[UVTAGG] Press
Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning 09 May 2015, Provo
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run this as a news item and/or in your calendar of events. For a
shorter version please show the main speaker and topic, give the
UVTAGG websites, and say there are classes at all levels of
genealogy. If you need further information, please email me. Thanks.
Don Snow --
snowd@math.byu.edu
[UVTAGG] Press
Release for meeting Saturday morning 09 May 201, Provo
The next meeting of
the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the
Utah Valley PAF Users Group - UVPAFUG) will be on Saturday, 09 May
2015, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North
Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. This is the regular
second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting. Information about the Group,
meeting location, main presentations, classes, and class notes are
available on their website http://uvtagg.org and the press releases
are at http://blog.uvtagg.org . On the blog you can subscribe to
receive the press releases via email when they are posted the week
before the meetings.
The main
presentation this month at UVTAGG will be by Robert Raymond on A
GENEALOGICALLY CORRECT FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE. Learn how you can
use and help Family Tree increase its genealogical correctness and
adherence with industry standards by using genealogical proof,
sources, documents, citations, stories, photos, and collaboration.
With your help, Family Tree is becoming a genealogically sound
reflection of our shared family tree. Robert Raymond is a Deputy to
FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer, David Rencher. He is
well-known and works to increase genealogical soundness of
FamilySearch products and helps set record acquisition and
publication strategy. Robert writes a top ranked genealogy blog
(pseudonymically) about Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, records, and
methodology. He is a genealogical technologist with more than 30
years' experience in technology and genealogy. He holds over a dozen
technology patents and earned a Masters Degree in Electrical
(Computer) Engineering from Brigham Young University where he was
honored as a Kimball Scholar. Robert has served as a Director of the
National Genealogical Society since 2012 and is currently working
towards certification from the Board for Certification of
Genealogists. He is a volunteer at a FamilySearch Family History
Center where he can be found in the trenches every Wednesday night.
More information about him is on the website
https://www.apgen.org/directory/search_detail.html?mbr_id=4060 .
After the main
presentation the following classes are scheduled; check the meetings
page at http://uvtagg.org/ for last minute changes or additions.
(1) A Billion+ Hidden Records on FamilySearch, by Robert Raymond;
(2) The FamilySearch Partner Site: American Ancestors (NEHGS), by
Laurie Castillo; (3) Ratchet Up Your Research with Evernote, by Liz
Miller; (4) Ask An Expert (Personal Help), by Don Engstrom &
Finn Hansen; (5) Video of last month's main presentation: What You
May Not Have Noticed About The Census: Look Again!, by Stephen Ehat;
(6) Ancestral Quest, by Gaylon Findlay; (7) Legacy: Fixing
Relationships, by Dean Bennett; and (8) RootsMagic, by Terri Tyler
and Diana Olsen.
As you can see,
there is something for everyone no matter what their level of family
history expertise. This includes youth, those just getting
interested in genealogy, long-time genealogists, and Ward Family
History Consultants. 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, most
of whom are Family History Consultants. The officers are Gerhard Ruf,
President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Liz Kennington,
Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and
Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris
Stevenson, Webmaster. Several of these will be at the meeting to
answer questions, help with membership, distribute the current issue
of the monthly newsletter TAGGology, and check out and sell to
members of the Group DVDs of past presentations and classes. Many
members don't live close enough to participate in the monthly
meetings, but pay the $10 per year online dues to belong so they can
receive the monthly newsletter via email and purchase the inexpensive
DVDs of the presentations and classes. Gift memberships make great
presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and Family
History Consultants, and membership is on a calendar year basis. See
more information about the presentations, classes, class notes, and
how to join the Group on the websites above. You can also 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),
snowd@math.byu.edu
