[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 12 Nov 2016, Provo

2016-11-03

Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 12 Nov 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the UVTAGG (Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 12 Nov 2016, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. The main presentation at this month's meeting will be by Michael J. Hall on HOW THE CHIEF GENEALOGICAL OFFICER AND DEPUTIES AFFECT ALL OF FAMILYSEARCH.  Michael J. Hall, has a BS in Anthropology from Brigham Young University.  He is a US Marine and lives in Orem, Utah with his wife.  They have four married children and several grandchildren.  He has worked in the Family History Department of the LDS Church for the past thirty-two years in many positions, including a United States Reference Consultant, Supervisor of the Library Acquisitions Unit, Manager of Family Records Extraction Program, Digital Book Scanning Program Manager, Strategic Relations Manager, and is currently the Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer working with Libraries, Archives, and Historic and Genealogical Societies worldwide.  Michael is the past Chair of the Genealogy committee for the American Library Association (ALA), and past Chair of the Genealogy and Local History section for the International Federation of Library Associations an Institutions (IFLA).  He was previously Director at Large for the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) board; Vendor Chair for the 2005 FGS Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah; and the 2009 FGS Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.  He is also an active member of the Association of Portuguese Genealogy (Lisbon, Portugal), National Genealogical Society (NGS), New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYGBS), and various other state and local genealogical societies.  His research includes his Portuguese-American ancestry, Azores Islands, and military records.  His favorite pastime is being with his family and preparing for and racing in triathlons.

The following classes are scheduled after the main presentation this month.  For last minute changes and additions see the UVTAGG website and blog.

(1)  Michael J. Hall, Q&A on the FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer and FamilySearch

(2)  Robert Taylor, The Family History Guide's New Beta Site Goes Live!

(3)  Don Engstrom & John Blake, Ask An Expert (Personal Help)

(4)  D. Michael Hansen, Video from last month's main presentation: FamilySearch Book Scanning

(5)  Gaylon Findlay, Ancestral Quest

(6)  Renee Zamora, RootsMagic

The UVTAGG meetings have 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.  This is the regular second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting and 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 70-80 people attending the monthly meetings, many of whom are family history consultants.  Since UVTAGG doesn't meet in December, this will be the last meeting until the second Saturday in January 2017.  You can join or renew your membership at this meeting or on the website.

Information about the Group, meeting location, current and past presentations, classes, and class notes are available on their website  http://uvtagg.org  and the press release blog  http://blog.uvtagg.org .  On the blog you can subscribe to receive emails of the press releases when they are posted the week before the meetings.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson, Rick Klemetson, Rick Wightman, and Brent Nelson, Webmasters.  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.  Membership includes many benefits including being able to purchase the inexpensive presentation and class DVDs, receiving the monthly newsletter TAGGology (and via email, if requested), and access to many genealogy resources through the UVTAGG's membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  The dues for regular membership with hard copy TAGGologies are $15 per year on a calendar year basis and for online membership with email TAGGologies are only $10.  Gift memberships and DVDs make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants.  See more information 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  gengal@comcast.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 

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[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 08 Oct 2016, Provo

2016-09-29

Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 08 Oct 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the UVTAGG (Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 08 Oct 2016, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. The main presentation at this month's meeting will be by D. Michael Hansen on FAMILYSEARCH BOOK SCANNING.  FamilySearch has built a library of over 300,000 genealogy, family history, and local history books online, including public domain and copyrighted works. This collection is available to view for free at  https://books.familysearch.org/ .  If you have ever wanted to know about the FamilySearch Books, how to get books scanned by FamilySearch for free, or how to become a book scanning missionary at one of the 15 United States book scanning centers, this is the presentation for you.  D. Michael Hansen is the FamilySearch Book Scanning Operations Manager.  He recently moved to Utah from Rochester, New York, with a Masters Degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in Print Media, specializing in imaging science and color science.  Since 2001, Michael has been involved in digital imaging projects for museums and libraries and has a special interest in multispectral imaging projects where handwriting is faded or illegible.  Since 2008, Michael has consulted with libraries and archives on mass digitization projects and is excited about the direction FamilySearch is taking to make its book collection freely available and accessible to the public.  He lives in Payson, Utah, with his wife and four children.

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See the UVTAGG website and blog for last minute changes and additions.

