[UVTAGG] Press release
for meeting Saturday morning 13 Apr 2013
04 Apr 2013
Journalists and others,
please run this as a news item and/or in your calendar of
events. Email me, if you need further information. Thanks.
Don Snow
UTAH VALLEY TECHNOLOGY
AND GENEALOGY GROUP MEETING (UVTAGG)
The next regular,
second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting of the Utah Valley
Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the Utah
Valley PAF Users Group - UVPAFUG) will be on Saturday, 13
Apr 2013, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050
North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. Information about
the Group, main presentations, classes, and class notes are
available on their website http://uvtagg.org and the press releases are at http://blog.uvtagg.org .
The main
presentation this month will be by James L. Tanner on ARE
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everyone, whether LDS or not. The data comes from new
FamilySearch, but in Family Tree it is easier to edit, add
sources, and remove. It also requires that you cite reasons
for what you are claiming and has ways of entering links to
webpages that substantiate your data. You can also add
photos and stories so it becomes more than just a collection
of names, dates, and places. Someone at RootsTech 2013 last
week said, "Genealogy changes charts; family history changes
hearts.", and James Tanner will discuss these features with
us. He is a retired attorney living in Mesa, Arizona, and
is the author of Genealogy's Star blog at http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/ ,
an early and important family history blog and one of the
official blogs for all three of the RootsTech conferences. He
has been actively involved in genealogy for many years, is on
the support staff of the FamilySearch Research Wiki, and is
moderator for Arizona and Utah. He is also the author of The
Guide To FamilySearch Online, published in hard copy and pdf
and available from http://www.familyrootspublishing.com/store/product_view.php?id=1593 .
His blog has a good collection of articles about current
items in family history and helps keep us up to date on what's
happening. He has over 30 years experience in law and
computers and over 20 years doing genealogy research. He
presently serves as a volunteer at the Mesa Family History
Center where he helps patrons and teaches classes. We are
pleased to have him talk to our group while he is in Utah.
After his main presentation he will also teach a class during
the class period.
After the main
presentation the following classes are presently scheduled.
Check the meetings page at http://uvtagg.org/ for last minute changes or additions to
the class offerings. (1) Effectively
Using the Cloud: Dropbox, Evernote, Skype, etc., by James L.
Tanner; (2) Tips and Tricks for Searching Historical Records
on FamilySearch, by Sue Maxwell; (3) Ask an Expert (Personal
Help), by Don Engstrom and Finn Hansen; (4) MAC: Using
iPhoto and Google Maps for Genealogy, by Ron Snowden; (5)
Video of last month's main presentation: Solving Difficult
Family History Problems, by David Ouimette; (6) Ancestral
Quest, by Merlin Kitchen; (7) Legacy: Putting Your Genealogy
File in Focus For Great Results, by Jim Kendall; and (8)
RootsMagic, by Bruce Buzbee
All meetings of UVTAGG
are open to the public whether members of the Group or not.
The Group has the goal of helping individuals use technology
to further their family history and there are usually about
100 attending the monthly meetings on the second Saturdays.
The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st
VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Liz Kennington, Newsletter Editor; Renee
Zamora, Secretary; Kay Baker, Don Engstrom, and Rayanne Melick
working with membership and finances, and Bruce Merrill and
Marie Andersen working with the DVD Library. Several of these
will be there to answer questions, help with membership,
distribute the current issue of the monthly newsletter
TAGGology, and check out and sell DVDs of past presentations
and classes to members of the group. Many members don't live
close enough to participate in the monthly meetings, but
belong so they can receive the monthly newsletter and purchase
DVD's of the presentations and classes. And gift memberships
are wonderful presents for your family history minded
relatives and friends. Information about the Group,
presentations, classes, and class notes can be found at the
websites mentioned above. For further information contact
President Gerhard Ruf at pres@uvtagg.org (801-225-6106), or
1st VP Laurie Castillo at laurie@everythingisrelative.net, or
2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu.
Don Snow, 2nd VP of
Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group (UVTAGG)
-- Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah - snowd@math.byu.edu
