday of each month from September through May. Meetings are at the Community Center.

Meetings are open to the public. Visitors are invited to bring questions and concerns to learn about genealogy research. Members will stay after meetings end to help with additional questions.

Following the meeting attendees meet at a local restaurant. All are invited to the no-host lunch

For more information, contact Lisa Reis 480-836-9769 or Marlene Gasaway 253-209-9283.