Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

UVTAGG Press Release: Online Meeting Saturday Morning 9 Nov 2024: MARILYN THOMSEN on FEDERAL AND STATE MILITARY RECORDS

2024-11-06

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.

for Don

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

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 9 Nov 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

10 am - 11 am MST: MARILYN THOMSEN on MILITARY RESEARCH WHEN AND WHERE

11:10 - 12 Noon MST: MARILYN THOMSEN on STATE MILITARY RECORDS RESEARCH

Details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 9 Nov 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 MDT: MARILYN THOMSEN on MILITARY RESEARCH WHEN AND WHERE

11:10 - 12 Noon MDT: MARILYN THOMSEN on STATE MILITARY RECORDS RESEARCH

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION:

Thinking of exploring your ancestor's military records? Military records are an important USA source of information. They are especially valuable when researching families before the 1850 Census. Marilyn will discuss military records, how they are organized and what you can expect to discover. Also the major repositories of records and search strategies will be included.

ABOUT MARILYN THOMSEN:

Marilyn Thomsen has been the editor of TAGGology, the Utah Valley and Technology Group’s newsletter for 10 years. She graduated with a BA from BYU (’05) with a Family History focus in US Southern research. She was a volunteer on the US & Canada floor at the Family Search Library in SLC and worked on other projects. She was Director at three FamilySearch Centers in Utah. After completing National DAR training, she enjoyed lineage research for new applicants. During her BYU Internship at the National Archive Regional Center in Georgia, she rambled through courthouses and cemeteries of her Southern roots. With her husband, Richard, she visited the homes, parishes and archives of her ancestors in Denmark, Isle of Man and England. Marilyn loves to put flesh on the bones of her ancestors and won BYU’s Family History of the Year Award for histories focusing on her Utah Pioneer ancestors. Her enthusiasm when teaching comes because she really loves helping others find their roots. Her husband, Richard, shares a passion for digging up dead relatives and connecting them to living relatives.

ABOUT THE CLASS:

State Archives may have your ancestor's military records. Local archives have databases and records not found in Federal databases. This intermediate level class discusses the importance of being familiar with local county histories and records when researching your ancestor's military background.

All meetings of the UVTAGG 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; Beccy Martin, Secretary; 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 .

for Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

UVTAGG Press Release: Online Meeting Saturday Morning 12 Oct 2024: LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO on ORGANIZING AND PRESERVING PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA

UVTAGG Press Release: Online Meeting Saturday Morning 12 Oct 2024: LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO on ORGANIZING AND PRESERVING PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA

2024-10-08

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

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 12 Oct 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

10 am - 11 am MDT: LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO on PROTECTING PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA FROM DISASTERS: A PRACTICAL BEGINNING

11:10 - 12 Noon MDT: LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO on FAMILY HISTORY THAT LASTS: ORGANIZE, PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND CONNECT

Details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 12 Oct 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 MDT: LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO on PROTECTING PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA FROM DISASTERS: A PRACTICAL BEGINNING

11:10 - 12 Noon MDT: LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO on FAMILY HISTORY THAT LASTS: ORGANIZE, PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND CONNECT

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION:

Many of us wake up one day to find ourselves keepers of the family history or of important family heirlooms and keepsakes. The actions we take now will decide what our posterity knows of their ancestors, including ourselves! Making sure our family photos, documents, histories and memorabilia are protected, fully identified, safely displayed and properly stored. These are some of the most significant things we may ever do for our kin. Done properly, these things will outlast us and help bind future generations to our family trees. Presentation will cover the basics and includes an introduction to websites of major suppliers of archival products, which also contain free educational brochures, articles, videos and examples. We will then visit the websites of major organizations that teach about preservation methods and techniques. These sites offer many additional free guides and resources. You will then be able to start your plan and take the first steps in a logical, ordered and comfortable way.

ABOUT LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO:

Laurie Werner Castillo was born in Santa Monica and raised in West Los Angeles with beagles and land tortoises for pets and playmates. She played on the girls basketball team for two years in high school and also loved participating in tennis, volleyball and basketball. She misses the palm trees in her front yard and the smell of the ocean every day.

After a really great educational experience in Los Angeles, she attended BYU, earning an AA in Communications and Fine Arts and a BS in Consumer Economics. She met Jerry Castillo, from San Antonio, Texas, in Utah and they have 2 children and 7 grandchildren.

Laurie is currently first vice president of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group; She is former Vice President, Executive Secretary and Board Member, of the Utah Genealogical Association; She has been a BYU FH Library consultant, tour guide and teacher for 32+ years; She has been a professional researcher and writer 34+ years; She has presented at many conferences including: RootsTech 2016-2020, BYU FH Conference 2014-2019, and BYU Education Week 2016-2017, We Are Cousins Conferences 2-7 (2021-2024); She is a former Red Cross Instructor, Girl Scout Troop Leader, Boy Scout Merit Badge Counselor and Chihuahua breeder. Her research specialties include: Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Canada and Hispanic Research; And New England, Midwest, Southwest, Mountain States and Pacific Frontier regions of the US.

She is currently researching her WWI Ancestors, her ancestors in the 1918-1919 Influenza pandemic, her German family and Los Angeles in the early years.

Her interests include: history, mystery, geography and genetics. Add those up and you have family history.

ABOUT THE CLASS:

The ultimate goal of family record keepers is to create intergenerational connections among family members. We need to organize our histories, photos and memorabilia in a way that both protects these important items and is conducive to sharing their meaning, their stories. This presentation will explore ways of using certain archival products to best advantage. We will talk about some of the more prominent bloggers and authors on preservation ideas. Then we will consider creating copies and backups of your preservation efforts.

Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Beccy Martin, Secretary; 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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Monday, September 9, 2024

UVTAGG Press Release: Online Meeting Saturday Morning 14 Sep 2024: RICK KLEMETSON on DNA

UVTAGG Press Release: Online Meeting Saturday Morning 14 Sep 2024: RICK KLEMETSON on DNA

2024-09-09

Don

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

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 14 Sep 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

10 am - 11 am MDT: RICK KLEMETSON on IS YOUR TREE REALLY CORRECT? HOW CAN DNA HELP?

11:10 - 12 Noon MDT: RICK KELMETSON on DNA: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 14 Sep 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 MDT: RICK KLEMETSON on IS YOUR TREE REALLY CORRECT? HOW CAN DNA HELP?

11:10 - 12 Noon MDT: RICK KELMETSON on DNA: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION:

You have a great tree. Now what? How do you know it is correct? This presentation reviews the many DNA tools available today to help confirm each of your lines. Along the way you may discover new truths, and help your DNA matches discover their truths.

ABOUT RICK KLEMETSON:

Rick Klemetson caught the genealogy bug while taking a genealogy class at BYU in 1984. He helped many people around the world research their genealogy. Rick has been involved in the computer industry since the 80's and currently teaches online classes for a Denver software company. He was introduced to DNA a decade ago, and became addicted to helping adopted people identify their birth families. He has helped hundreds of adoptees find their families over the years.