(1)  Michael Hansen, Q&A on FamilySearch Book Scanning

(2)  Laurie Castillo, Multitasking 101: Family History While You Sleep

(3)  Don Engstrom and John Blake, Ask An Expert (Personal Help)

(4)  Audio recording of last month's main presentation by Jay and Sylvia Newitt on THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROVO CITY CENTER TEMPLE

(5)  Terri Tyler, RootsMagic

(6)  Gaylon Findlay, Ancestral Quest

The UVTAGG meetings have 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.  This is the regular second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting and 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 70-80 people attending the monthly meetings, many of whom are family history consultants. 

Information about the Group, meeting location, current and past presentations, classes, and class notes are available on their website  http://uvtagg.org  and the press release blog  http://blog.uvtagg.org .  On the blog you can subscribe to receive emails of the press releases when they are posted the week before the meetings.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson, Rick Klemetson, and Rick Wightman, Webmasters.  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.  Membership includes many benefits such as being able to purchase the inexpensive presentation and class DVDs, receiving the monthly newsletter TAGGology (via email, if requested), and access to many genealogy resources through the UVTAGG's membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  The online dues are only $10 on a calendar year basis and gift memberships and DVDs make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants.  See more information 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  gengal@comcast.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 

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[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 10 Sep 2016, Provo

2016-08-31

Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 10 Sep 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the UVTAGG (Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 10 Sep 2016, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. The main presentation at this month's meeting will be by Jay and Sylvia Newitt on FROM TABERNACLE TO TEMPLE: GOSPEL PRINCIPLES LEARNED WHILE RE-PURPOSING, A FIRE-DESTROYED TABERNACLE INTO A MODERN TEMPLE.  Dr. Jay Newitt served with his wife Sylvia as full-time construction service missionaries at the Provo City Center Temple.  Their job was to assist in making sure the project met plans and specifications and to write a comprehensive history of the construction. Jay recently retired as a Professor of Construction Management at BYU after teaching there for 37 years.  Elder Newitt has a PhD, many publications, and has written a text book which has been adopted by construction management programs at universities across the nation.  Sylvia Newitt has a BS degree from BYU and owned and operated a preschool in Spanish Fork at the First Class Learning Center.  Elder and Sister Newitt have six children and 17 grandchildren.

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See the UVTAGG website and blog for last minute changes and additions.

(1)  Jay and Sylvia Newitt, Q&A on From Tabernacle to Temple

(2)  Rick Klemetson, Getting The Most From Your Ancestry DNA Results

(3)  Don Snow, Organizing Computer Files, Finding Strays, and Eliminating Duplicates

(4)  Don Engstrom, Ask An Expert (Personal Help)

(5)  Video of last month's main presentation by Dallan Quass, RootsCity: A Better Way To Build Your Family Tree Online

(6)  Sue Maxwell, RootsMagic

(7)  Bud Wood, Ancestral Quest

Notice that 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.  This is the regular second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting.  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 70-80 people attending the monthly meetings, many of whom are family history consultants.  

Information about the Group, meeting location, main presentations, classes, and class notes are available on their website  http://uvtagg.org  and the press release blog  http://blog.uvtagg.org .  On the blog you can subscribe to receive emails of the press releases when they are posted the week before the meetings.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson, Rick Klemetson, and Rick Wightman, Webmasters.  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.  Membership includes many benefits such as being able to purchase the inexpensive presentation and class DVDs, receiving the monthly newsletter TAGGology (via email, if requested), and access to many genealogy resources through the UVTAGG's membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  The online dues are only $10 per year and gift memberships make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants.  Membership is on a calendar year basis.  See more information about presentations, classes, class notes, and joining 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  gengal@comcast.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

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[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 13 Aug 2016, Provo

2016-08-04

Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 13 Aug 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday,13 Aug 2016, 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 release blog is at  http://blog.uvtagg.org .  On the blog you can subscribe to receive emails of the press releases when they are posted the week before the meetings.

