UVTAGG - 2021-08-10 - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 14 Aug 2021, 10-12 noon, MDT, KEN and SHERON DRAKE on DN

UVTAGG - 2021-08-10 - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 14 Aug 2021, 10-12 noon, MDT, KEN and SHERON DRAKE on DNA

2021-08-10

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

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu 

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday 14 Aug 2021 - Free online on Facebook and Zoom meeting

10-11 am, MDT -- KEN and SHERON DRAKE on SECRETS IN YOUR DNA

11:10-12 noon MDT -- KEN and SHERON DRAKE on YOU'VE TAKEN A DNA TEST, NOW WHAT?

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, 14 Aug 2021, 10-12 noon MDT - Free online on Facebook and Zoom

Main presentation:  10-11 am, MDT -- KEN and SHERON DRAKE on SECRETS IN YOUR DNA

Class: 11:10-12 noon MDT -- KEN and SHERON DRAKE on YOU'VE TAKEN A DNA TEST, NOW WHAT?

Details and links to watch the meeting are on  https://uvtagg.org   and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.

MAIN PRESENTATION:  Direct-to-Consumer DNA testing has upended the adult adoptee community and now you can help. Ken was one of the first adoptees to connect with previously unknown biological family through Ancestry DNA testing. Ken will share insights from this life-changing event and subsequent discoveries. Sheron will share how she has connected with 17+ unknown family members (most of them adoptees) in her own family tree that was previously thought to be "complete".

 

BIOs: Ken & Sheron have lived in Lindon, UT for 17 years, raising 4 children. Ken works in high tech and Sheron has been actively involved in the local charter schools working in roles from classroom assistant to CAO of the school board. They serve in the Lindon FHC and are popular speakers. Ken has a website here -- https://www.myheritage.com/site-237403301/drake and there is an Ancestry article about him here -- https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/dna-test-reunites-mother-and-son-after-50-years/ .

For more details about the meetings see the UVTAGG webpage  https://uvtagg.org  and  http://blog.uvtagg.org/  .  Anyone can view these presentations 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. This meeting will only be online and not in-person due to the Covid pandemic.  We hope to have these meetings in-person, as well as online, again soon.  Many of the 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.  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.  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; Rick Klemetson and Jerry Castillo, Membership Officers, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Finance Officer; Bruce Merrill and Jackson Andersen, Videographers and Librarians; Eileen Phelps, Special Projects Coordinator; Carol Hill, FamilySearch Facebook Coordinator; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, and Jerry Castillo broadcast 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 .

Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .

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[UVTAGG] - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 10-11 am, MDT, MICHAEL L. STRAUSS

 [UVTAGG] - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 10-11 am, MDT,  MICHAEL L. STRAUSS

2021-07-08

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

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu 

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

UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday 10 Jul 2021 - Free online on Facebook and Zoom meeting

10-11 am, MDT -- MICHAEL STRAUSS on THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE: RESEARCHING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

(There will be no additional class this month.)

Details and links to watch are on  https://uvtagg.org  and on the UVTAGG Facebook page

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

UVTAGG Meeting (Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group) Saturday, 10 Jul 2021, 10-11 am MDT - Free online on Facebook and Zoom

Main presentation: MICHAEL L. STRAUSS on THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE: RESEARCHING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

(There will be no additional class this month.)

Details and links to watch the meeting are on  https://uvtagg.org  and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.

DESCRIPTION OF MAIN PRESENTATION:  Known alternatively as the War for Independence fought between 1775-1783, it arose from tensions between England and her young upstart colonies. Violence would erupt on a Spring morning in Lexington, Massachusetts with the “Shot heard around the world” sounding the beginning of the war. Records of it include service files, pensions, bounty land warrants, loyalists, and Hessian records covering the war. 

MICHAEL L. STRAUSS, AG, is a nationally recognized genealogical researcher and speaker.  He is a native of Pennsylvania and a resident of Utah and works as a Research Manager with Ancestry. Michael has a BA in History and is planning on getting additional degrees. He is a United States Coast Guard veteran, a licensed Private Investigator, and is certified to testify as an expert witness in courts in many U.S. states. He is also a faculty member of SLIG, GRIP, and IGHR, genealogy course programs across the U.S., where he is the coordinator for the military history courses taught. More information and how to contact him is at -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-l-strauss-ag-27150a3b .

For more details about the meetings see the UVTAGG webpage  https://uvtagg.org  and  http://blog.uvtagg.org/  .  Anyone can view these presentations 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. This meeting will only be online and not in-person due to the Covid pandemic. We hope to have these meetings in-person, as well as online, again soon.  Many of the 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.  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.  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; Rick Klemetson, Membership Officer; Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Finance Officer; Bruce Merrill and Jackson Andersen, Videographers and Librarians; Eileen Phelps, Special Projects Coordinator; Carol Hill, FamilySearch Facebook Coordinator; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, and Jerry Castillo broadcast 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 .

Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .

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[UVTAGG] - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 12 Jun 2021, 10 am-Noon MDT, MELISSA BARKER

 [UVTAGG] - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 12 Jun 2021, 10 am-Noon MDT,  MELISSA BARKER

2021-06-10

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://uvtagg.org . Or you can conact me.  Thanks.

Don Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu 

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

UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday 12 Jun 2021 - Free online on Facebook and Zoom

10:05-11:00 am MDT -- MELISSA BARKER on THE HOME ARCHIVIST: PRESERVING RECORDS LIKE A PRO!

11:10-12:00 Noon MDT -- MELISSA BARKER on RESEARCHING LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES: THE DO'S AND DON'TS

Details and links to watch are on https://uvtagg.org and on the UVTAGG Facebook page

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

UVTAGG Meeting (Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group) Saturday, 12 Jun 2021, 10:00am-Noon MDT - Free online on Facebook and Zoom

10:05-11:00 am MDT --  MELISSA BARKER on THE HOME ARCHIVIST: PRESERVING RECORDS LIKE A PRO!

11:10-12:00 Noon MST -- MELISSA BARKER on RESEARCHING LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES: THE DO'S AND DON'TS

Details and links to watch are on https://uvtagg.org and on the UVTAGG Facebook page

DESCRIPTION OF MAIN PRESENTATION:  Learn from a professional archivist how to preserve, protect and archive family records, photographs and artifacts. Best practices for organization, purchasing archival materials and practical records preservation that any home archivist can achieve! Learn how to process your collection of genealogical records from start to finish. Learn the steps archivists use to process small and large records collections at the archives and how you can use these steps to get a handle on your family records collections!

Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives. She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures, teaches and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual presentations across the United States and other countries for any historical or genealogical group. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known published book reviewer. She writes a bi-weekly advice column entitled The Archive Lady published at Genealogy Bargains. She writes history pieces for her local newspaper, The Houston County Herald, called From the Archives. She has been a Professional Genealogist for the past 16 years with expertise in Tennessee records and she is currently taking research clients. She has been researching her own family history for the past 30 years.  Her LinkedIn page is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-barker-896b9021 .

 

For more details see the UVTAGG webpage  https://uvtagg.org and http://blog.uvtagg.org/ . Anyhone can view these presentations 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. These will only be online due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, but we hope to be back in person, as well as online, within the next few months.  Many of the recent presentations and classes are on Facebook more are 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.  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 Castillo broadcast 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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