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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