UVTAGG - 2022-02-10 - Press Release - Free online Sat, 12 Feb 2022, 10 Noon MST, WENDY BRIMHALL and STEPHEN KENT EHAT
2022-02-10
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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 - Free online on Facebook and Zoom
10-11 am MST: WENDY BRIMHALL on CRACKING ALGORITHMS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SEARCHES ON ANCESTRY AND FAMILYSEARCH
11:10-12 noon MST: STEPHEN KENT EHAT on ADVANCED TIMELINES FOR TRULY COMMITTED RESEARCHERS
Details and links to watch are on https://uvtagg.org and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.
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UVTAGG Meeting (Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group), Saturday, 12 Feb 2022, 10-12 noon MST - Free online on Facebook and Zoom
Details and links to watch the meeting are on https://uvtagg.org and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.
MAIN PRESENTATION, 10-11 am MST: WENDY BRIMHALL on CRACKING ALGORITHMS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SEARCHES ON ANCESTRY AND FAMILYSEARCH
CLASS: 11:10-12 noon MST: STEPHEN KENT EHAT on ADVANCED TIMELINES FOR TRULY COMMITTED RESEARCHERS
ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION BY WENDY BRIHMALL ON SEARCHING:
Have you ever had trouble finding a family member in a census record or other records, even though you know they should be there? This webinar will discuss different tips and tricks that may help locate your missing person. The webinar will also discuss locating indexes in unindexed records and techniques for identifying siblings and family members using search algorithms.
AbBOUT WENDY BRIMHALL:
Wendy Brimhall has a B.A. in Family History from Brigham Young University. She did a family history internship at the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky. She is employed as an associate genealogist with ProGenealogists.
ABOUT THE CLASS ON TIMELINES BY STEPHEN KENT EHAT:
Timelines are visual representations of history - outlines of the facts in the documents you’ve found. They open up to your view information that you often otherwise may miss, clues that you need, and possibilities you otherwise might not consider. Learn how to make them on your computer and also in your genealogy software.
ABOUT STEPHEN KENT EHAT:
Mr. Ehat, a resident of Lindon, Utah, is a California attorney and has been the director of the Lindon Family History Center, serving six stakes in Lindon and Orem. Since 1969 he has performed genealogical research in American, German, French, Irish, Slovakian, and Italian records. He and his wife Jeanine have five sons and twenty-one grandchildren.
For more details about the UVTAGG meetings see https://uvtagg.org and http://blog.uvtagg.org/ . Everyone can view UVTAGG presentations on 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 UVTAGG meetings are online until the pandemic is over. when we can meet in person again in Provo, Utah. Recent presentations and classes are on Facebook and on the UVTAGG YouTube channel.
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. On the blog is a way to subscribe to receive the press releases by email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to watch on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than almost 600 videos of past presentations and classes. The TAGGology newsletter 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; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Finance Officer; Bruce Merrill and Jackson Andersen, Videographers and Librarians; Carol Hill, FamilySearch Facebook Coordinator;; Eileen Phelps, Special Projects Coordinator; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, and Jerry Castillo Broadcast Specialists and Webmasters. The Group is in its 32nd 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 .
Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .
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