Saturday, February 24, 2024

Feb 2024 Military Records in Genealogy by Sue Mueller

On Wednesday, February 7th Sue Mueller from APCUG presented her topic "Military Records in Genealogy". 

This was a good presentation, especially considering Sue Mueller had cataracts surgery earlier in the day.

The slides are available here.

The video recording of the presentation can be watched HERE.

The handout to go with this presentation can be viewed HERE.


Wednesday, January 17, 2024

FEBRUARY 2024 UPDATE

Our monthly programs are on the first Wednesday of the month at 7 pm.  Our next monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, March 6th at 7:00pm at the Hidden Cypress Clubhouse.  Our speaker will be Mr. Lynn Baker, from Charleston. He will speak on "Genealogy Afterlife - What do you leave behind?" 

 The next Help sessions will be on February 14th and 28th from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Computer Club. Walk-ins are welcome, but it is preferred that you click on the link sent out a few days prior in the email to register. Subscription websites such as Ancestry.com Library Edition, Family Tree Maker, Fold3,  Newspapers.com, and Roots Ireland are available at the Computer Club.  Ask the Monitor for the Genealogy Notebook for access to these websites.

  There are numerous other Genealogy websites and journals available in the Computer Center. The Genealogy SIG welcomes all members of the Computer Club to join them in a quest to discover their family's history through records and stories. During our monthly meetings, we will discuss Genealogy skills and resources. Watch the Computer Club emails and website for titles and dates.

 If you would like to be added to the mailing list for this group please contact the host: Click Here (JBowden432@msn.com) If you would like to view the latest information provided in our Blog: Click H The Help session for November will be on November 8th and December 13th from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Computer Club.    Walk-ins are welcome, but it is preferred that you click on the link sent out a few days prior in the email to register. 

 Subscription websites such as Ancestry.com Library Edition, Family Tree Maker, Fold3,  Newspapers.com, and Roots Ireland are available at the Computer Club.  Ask the Monitor for the Genealogy Notebook for access to these websites.  There are numerous other Genealogy websites and journals available in the Computer Center. The Genealogy SIG welcomes all members of the Computer Club to join them in a quest to discover their family's history through records and stories. During our monthly meetings, we will discuss Genealogy skills and resources. Watch the Computer Club emails and website for titles and dates.

 The following classes will be taught in February/March: February 22, 1-3 "Using DNA on Ancestry.com" - taught by Susan Dobbs February 23 and 26th, 10-12, "Family Tree Maker, Parts 1 and 2" - taught by Jim Bowden March 11, 1-3 pm "Intro to Ancestry.com" - taught by Susan Dobbs We want to thank you for your patience and help in spreading the word about our classes. We hope that you will be able to attend and learn more. Due to limited capacity, we do have to limit registration. If our webinar reaches capacity, the webinar will be streamed to the FamilySearch Library Facebook page and can be viewed there. We thank you for your patience as we continue to update and enhance our webinars. All of our classes are held in the Eastern Time Zone. For help converting our times to your time zone, we recommend using a site: 

Thursday, January 4, 2024

January 2024 - Big Y DNA by Jan Alpert

The January3 meeting for the Genealogy SIG featured Jan Alpert presenting on the Big Y in DNA.

The link to the video for this meeting can be reached below:
For a copy of the handout, please click on the next link: