Events of the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society L-AGS 2010 Programs Visitors are welcome at all of our meetings!

General Meeting

Guest Speaker: Kay Speaks
Topic: Passenger List Annotations. Flyer
When: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 – 7:30 PM
Where: Congregation Beth Emek 3400 Nevada Court, Pleasanton
Cost: No Charge (Visitors Are Welcome)
Directions: http://www.l-ags.org/maps/Pls-BethEmek.html

A Special Program on Passenger Lists

Kay Speaks, L-AGS Study Group and Tri-Valley TMG Group chair, lecturer, workshop coordinator and reporter for the Roots Tracer will be talking on how to interpret the strange annotations and other markings on U.S. passenger lists and ship manifests - information you may need to find that missing ancestor.

For additional information contact: Dick Finn, Program Chairperson

Study Group Meeting

Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore, CA
Map to the meeting site: http://www.l-ags.org/maps/Liv-FHC.html

Topic: Exploring the USGenWeb Project Website

The USGenWeb Project is one of the largest free genealogy sites. At our September Study Group meeting we will explore the different links found on this massive website. A demonstration of navigating through quick links to census images, church records, court cases, digital map library, posting queries, index of state pages, lineage researchers, maiden names and naming patterns, marriage project, obituary project, old occupations, tips for finding obituaries, tombstone transcription project, archives newsletter, archives search engine, volunteering, and accessing the WorldGenWeb. We’ll also search by different levels of locations and how to search “unknown counties.” A cheat sheet with quick links to the above areas will be provided as a handout.

Although not a requirement to attend meetings, if you can R.S.V.P. to study.chair@L-AGS.org it will help to determine the number of handouts required.

Have a genealogy brick wall? Let the Study Group help you brainstorm your research options. Use our L-AGS Study Group forum for any genealogy topic discussion or computer interest questions. L-AGS is blessed with people willing to share their knowledge and expertise! E-mail the forum at: study.group@L-AGS.org.

Please send your suggestions for future Study Group meetings to study.chair@L-AGS.org. We would appreciate your input and feedback.

Tri-Valley TMG Users Group
The Master Genealogist Software

Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010 (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE)
Meeting Time: 9 a.m. - Noon
Location: 7077 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 110, Pleasanton, CA 94566
After Meeting Lunch Meet Up: Rage Super Burgers, Bernal & Valley, Pleasanton
Map to the meeting site: http://www.l-ags.org/maps/Pls-KollCenter.html
Chair: Kay Speaks, tvtmg.chair@L-AGS.org
Instructors: Sue Johnston and Kay Speaks

Topic: Citing Family History Library Microfilm

TV-TMG September Challenge

Kindly R.S.V.P. if you plan to attend the meeting and indicate if you will bring a laptop. Meetings are a cooperative experience where TV-TMG users will have the opportunity to lead one of the classes on a volunteer basis. Let us know if you have a favorite source citation, you would like to present. Be sure to check the meeting date and time each month for possible changes due to scheduling conflicts of the instructors.

Do not forget to check our blog, the “Tri-Valley TMG User Group” at http://tvtmgug.blogspot.com/. This is a great place to record our citation decisions, post notes and ideas from the meeting, and ask and answer questions. If you have not received an invitation to join the blog readership, please e-mail Sue Johnston at tvtmg.chair@L-AGS.org.

Guests are always welcome at our meetings; however, we may not be able to accommodate the use of your laptop as desktop space is reserved for registered TV-TMG members. TV-TMG users should bring their laptop and power cord if possible. The class is currently using TMG version 7. A copy of the group's practice database is provided on our blog. Please download the newest version prior to each workshop. A laptop is not a requirement, as the lesson is digitally projected. TMG questions not specific to all attendees will be addressed in the later part of our meeting or on our blog. Please bring samples of your problem if possible. We hope to see you at the next meeting!

Resources: A free demo version of the software may be downloaded at http://www.whollygenes.com. Mills’ book may be purchased online from any of the following websites, plus many other websites: Amazon, Wholly Genes, Footnote and Ancestry. For additional information contact: tvtmg.chair@l-ags.org. The user group e-mail address is tvtmg@L-AGS.org.

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