CIG Presentations
           
Year Topic Specifics Presenter Comments Category
           
2004 & 2006 Creating, exporting and printing basic genealogy reports How to create, export and print basic genealogy reports. (varies for each genealogy software program).     Computer and Genealogy Software
2006 Genealogy Utility Programs GedMark, GenSmarts, etc. Gene Pennington Utility programs to help with your research. Computer and Genealogy Software
2005 Creating a website and/or CD using Second Site software How to import your genealogy data into Second Site and create a website and/or a CD. Gene Pennington   Genealogy Software and Internet
2005 & 2006 Heritage Quest Online How to use their census, books and PERSI Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto Note that Lauren suggested this could best be taught at our new library at the Marin Family History Center and suggested we may want to remove it from our list.  Account Access Needed Internet Research
2005 Backups, Storage Methods & Devices How to create and manage backups on a computer Gene Pennington   Computer
2005 & 2006 Searching How to search your computer for files and/or how to search the Internet for information Gene Pennington   Computer and Internet Research
Pending FTM 2005 demo Demo general "how to" functions and features.     Genealogy Software
Pending Legacy demo Demo general "how to" functions and features.     Genealogy Software
Pending PAF demo Demo general "how to" functions and features.   Note that Lauren suggested this could best be taught at our new library at the Marin Family History Center so we may want to remove it from our list Genealogy Software
2005 The Master Genealogist demo  Demo general "how to" functions and features. Gene Pennington Note from John - he has 2 video tapes of Bob Velke on how to use TMG that could be loaned out as a supplement to this demo Genealogy Software
2006 How to setup sources in your genealogy program What specific steps to create and manage sources (varies for each genealogy software program)     Genealogy Software
2006 Digital Photos How to scan, manage, touch up and prepare for publication Gene Pennington   Photographs and Computer
2006 & 2007 Creating a gedcom file What specific steps to create a gedcom file (varies for each genealogy software program) Gene Pennington   Genealogy Software
2005 Second Site demo Demo general "how to" functions and features. Gene Pennington Building a genealogy website and/or creating a CD from a genealogy software program Genealogy Software & Website
2003 & 2005 Digitizing You Way to Organization How to scan, manage and organize your files and photographs   How to use a scanner and its' software and a digital camera to tame your piles of paper in no time, making it easy to find every obscure document you might ever need. Photographs and Computer
2005 Digital Camera Demo general "how to" functions and features. Gene Pennington Understanding the basics, how to select one for genealogy uses Photographs and Computer
2005 & 2006 Computer Maintenance Demo general "how to" functions and features. Gene Pennington Especially now with XP - keeping it in good working order, how to remove unnecessary files, keeping the speed up, what symptoms that can cause trouble may be just ahead Computer
2005 & 2006 File management - PC Maintenance - PC Security Demo general "how to" functions and features. Gene Pennington & Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto Especially now with XP - Download tips, where to download, how to find it, software to use, storage methods, viruses, folders, where to store, copy , move and how to name and rename folders and file association.  Split this into 3 presentations - Storage methods, PC maintenance, PC security (viruses, cookies, etc.).. Computer
2004 & 2006 Genealogy Education Online - Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV How to use educational resources for genealogy research that are available online Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto   Computer and Internet Research
2004 & 2007 Adobe Reader Software & PDFs - Creating and Using "pdf" files How to create and use "pdf" files Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto & Gene Pennington   Computer and Internet Research
2004 Tips/tricks to capture/store genealogy data How to use Excel, MS Word, scanning, digital cameras for genealogy research Gene Pennington   Computer and Internet Research
2004 Rootsweb Resources - Part I, Part II and Part III. Resources for using mailing lists and other resources on Rootsweb.com. Lauren Boyd   Internet Research
2004 & 2006 Genealogy Research on the Internet Demo general tips and tricks for research on the Internet Lauren Boyd & Gene Pennington   Internet Research
2004 & 2006 Genealogy software - Sample reports Examples and explanations of different reports Gene Pennington   Computer
2004 Using "Chat" software to share genealogy information How to use "chat" software to locate information and to share it with other researchers Lauren Boyd   Computer and Internet Research
2004 Using maps in your genealogy research GPS, historical, Internet Unknown   Computer and Internet Research
2003 Rootsmagic Genealogy Software Demo general "how to" functions. Gene Pennington   Computer
2003 How to use E-mail  Basics and advanced Gene Pennington   Computer and Internet Research
           
2007 "Rootsweb -- it's new look and how it has changed" With the "new" changes at Rootsweb.com, many people are confused.  This presentation will help by explaining the changes and how to use the resources. Lauren Boyd   Computer and Internet Research

Planned for 2008

 Online back-up Services for data (genealogy, gedcom & photos). There are some good consumer sites available now, some free some charge. Unknown   Computer and Internet
2007 Ancestry.com - Beginners View The Ancestry website puzzle you sometimes? At this CIG meeting we will be learning some of its intricacies. Bring your questions and problems, and we'll see what we can do. Esther Mott   Computer and Internet Research
2007 "Samples of Digital Microfilm Images Fixes using your Photo Editor" Jo Ann has been copying microfilm images to her thumb drive and when she gets home, she adjusts the images. She has some samples of fairly dramatic changes to images, via adjustments in Photoshop to share with us as well as details of how she made these dramatic changes.  These tools are usually available in most photo editor software programs. Going from difficult to read images to much easier to read and even from unreadable to readable is a valuable skill to learn to help with your genealogy research.  You don't want to miss this presentation! Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto