UVTAGG Press Release: Online Mtg, 09 Mar 2024, 10-12 Noon MT, WENDY BRIMHALL AG® on NEWSPAPERS
2024-03-07
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Don
Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu
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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 09 Mar 2024 on Zoom and Facebook
10 am - 11 AM MT: WENDY BRIMHALL AG® on OLD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS: SEARCHING FOR ANCESTORS IN NEWSPAPERS
11:10-12 Noon MT: WHAT WE LEARNED AT ROOTSTECH 2024: PANEL DISCUSSION with MARILYN THOMSEN, CAROL HILL, and SANDY BRIMHALL
More details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.
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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 09 Mar 2024 on Zoom and Facebook
Details and links to watch are on https://uvtagg.org and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.
10 am - 11 AM MT: WENDY BRIMHALL AG® on OLD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS: SEARCHING FOR ANCESTORS IN NEWSPAPERS
11:10-12 Noon MT: WHAT WE LEARNED AT ROOTSTECH 2024: PANEL DISCUSSION with MARILYN THOMSEN, CAROL HILL, and SANDY BRIMHALL
ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION -- OLD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS: SEARCHING FOR ANCESTORS IN NEWSPAPERS
Newspapers are an incredible underutilized resource in Family History. This presentation will discuss both free and subscription newspaper websites. It will also demonstrate searching techniques and show what information can be gathered from newspapers.
ABOUT WENDY BRIMHALL AG®:
Wendy Brimhall, AG®, is a professional genealogist specializing in the United States Upper South. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in Family History - Genealogy. She completed internships at the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky, Utah State Archives, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Library. She works for Ancestry ProGenealogists®. Wendy gained her love of family history by visiting the Family History Library in Salt Lake City with her parents for many years as a child. She loves gathering the stories of individuals and seeing how their life played out in the time and place in which they lived. In her spare time, she likes to cook, hike, quilt, and fiddle.
ABOUT THE CLASS -- WHAT WE LEARNED AT ROOTSTECH 2024: PANEL DISCUSSION
Open discussion for UVTAGG members on Zoom with Marilyn Thomsen, Carol Hill, and Sandy Brimhall
All meetings of the Group are open to the public and have the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history. The Group is in its 34th year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group. On the blog is a way for anyone to receive the press releases via email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter, TAGGology, and have access to the more than 650 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 by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com .
Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Secretary (Vacant); Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Librarian (Vacant); Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists. For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), 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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Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA - snowd@math.byu.edu