The main presentation at this month's UVTAGG meeting will be by Dallan Quass on ROOTSCITY: A BETTER WAY TO BUILD YOUR FAMILY TREE ONLINE.  With RootsCity you control who can read and edit your tree. You can get hints from multiple record providers (FamilySearch, FindMyPast, and others). You can compare your tree with other trees and see at a glance which trees agree or disagree with yours and how highly the trees are rated. RootsCity is source-centric, meaning that sources are easy to add and strongly encouraged. It has a fresh user interface (UI) that appeals to both genealogists and non-genealogists, making it easy to share what you know with others. RootsCity is currently in limited beta. The talk will include a key for free access to the beta.  Dallan Quass creates family history websites. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University and B.S. and M.S. degrees from BYU. Dallan has served as CTO of FamilySearch and a co-founder of WhizBang! Labs, FlipDog.com (acquired by Monster.com), and Junglee (acquired by Amazon.com). He is the developer of WeRelate.org, one of the first genealogy wikis, GenGophers.com, like google books but for genealogy, and the upcoming RootsCity.com.

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See the UVTAGG website and blog for last minute changes and additions.

(1)  Dallan Quass, GenGophers.com - Google Books for Genealogy

(2)  Marilyn Thomsen, Finding Civil War Ancestors

(3)  Don Engstrom and John Blake, Ask An Expert (Personal Help)

(4)  Video of last month's main presentation by Gurchuran Gill, Seek and Find: Extraction of Pedigrees from Revenue Records

(5)  Renee Zamora, RootsMagic

(6)  Gaylon Findlay, Ancestral Quest

Notice that 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 70-80 people attending the monthly meetings, many of whom are family history consultants.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson, Rick Klemetson, and Rick Wightman, Webmasters.  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.  Membership includes many benefits such as being able to purchase the inexpensive presentation and class DVDs, receiving the monthly newsletter TAGGology (via email, if requested), and access to many genealogy resources through the UVTAGG's membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  The online dues are only $10 per year and gift memberships make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants.  Membership is on a calendar year basis.  See more information about presentations, classes, class notes, and joining 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  gengal@comcast.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

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[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 09 Jul 2016, Provo

2016-06-29

Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 09 Jul 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 09 Jul 2016, 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 release blog is at  http://blog.uvtagg.org .  On the blog you can subscribe to receive emails of the press releases when they are posted the week before the meetings.

The main presentation at this month's UVTAGG meeting will be by Gurcharan Singh Gill on SEEK AND FIND: EXTRACTION OF PEDIGREES FROM REVENUE RECORDS OF PUNJAB, INDIA.  This will be a discussion of the process of finding these records and extracting the names into pedigrees.  This is more than just indexing the records since it requires additional information to put them into ancestral trees. This information will be of value to all Family History Centers where there is even a small population of people with ancestors from India.  Gill (That's the name he usually goes by.) came to America in 1954 at age 19, joined the LDS Church in California, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1958.  That same year he married Vilo Pratt.  He went on to Graduate School and got a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Utah in 1965.  He then taught Mathematics at BYU until he retired in 1999 and is the author of math papers and some problem books on Calculus and Analytic Geometry.  In 1993, he and Vilo were called to be the first Mission Presidents for the LDS Church in Bangalore, India, and they served there until 1996.  Later, after retiring from BYU, Dr. Gill has been doing family history on the Moga District in Punjab, India where he was born.  He has traced the genealogy of the Gill, Sidhu, Brar, Bhatti, and Toor Clans and published a booklet on this subject for his family and his descendants.  He and his wife live in the Edgemont area of Provo where they raised their children.

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See the UVTAGG website and blog for last minute changes and additions.

(1)  Gurcharan S. Gill, Submitting Temple Names for India

(2)  TBA

(3)  Don Engstrom and Don Reynolds, ASK AN EXPERT (Personal Help)

(4)  Video of last month's main presentation, Get More From Tech Enhancements From Family Tree, by Cathy Anderegg

(5)  Bruce Buzbee, ROOTSMAGIC

(6)  Gaylon Findlay, ANCESTRAL QUEST

Notice that 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 70-80 people attending the monthly meetings, many of whom are family history consultants.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson and Rick Klemetson, Webmasters.  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.  Membership includes many benefits such as being able to purchase the inexpensive presentation and class DVDs, receiving the monthly newsletter TAGGology (via email, if requested), and access to many genealogy resources through the UVTAGG's membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  The online dues are only $10 per year and gift memberships make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants.  Membership is on a calendar year basis.  See more information about presentations, classes, class notes, and joining 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  gengal@comcast.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 

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[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 11 Jun 2016, Provo

2016-06-05


Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 11 Jun 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 11 Jun 2016, 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 emails of the press releases when they are posted the week before the meetings.

