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Starting a new Genealogy class fall 2007

Advanced Computerized Genealogy Discussion workshop  2:30 – 4:30 begins September 4 Tuesday

This is the class which was at the senior center without computers.  All of the students wanted to move to the classroom where we have computers and access to Ancestry paid for by the school.  Some of the items planned are Learn to use the internet to find your ancestors.  Use http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/  a free genealogy program to import and export GEDCOM family tree files and create books using the www.lulu.com system.  We will also cover DNA using the National Geographic Genographic (www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic)  and www.familytreeDNA.com

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Second Class September 11 Tuesday

  1. LDS web sites
  2. Tutorial on How to use the US Census http://census.byu.edu/

Third Class September 18 Tuesday

  1. Genealogical Blogs
  2. Search like a pro

Fourth Class September 25 Tuesday

  1. Research question -- Birth of George C. Brune  Joan Gray-Fuson
  2. Research question --  Hugh Wilson died in October 1908 Bill Wells
  3. Research question -- Mordecai Klein --Art Yates, how did 5 brothers enter the us
  4. Family History day at the archives www.sos.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm
  5. Granite Mountain Records Vault (handout)
    http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=3751 
  6. Unlocking the Vault
    http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,40-1-3384-9,00.html

Fifth Class October 2 Tuesday

  1. Ancestry Fuzzy logic search tool Ranked Search
  2. A new computer to do video and photos
  3. How to Search the Pedigree Resource File

Sixth Class October 9 Tuesday

  1. DNA by Ancestry beta  so far they are working on it
  2. archives records
  3. http://rootstelevision.com/index.html
  4. An Interview with Bob Velke http://rootstelevision.com/players/player_conferences.php?bctid=1213841212
  5. The Master Genealogist
  6. The Archive CD Books Project exists to make digital reproductions of old books and other materials available to the public, to donate original publications ...
    www.archivecdbooksusa.com
  7. family tree magazine links

Seventh Class October 16 Tuesday

  1. GEDCOM Files from Other Programs  http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsGEDCOMfiles.asp 

  2. Importing Files Into Legacy http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsImportWizard.asp (handout)

  3. Welcome to the Family History Lessons! http://261.byu.edu

  4. What is a GEDCOM? 261.byu.edu/lesson4.html 

  5. Sharing http://261.byu.edu/lesson8.html

  6. Training Videos: Family Tree Maker 2008
  7. to reserve your spot for Family Tree Maker team Webinar.(handout)

Eighth Class October 23 Tuesday

  1. Write or record your own autobiography  (handout)

  2. Voice Recorders   Olympus Digital Voice Recorder, VN2100PC,  Cyberguys.com Microphones

  3. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9

  4. Composing personal memoirs and family histories

  5. Passage Express

Ninth Class October 30 Tuesday

  1. Kip Sperry, just posted a listing commonly used and popular Family History Internet Sites - all in Alphabetical order.

  2. Family Tree Builder  genealogy software for Windows http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/family-tree-builder.php

  3. Create one family tree for the whole world http://www.geni.com/ (handout)

  4. www.Worldvitalrecords.com (handout)
  5. www.quintinpublications.com
  6. www.familyhistorycenter.info
  7. www.namethesaurus.com

Tenth Class November 6 Tuesday

  1. Speed Up Vista
  2. Get Family Tree Magazine back issues at  http://www.familytreemagazine.com/mags 
  3. the Museum of online museums http://www.coudal.com/moom/
  4. Geographic Names  ---   search domestic places
  5. https://www.ages-online.com/learningCenter.cfm#C4

11 th Class November 13 Tuesday
                     (all 3 classes in one 2:30-4:30)

  1. GEDCOM workshop What is a GEDCOM
    What is GEDCOM? It is a file format, developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to provide a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication. A GEDCOM filename ends with the extension of *.ged (like smith.ged).
    a. How to Create your own GEDCOM File
    b. Downloading GEDCOM Files from the Ancestry World Tree

  2. RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Global Search
    a. Downloading Family Trees from Rootsweb WorldConnect Project
    b. Creating a GEDCOM file

  3. Exporting and Importing

    1. Using the Import Wizard; Exporting from Other Programs

    2. Import Tips for Trouble-Free Records Transfer

school closed no school Thanksgiving week

12 th  Class November  27 Tuesday (cond. 15 students min)

1. retrieving different types of data or information and inserting it (with or with out revision) into a genealogy program? Statements, graphs, pictures, parts of a web page, pages of a book, etc. Scan documents or pictures and add comments (identify the contents)?

2.  say you have a Legacy database with your own research. You get info from an email about one line and enter it. Then you are able to download a gedcom on the same line with lots of notes and maybe slightly different info. Is there a preferred method of making useful citations of the info in Legacy? What is the best way of handling conflicting info? And then you find further info. What happens to the citations? Class exercise

3. Find people

13 th  Class December  4 Tuesday (cond. 15 students min)

1. How to create a 2008 birthday/anniversary calendar

2. Family Tree DNA announces

3. Discover traces of your ancestors $999  DNA with 23andMe's Ancestry tools
      23andMe looks at nearly 600,000 SNPs

      scattered across the 23 pairs of chromosomes

3. http://stevemorse.org/ Webpages by  Stephen P. Morse

 

14 th Class December  11 Tuesday (cond. 15 students min)

  1. FTM 2008 and our project from last week

  2. http://www.tcgr.bufton.org/ The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2008

  3. Personalized web service (Amazon Light 4.0) http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon4/default.asp

  4. Your database online          www.PhpGedView.com

  5. personalized google www.Google.com/psearch

  6. Nazi Archive Will Help Save Lost Names http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i3Dy4KVqcVA8dtFs12wDs81uHomQD8T85KKO0

15 th Class December  18 Tuesday (cond. 15 students min)

  1. German-Russian heritage Customs, Traditions, and Memories
  2. Berlin Museum Celebrates "Chrismukka"
  3. THE holidays, in German, French, Italian or Spanish etc. simply refers to holidays of any kind.
  4. Jewish Life in Kentucky
  5. Chefs' Holiday Traditions
  6. Christmas and what it means in their own countries
  7. Christmas history in America

Winter break Dec 20 - Jan 4, 2008