Advanced Computerized Genealogist workshop

Genealogical methods Class with discussion as a preferred method of communication

Learn methods that work to figure out your ancestor’s history with hands on exercises

Share your successes with others.
each class session is started with your questions and successes
I then add what is new in internet genealogy and since
every student will be sitting at a computer with complete access to Ancestry.com (proQuest library version) we will learn how to use whatever is new!
The rest of the class session will be how to genealogy methods
some examples are on my web site at http://www.rader.org/classes/my_classes.htm

Tuesday September 4, 2007 -2:30- 4:30 pm
at The Community Education Center
10850 Gadsten Way-- Rancho Cordova -- 916-635-6810
If you have questions about the class call me,
Jim Rader at 916-366-6833
 

the new school website is at

https://www.edline.net/pages/Folsom_Cordova_USD/Adult_and_Community_Education

1. Internet browser workshop

   a. google books b. used book web catalogs www.amazon.com                   www.alibris.com   abebooks.com  c. US genweb project d. Newspapers online e. Introduction to the Internet

   f. intro to the WWW g. learn the net h. What is the Internet? i.  intro to the WWW

2. RootsWeb's Guide To Tracing Family Trees
   a. What's in a Name?
   b. Software for Genealogists
   c Census Records

3. Legacy data base program workshop
   • Research Guidance - Researching your ancestry is easier than ever with Legacy's new built-in, 24/7 personal research assistant. Just choose your goal and Legacy automatically creates a To-Do list of expert suggestions and research tips.
   • Publishing Center - Combine your favorite reports into an heirloom book. Add a Title Page, Preface, Dedication, Copyright Notice, and Abbreviations page, and Legacy will automatically generate the Table of Contents, Index, and Bibliography.
   • Legacy Home - The new Legacy Home tab brings you genealogical news and Legacy tips (updated every day!), reminds you of upcoming birthdays and anniversaries, provides quick links for support questions, and has a built-in web browser -- now you'll never need to leave Legacy to surf the Internet.
   • Timelines - Legacy now lets you see your ancestors' lives in history. Timelines can be merged with the ancestor's chronology giving you a sense of how they were affected by history.
   • And much, much more!
   • Click here to read more
   • Click here to see the video Tour

4. GEDCOM workshop
   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

5. Ancestry US Census and SSA death index workshop

6. RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Global Search
   a. Creating a GEDCOM file
   b. What is a GEDCOM

7. Using lulu.com to share your work

8. FamilytreeDNA and National geographic Genographic Project
    

Tuesday 2:30- 4:30 pm at The Community Education Center
10850 Gadsten Way-- Rancho Cordova -- 916-635-6810
If you have questions about the class call me,
Jim Rader at 916-366-6833

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Previous classes below

Security Watch: Root Kit 101
	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
12:30-2:30 pm	Intro to Computers/ Windows	Survive your computer
3-5 PM	Intermediate Computers	Finding Existing Genealogy

7 weeks  FOLSOM CORDOVA ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES 10850 Gadsten Way Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 635-6810
	Census work	Idiots guide book	How to Immigrant
	the Results	Genealogy Software	Windows Versions
	people finders	web page hosts	Future of Genealogy
	Internet Service Prov.	common file formats	Quicken
	Previous classes, let me know if would you would like to see one of them offered again
	How Come They’re Rich and I’m Not?		Family History On the Internet
	Video Editing class	Beginning Legacy class	Online Roots class
		Intermediate Legacy	Family History Data Base

click here for official school web site
http://www.folsomcordovaadulted.com/