Thursday, March 7, 2024

UVTAGG Press Release: Online Mtg, 09 Mar 2024, 10-12 Noon MT, WENDY BRIMHALL AG® on NEWSPAPERS

UVTAGG  Press Release: Online Mtg, 09 Mar 2024, 10-12 Noon MT, WENDY BRIMHALL AG® on NEWSPAPERS


2024-03-07

Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can.    If you need more information, please see our website --  https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog  https://blog.uvtagg.org/ .   If you have questions, please contact me.   Thanks. 

Don

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu  

[Short Version]======================.
UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 09 Mar 2024 on Zoom and Facebook
10 am - 11 AM MT:  WENDY BRIMHALL AG® on OLD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS: SEARCHING FOR ANCESTORS IN NEWSPAPERS

11:10-12 Noon MT:  WHAT WE LEARNED AT ROOTSTECH 2024: PANEL DISCUSSION with MARILYN THOMSEN, CAROL HILL, and SANDY BRIMHALL
More details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.
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[Long version]======================. 
UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 09 Mar 2024 on Zoom and Facebook
Details and links to watch are on  https://uvtagg.org   and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.
10 am - 11 AM MT:  WENDY BRIMHALL AG® on OLD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS: SEARCHING FOR ANCESTORS IN NEWSPAPERS

11:10-12 Noon MT:  WHAT WE LEARNED AT ROOTSTECH 2024: PANEL DISCUSSION with MARILYN THOMSEN, CAROL HILL, and SANDY BRIMHALL

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION -- OLD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS: SEARCHING FOR ANCESTORS IN NEWSPAPERS
Newspapers are an incredible underutilized resource in Family History. This presentation will discuss both free and subscription newspaper websites. It will also demonstrate searching techniques and show what information can be gathered from newspapers.

ABOUT WENDY BRIMHALL AG®:
Wendy Brimhall, AG®, is a professional genealogist specializing in the United States Upper South. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in Family History - Genealogy. She completed internships at the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky, Utah State Archives, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Library. She works for Ancestry ProGenealogists®. Wendy gained her love of family history by visiting the Family History Library in Salt Lake City with her parents for many years as a child. She loves gathering the stories of individuals and seeing how their life played out in the time and place in which they lived. In her spare time, she likes to cook, hike, quilt, and fiddle.

ABOUT THE CLASS -- WHAT WE LEARNED AT ROOTSTECH 2024: PANEL DISCUSSION
Open discussion for UVTAGG members on Zoom with Marilyn Thomsen, Carol Hill, and Sandy Brimhall

All meetings of the Group are open to the public and have the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history.  The Group is in its 34th year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group.  On the blog is a way for anyone  to receive the press releases via email.  Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the  monthly email newsletter, TAGGology, and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes.  TAGGology contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants.  Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com  . 

Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Secretary (Vacant); Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Librarian (Vacant); Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists.  For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net, or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu.
Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .
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Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA -  snowd@math.byu.edu 

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

UVTAGG - Press Release: Online Mtg, 10 Feb 2024, 10-12 Noon MT, DONALD R. SNOW on GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI

UVTAGG - 2024-02-06- Press Release: Online Mtg, 10 Feb 2024, 10-12 Noon MT,  DONALD R. SNOW on GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI

2024-02-06

Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can.    If you need more information, please see our website --  https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog  https://blog.uvtagg.org/ .   If you have questions, please contact me.   Thanks. 

Don

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu  

[Short Version]======================.
UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 10 Feb 2024 on Zoom and Facebook
10 am - 11 AM MT:  DONALD R. SNOW on GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI
11:10-12 Noon MT:   DONALD R. SNOW on AI Q & A
More details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.
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[Long version]======================. 
UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 10 Feb 2024, 10 am - 12 Noon MT on Zoom and Facebook
Details and links to watch are on  https://uvtagg.org   and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.

