UVTAGG - Press Release: Online Mtg, 10 Feb 2024, 10-12 Noon MT, DONALD R. SNOW on GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI

UVTAGG - 2024-02-06- Press Release: Online Mtg, 10 Feb 2024, 10-12 Noon MT,  DONALD R. SNOW on GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI

2024-02-06

Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can.    If you need more information, please see our website --  https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog  https://blog.uvtagg.org/ .   If you have questions, please contact me.   Thanks. 

Don

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu  

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 10 Feb 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

10 am - 11 AM MT:  DONALD R. SNOW on GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI

11:10-12 Noon MT:   DONALD R. SNOW on AI Q & A

More details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 10 Feb 2024, 10 am - 12 Noon MT 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:  DONALD R. SNOW on GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI

11:10-12 Noon MT:   DONALD R. SNOW on AI Q & A

ABOUT DONALD R. SNOW: 

Don is a Californian by birth, with Snow ancestors from Southern Utah.  He is a retired Professor of Mathematics from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, and has lived in several foreign countries, both for mathematics and church assignments.  After retiring from the BYU Math Faculty, he and his now deceased wife Diane, served four Family History missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including being Directors of the New York Family History Center in Manhattan, in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission working on a FH project, and in the London England Family History Centre.  Don served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Utah Genealogical Association and was the Host of their online Virtual Chapter Meetings for several years.  He has been a VP of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group (UVTAGG) since the early 1990's.  He is a frequent speaker at FH venues and loves teaching and playing his accordion.  His website is http://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION and CLASS:  GETTING STARTED WITH FREE AI

AI (Artificial Intelligence) is helpful in many ways, including family history.  Once you get started it is easy to use.  This presentation will help you get started with some of the major free AI websites and how to use them.  Examples will illustrate this and give you ideas to use it.  The notes  have the links, so if you use them online, you can just click and go to the AI website.  The AI websites we will discuss are Microsoft's Copilot, Googles' Bard, Open AI's ChatGPT, and Summarize.tech, a website that will give you a text summary of close-captioned YouTube videos.  The notes and other related information, all with active internet links, will be on the handout and posted on  https://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html . 

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 

UVTAGG - 2024-01-06- Press Release: Online Mtg, 13 Jan 2024, 10-12 Noon MT, THOMAS P. GILL on OBSERVATIONS OF 15 YEARS OF FAMILYSEARCH

UVTAGG - 2024-01-06- Press Release: Online Mtg, 13 Jan 2024, 10-12 Noon MT,  THOMAS P. GILL on OBSERVATIONS OF 15 YEARS OF FAMILYSEARCH

2024-01-06

Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can.    If you need more information, please see our website --  https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog  https://blog.uvtagg.org/ .   If you have questions, please contact me.   Thanks. 

Don

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu 

 

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 13 Jan 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

10 am - 11 AM MT:  THOMAS P. GILL on FAMILYSEARCH:  OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PAST 15 YEARS

11:10-12 Noon MT:  THOMAS P. GILL on FAMILYSEARCH:  Q&A

More details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 13 Jan 2024, 10 am - 12 Noon MT 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:  THOMAS P. GILL on FAMILYSEARCH:  OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PAST 15 YEARS

11:10-12 Noon MT:  THOMAS P. GILL on FAMILYSEARCH:  Q&A

ABOUT THOMAS P. GILL: 

Tom has been with FamilySearch for 15 years and currently serves as Director of Latin America Operations. He has previously been Director of Planning & Analytics and the Controller/Finance Director. His responsibilities now  include Latin America Operations, Planning, Business Intelligence, and Help Operations. Prior to FamilySearch, Tom worked 3+ years as a Director of Finance for Destination Homes in Layton, Utah and 12+ years for Payless Shoe Source in Topeka, KS. His roles included Director of Planning & Analysis, Director of Capital Planning & Market Analysis, and Director of Merchandise Systems & Solutions.  Tom is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a BS in Accounting and an MBA. Tom and his wife Kathy, have 6 children and 6 grand-children and live in Kaysville, Utah. He served a Spanish speaking mission in Philadelphia, PA. He taught 12 years of early morning seminary and currently teaches gospel doctrine with his wife.  He has been a Bishop and on the High Council of his stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  He has  been in charge of RootsTech, both in Salt Lake City and in London, England, and has some great stories to tell.  He now travels all over Latin America for FamilySearch and talking to archivists in many countries.

ABOUT THE MAIN RESENTATION AND Q&A CLASS:  FAMILYSEARCH: OBSERVATIONS OF THE PAST 15 YEARS

Tom will talk about some of the changes that he has seen in his 15 years with FamilySearch. He will talk about the purpose statement, the Family History Temple Support Plan, efforts to build relationships with archivists around the world, and the increasing role and contribution from the general public. He will share some of his learnings from working with users and archivists from Latin America.

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 34rd 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 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 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 

UVTAGG - 2023-11-05- Press Release: Online Mtg, 11 Nov 2023, 10-12 Noon MT, JAMES TANNER on AI IN GENEALOGY

 UVTAGG - 2023-11-05- Press Release: Online Mtg, 11 Nov 2023, 10-12 Noon MT,  JAMES TANNER on AI IN GENEALOGY

2023-11-05

Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can.    If you need more information, please see our website --  https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog  https://blog.uvtagg.org/ .   If you have questions, please contact me.   Thanks. 

Don

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu

  

[Short Version]======================.

UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 11 Nov 2023, on Zoom and Facebook

10 am - 11 AM MT:   JAMES TANNER on THE IMMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON GENEALOGY

11:10-12 Noon MT:  JAMES TANNER on ARTIFICIAL IMTELLIGENCE (continued) and Q&A

More details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.

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[Long version]======================. 

UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 11Nov 2023, 10 am - 12 Noon MT 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:   JAMES TANNER on THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON GENEALOGY

11:10-12 Noon MT:  JAMES TANNER on  ARTIFICIAL IMTELLIGENCE (continued) and Q&A

ABOUT JAMES TANNER:

James has over 40 years of experience in genealogical research and is an avid blogger of the Genealogy’s Star Blog. He has served as a family history volunteer for over 18 years and has presented at expos and conferences around the US, Canada, and Europe. He is a member of the board of directors of the Family History Guide Association and is currently serving at the BYU Family History Library. James is an attorney, a professional photographer, and has 7 children, 34 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION AND CLASS WITH Q&A:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been getting a lot of media attention lately. Overall, AI is developing so rapidly that what you see and how you interact online is changing exponentially. Advancements like Chat GPT-4, DALL-E 2, self-driving cars, and natural language processing are transforming the AI landscape. Because genealogy is a subject that is highly dependent on information, come and learn about how and why AI is impacting genealogy from the implantation of handwriting recognition to indexing and beyond. 

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 33rd 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 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 by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com  . 

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, Treasurer; Jackson Andersen, Librarian; Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, 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