[UVTAGG] - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 08 May 2021, 10 am-Noon MDT, ANN TANNER

 [UVTAGG] - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 08 May 2021, 10 am-Noon MDT,  ANN TANNER

2021-05-02

Journalists and newsletter editors, please include this where you can.  These two versions of the press release are posted on the UVTAGG Press Release blog at  http://blog.uvtagg.org/ and more infor is on the UVTAGG home page at   https://www.uvtagg.org  . Or you can conact me.  Thanks.

Don Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu 

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday 08 May 2021 - Free online on Facebook and Zoom

10:05-11:00 am MDT -- ANN TANNER on IMPROVING RESEARCH SKILLS FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS WITH THE FAMILY HISTORY GUIDE

11:10-12:00 Noon MDT -- CAROL HILL on THE INS AND OUTS OF FIND-A-GRAVE

Details and link for watching are at https://www.uvtagg.org  and on the UVTAGG Facebook page

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UVTAGG Meeting (Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group) Saturday, 08 May 2021, 10:00am-Noon MDT - Free online on Facebook and Zoom

10:05-11:00 am MDT -- ANN TANNER on IMPROVING RESEARCH SKILLS FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS WITH THE FAMILY HISTORY GUIDE

11:10-12:00 Noon MST -- CAROL HILL on THE INS AND OUTS OF FIND-A-GRAVE

DESCRIPTION OF MAIN PRESENTATION:  The Family History Guide can be likened to an iceberg - most of it may not be obvious at first glance. There are menus, pictures and instructions, but when you take time to explore the website you will find thousands of articles and videos to expand your research skills, for yourself or to help others as a Consultant. Whether you need to learn new skills or need an idea of where to look next, or you have someone who needs help with research in Albania or any other location, learn how and why The Family History Guide should be your "go-to" site. Ann Tanner and her husband, James Tanner, teach family history classes and webinars at the BYU Family History Library in Provo, Utah. They lived in Arizona for many years before moving to Provo. They recently returned from a Family History Mission to Maryland where they were microfilming old records from the Maryland State Archives for FamilySearch.

For more details see the UVTAGG webpage -- https://www.uvtagg.org/ . These presentations can be viewed by anyone on Facebook by going to the UVTAGG Facebook Page. Members of UVTAGG can watch on Zoom, which is more interactive, by going to https://zoom.us/j/909-878-8837 and waiting while your UVTAGG membership is verified. The broadcasts will be online only due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Many of the presentations and classes for the past couple of months are on Facebook for anyone to watch. We hope to be able to start in-person meetings, as well as on Zoom and Facebook, within the next few months.

All meetings of the Group are open to the public with the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history.  The blog of press releases is at  http://blog.uvtagg.org/ and you can subscribe there to receive them by email.  Besides being able to watch on ZOOM, members of the Group ($15/year) receive the  monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than 500 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 on the UVTAGG website.  Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Rick Klemetson, Membership Officer; Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Finance Officer; Bruce Merrill and Jackson Andersen, Video and Librarians; Eileen Phelps, Special Projects Coordinator; Carol Hill, FamilySearch Facebook Coordinator; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, and Jerry Castilloroadcast Specialists and Webmasters.  The Group is in its 31st year.  For further information 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, snowd@math.byu.edu .

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