The main presentation at this month's UVTAGG meeting will be by Cathy P. Anderegg on GET MORE FROM ENHANCEMENTS IN FAMILY TREE.  This will include discussing Responsive Web Design and what you can do to enhance it, the use of multiple tabs to speed up Source Linker attachments, ways to organize and design Sources that make better sense, using filters on the Watch List to make an index of your pedigree, and filters on the temple ordinances.  Cathy Pearce Anderegg has an MS degree in Gifted Education and has taught English, AP English, been the Yearbook Advisor, and run a computer lab for 40 years at West High School in Salt Lake City.  She has been doing family history for more than 45 years and has been in numerous community and LDS Church positions, including working in FamilySearch Family Tree and as a Church Service Missionary for 8 years at the Family History Library.  For Family Tree training, she is the founder of the website  http://fsfamilytreeusergroup.com/resources.php , with several other contributors, and which has many free (for-non-commercial-use) presentations, Powerpoints, handouts, and videos.  She is a presenter at many family history venues, including RootsTech, the BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, the Riverton FamilySearch Library, and Utah Genealogical Association conferences.  Married for 51 years, she and her husband have 7 children and 35 grandchildren.  Contact information is on their website.

TRAVEL CAVEAT:  Saturday morning, 11 June, is the PROVO MARATHON DOWN UNIVERSITY AVENUE, so you will probably have to wait several minutes to cross University Avenue or else go all the way south to 3rd South in Provo.

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See the UVTAGG website and blog for last minute changes and additions.
(1)  Cathy Anderegg, Q&A
(2)  Marilyn Thomsen, Finding the Kin Keepers - Women in Our Families
(3)  Don Engstrom and Don Reynolds, ASK AN EXPERT (Personal Help)
(4)  Video of last month's main presentation, Robert Kehrer on FINDING ELUSIVE RECORDS ON FAMILYSEARCH
(5)  Bruce Buzbee, ROOTSMAGIC
(6)  Gaylon Findlay, ANCESTRAL QUEST

Notice that 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 70-80 people attending the monthly meetings, many of whom are family history consultants.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson and Rick Klemetson, Webmasters.  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.  Membership includes many benefits such as being able to purchase the inexpensive presentation and class DVD's, receiving the monthly newsletter TAGGology (via email, if requested), and access to many genealogy resources through the UVTAGG's membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  The online dues are only $10 per year and gift memberships make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants.  Membership is on a calendar year basis.  See more information about presentations, classes, class notes, and joining 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  gengal@comcast.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 

[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 14 May 2016, Provo

2016-05-04

Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 14 May 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 14 May 2016, 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 emails of the press releases when they are posted the week before the meetings.

The main presentation at this month's UVTAGG meeting will be by Robert L. Kehrer on FINDING ELUSIVE RECORDS ON FAMILYSEARCH.  This class will show what to do when records for your ancestor don't come up using the basic FamilySearch Historical Records search form.  A significant portion of the records on FamilySearch are not indexed and can't be searched using the form, so what do you do?  For a number of historical, technical or genealogical reasons, an ancestor's record may be challenging to find.  This presentation will show some of the common difficulties confronted by researchers and demonstrate how to use the FamilySearch systems to find those elusive records.  Robert Lawrence Kehrer is the Senior Product Manager of Search Technologies on  FamilySearch.org .  He worked for 12 years as a molecular geneticist identifying disease genes by building very large family pedigrees.  He has an MBA and worked for 7 years at Apple managing strategic alliances and driving market strategy in the sciences.  For the last 9 years Robert has worked for FamilySearch as a product manager in the Family History Library, overseeing the public APIs, and managing the development of  FamilySearch.org  beta.  His current position as Senior Product Manager of Search Technologies includes the search systems, hinting, the Sourcelinker attach tool, and the historical records image viewer.  He was one of the keynote speakers at RootsTech 2016 in February  in the Salt Palace and the video of his presentation there is online at  https://www.rootstech.org/video2/4741844756001 .  He and his family live in Mapleton, Utah.  This presentation will be of interest to all family historians and consultants and all are invited.

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See the UVTAGG website and blog for last minute changes and additions.