10 am - 11 AM MT:  DONALD R. SNOW on GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI
11:10-12 Noon MT:   DONALD R. SNOW on AI Q & A

ABOUT DONALD R. SNOW: 
Don is a Californian by birth, with Snow ancestors from Southern Utah.  He is a retired Professor of Mathematics from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, and has lived in several foreign countries, both for mathematics and church assignments.  After retiring from the BYU Math Faculty, he and his now deceased wife Diane, served four Family History missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including being Directors of the New York Family History Center in Manhattan, in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission working on a FH project, and in the London England Family History Centre.  Don served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Utah Genealogical Association and was the Host of their online Virtual Chapter Meetings for several years.  He has been a VP of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group (UVTAGG) since the early 1990's.  He is a frequent speaker at FH venues and loves teaching and playing his accordion.  His website is http://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION and CLASS:  GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI
AI (Artificial Intelligence) is helpful in many ways, including family history.  Once you get started it is easy to use.  This presentation will help you get started with some of the major free AI websites and how to use them.  Examples will illustrate this and give you ideas to use it.  The notes  have the links, so if you use them online, you can just click and go to the AI website.  The AI websites we will discuss are Microsoft's Copilot, Googles' Bard, Open AI's ChatGPT, and Summarize.tech, a website that will give you a text summary of close-captioned YouTube videos.  The notes and other related information, all with active internet links, will be on the handout and posted on  https://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html

All meetings of the Group are open to the public and have the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history.  The Group is in its 34th year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group.  On the blog is a way for anyone  to receive the press releases via email.  Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the  monthly email newsletter, TAGGology, and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes.  TAGGology contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants.  Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com  . 

Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Secretary (Vacant); Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Librarian (Vacant); Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists.  For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net  , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .

Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .
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Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA -  snowd@math.byu.edu 

Saturday, January 6, 2024

UVTAGG - 2024-01-06- Press Release: Online Mtg, 13 Jan 2024, 10-12 Noon MT, THOMAS P. GILL on OBSERVATIONS OF 15 YEARS OF FAMILYSEARCH

UVTAGG - 2024-01-06- Press Release: Online Mtg, 13 Jan 2024, 10-12 Noon MT,  THOMAS P. GILL on OBSERVATIONS OF 15 YEARS OF FAMILYSEARCH
2024-01-06
Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can.    If you need more information, please see our website --  https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog  https://blog.uvtagg.org/ .   If you have questions, please contact me.   Thanks. 
Don
Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu 
 
[Short Version]======================.
UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 13 Jan 2024 on Zoom and Facebook
10 am - 11 AM MT:  THOMAS P. GILL on FAMILYSEARCH:  OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PAST 15 YEARS
11:10-12 Noon MT:  THOMAS P. GILL on FAMILYSEARCH:  Q&A
More details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.
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[Long version]======================. 
UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 13 Jan 2024, 10 am - 12 Noon MT on Zoom and Facebook
Details and links to watch are on  https://uvtagg.org   and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.

10 am - 11 AM MT:  THOMAS P. GILL on FAMILYSEARCH:  OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PAST 15 YEARS
11:10-12 Noon MT:  THOMAS P. GILL on FAMILYSEARCH:  Q&A

ABOUT THOMAS P. GILL: 
Tom has been with FamilySearch for 15 years and currently serves as Director of Latin America Operations. He has previously been Director of Planning & Analytics and the Controller/Finance Director. His responsibilities now  include Latin America Operations, Planning, Business Intelligence, and Help Operations. Prior to FamilySearch, Tom worked 3+ years as a Director of Finance for Destination Homes in Layton, Utah and 12+ years for Payless Shoe Source in Topeka, KS. His roles included Director of Planning & Analysis, Director of Capital Planning & Market Analysis, and Director of Merchandise Systems & Solutions.  Tom is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a BS in Accounting and an MBA. Tom and his wife Kathy, have 6 children and 6 grand-children and live in Kaysville, Utah. He served a Spanish speaking mission in Philadelphia, PA. He taught 12 years of early morning seminary and currently teaches gospel doctrine with his wife.  He has been a Bishop and on the High Council of his stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  He has  been in charge of RootsTech, both in Salt Lake City and in London, England, and has some great stories to tell.  He now travels all over Latin America for FamilySearch and talking to archivists in many countries.

ABOUT THE MAIN RESENTATION AND Q&A CLASS:  FAMILYSEARCH: OBSERVATIONS OF THE PAST 15 YEARS
Tom will talk about some of the changes that he has seen in his 15 years with FamilySearch. He will talk about the purpose statement, the Family History Temple Support Plan, efforts to build relationships with archivists around the world, and the increasing role and contribution from the general public. He will share some of his learnings from working with users and archivists from Latin America.

All meetings of the Group are open to the public and have the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history.  The group is in its 34rd year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group.  On the blog is a way for anyone  to receive the press releases via email.  Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the  monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes.  TAGGology newsletter contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants.  Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com  . 

Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Secretary (Vacant); Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Librarian (Vacant); Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists.  For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net  , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .

Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .
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Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA -  snowd@math.byu.edu