(1)  Robert Kehrer, Q&A ON FAMILYSEARCH

(2)  Laurie Castillo,  US VITAL RECORDS ON THE INTERNET - LESSER KNOWN SOURCES 

(3)  Don Engstrom and Don Reynolds, ASK AN EXPERT (Personal Help)

(4)  Video of last month's main presentation, Karen Clifford on TECHNOLOGY FOR LOCATING MISSING OR DESTROYED RECORDS 

(5)  (Teacher TBA), ROOTSMAGIC

(6)  Gaylon Findlay, ANCESTRAL QUEST

Notice that 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 70-80 people attending the monthly meetings, many of whom are family history consultants.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson and Rick Klemetson, Webmasters.  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.  Memberships include many benefits such as being able to purchase the inexpensive presentation and class DVD's, receiving the monthly newsletter TAGGology (via email, if requested), and access to many genealogy resources through the UVTAGG's membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  The online dues are only $10 per year and gift memberships make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants.  Membership is on a calendar year basis; past members, don't forget to renew your membership.  See more information about presentations, classes, class notes, and joining 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  gengal@comcast.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 

[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 09 Apr 2016, Provo

2016-04-02

Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 09 Apr 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 09 Apr 2016, 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 at this month's UVTAGG meeting will be by Karen Clifford on TECHNOLOGY FOR LOCATING MISSING OR DESTROYED RECORDS.  Were you told that all the records in the courthouse were burned so you cannot go any further on your ancestor's line? Or have you searched many times at the local repositories only to discover that the records are missing for the years you need? This presentation will cover a handful of proven research techniques that may help you to overcome your destroyed or missing records.  Karen Clifford is an Accredited Genealogist Professional (AG), and a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association (FUGA). She is President/CEO of Genealogy Research Associates, Inc. -- http://www.graonline.com . She teaches family history classes at BYU, the Salt Lake Community College, and Monterey Peninsula College, as well as developing and teaching multiple online genealogy courses at colleges. She has authored several college textbooks on genealogy and credentialing in genealogy and numerous family histories. She serves as Co-Chair of the Testing Committee of the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (one of the two major credentialing bodies for genealogists in the United States see  http://www.ICAPGen.org . She served 10 years on the board and as a Vice President of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, was the founding President of the Monterey County (CA) Genealogy Society, and President of the Utah Genealogical Association. Karen was the Director of the Monterey California Family History Center for ten years and now lives in Provo where her husband, Ray Clifford, is an Associate Dean of the BYU College of Humanities. She is currently the Director of a 3-Stake FHC in Provo, Utah besides teaching Family History at BYU.

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See the UVTAGG website for last minute changes and additions.
(1)  Karen Clifford, GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH MAPS
(2)  Ron Tanner, RootsTech Video: WHAT'S NEW IN FAMILY TREE FOR 2016
(3)  Don Engstrom and Don Reynolds, ASK AN EXPERT (Personal Help)
(4)  Janet Hovorka, Video of last month's main presentation, 6 STEPS TO CHOREGRAPH YOUR RESEARCH ACROSS THE INTERNET
(5)  Bruce Buzbee, ROOTSMAGIC
(6)  Gaylon Findlay, ANCESTRAL QUEST

Notice that 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 80-90 people attending the monthly meetings, many of whom are family history consultants.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson and Rick Klemetson, Webmasters.  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.  Memberships include many benefits such as being able to purchase the inexpensive presentation and class DVD's, receiving the monthly newsletter TAGGology (via email, if requested), and access to many genealogy resources through the UVTAGG's membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  The online dues are only $10 per year and gift memberships make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants.  Membership is on a calendar year basis.  Have you renewed your membership? See more information about the presentations, classes, class notes, and joining 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  gengal@comcast.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
  

[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 12 Mar 2016, Provo

2016-03-03

Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 12 Mar 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 12 Mar 2016, 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 at this month's UVTAGG meeting will be by JANET HOVORKA on SIX STEPS TO CHOREGRAPH YOUR RESEARCH ACROSS THE INTERNET.  You will learn how to correlate  your research between the big family history sites and distinguish the difference between navigating your cousin's conclusion trees and actual sources about your family history.  You will discover how to use tabs and timelines to systematically place your results on solid, well-analyzed research.  You can become an expert researcher and quickly document your family's history online with six simple tips for working with multiple family history websites.  Learn how to stay focused and in control of your family history searches.  And understand how to record the results so that you don't get tripped up as you move along your family tree.  Janet Hovorka received a B.A. in Ancient Near Eastern History and a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from BYU.  She has held various teaching and library positions at BYU and Salt Lake Community College.  She and her husband Kim Hovorka own Family Chartmasters (familychartmasters.com), an online genealogy chart printing service that was the first company to be FamilySearch Certified. Janet is passionate about the nutrition family history brings to the souls of all family members and how it creates stronger relationships in the family today. Janet writes the Chart Chick and the Zap The Grandma Gap blogs, has written for numerous genealogy publications, and enjoys speaking about genealogy nationally and internationally. She is past President of the Utah Genealogical Association and has helped thousands of people all over the country understand family history better.  Janet loves traveling to genealogy conferences and working with genealogists -- the greatest group of people in the world.  Her website is  http://janethovorka.com/ .

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See the UVTAGG website for last minute changes and additions.

(1)  Grandma's Bullet-Proof Vest: Why Your Children Need You To Do Family History, by Janet Hovorka

(2)  Using DAR Research to Strengthen and Extend Your Pedigree, by Marilyn Thomsen

(3)  Ask An Expert (Personal Help), by Don Engstrom and Don Reynolds (For added help ways are be considered for you to send in detailed questions before the meeting.)

(4)  Video of last month's main presentation:  Helping Others Love Family History, by Mike Sandberg 

(5)  RootsMagic, by Diana Olsen

(6)  Ancestral Quest, by Gaylon Findlay

Notice that 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 80-90 people attending the monthly meetings, including many family history consultants.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson and Rick Klemetson, Webmasters.  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.  Memberships include many benefits such as being able to purchase the inexpensive presentation and class DVD's, receiving the monthly newsletter TAGGology (via email, if requested), and access to many genealogy resources through the UVTAGG's membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  The online dues are only $10 per year and gift memberships make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants.  Membership is on a calendar year basis so now is the time to renew your membership to continue receiving the benefits.  See more information about the presentations, classes, class notes, and joining 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  gengal@comcast.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

  

[UVTAGG] Press Release for UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 13 Feb 2016, Provo

2016-02-07

Journalists and newsletter editors, please 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 UVTAGG meeting Saturday morning, 13 Feb 2016, Provo

The next meeting of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 13 Feb, 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 at this month's UVTAGG meeting will be by Michael Sandberg, a Senior Project Manager at FamilySearch.  The title of his presentation is HELPING OTHERS LOVE FAMILY HISTORY.  Mike will share a summary of his research about how effective (and not so effective) family history consultants help beginners.  The presentation is offered as a "story board" that tells a narrative of the research discovered as the current state of consultants.  It also shares a vision of what FamilySearch is targeting as a future state of family history consultants based on the best practices they have observed and some new developments that the organization is building for consultants in the future.  As a Senior Product Manager at FamilySearch, Mike Sandberg's focus there has been helping develop solutions for individuals who are just beginning their experience with family history.  In his tenure at FamilySearch, he has met with family history beginners in the United States, Canada, Guatemala, Brazil, Peru, New Zealand, and Tonga.  This past year he was part of a team that researched the role of family history consultants and how they help beginners get started with family history.  As part of this research he personally worked with over 50 beginners helping them find and add names to FamilySearch Family Tree.  Before going to FamilySearch, Mike worked for over 20 years in the software industry.  He holds a Masters of Organizational Behavior degree from Brigham Young University.

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See the UVTAGG website for last minute changes and additions.  RootsTech 2016 was last week and there will be announcements about information presented there.
(1)   Helping Others Love Family History (Demonstration), by Mike Sandberg 
(2)   Selected Videos from RootsTech 2016 
(3)   Ask An Expert (Personal Help), by Don Engstrom and Don Reynolds
(4)   Video of last month's main presentation: FamilySearch: What's In It For You and How Can You Help, by Randy Wilson
(5)  RootsMagic, by Bruce Buzbee
(6)  Ancestral Quest, by Gaylon Findlay 

Notice that 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 80 attending the monthly meetings, including many family history consultants.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Eileen Phelps, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson and Rick Klemetson, Webmasters.  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 TAGGology 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.  Membership is on a calendar year basis so now is the time to renew your membership to continue receiving the benefits.  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  gengal@comcast.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