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Some meetings are not in-person but only via Webex, as noted in the following schedule. In either case, our meeting time, unless otherwise noted in the schedule, is 9:30 am to noon. If you are not a member of our group: For in-person meetings, feel free to show up at any of our meetings. For webex meetings, email a few days in advance with your contact information to receive a meeting invite. email to: BVolz_atl (at) yahoo.com(replace the "(at)" with "@"; the email is listed as it is to avoid spam-bots. with Subject: Would like to join GCSGA Webex meeting / <date> Click
here for info about us, including a general
description of our group and a list of our meeting topics for the past
several years (a good
demonstration of what our group is about). |
| 11-Jan-2025 |
Member
Participation-Speak About US History or a Major Event found in 2024. Bob's Topic will be "Interesting History Items" Webex-only. |
All members |
| 8-Feb-2025 |
Answering
member questions + CURRENT & FUTURE issues on computer devices used for Genealogical work + Current security issues to be aware of! Webex-only. |
Pierre Denize |
| 8-Mar-2025 |
Another presention on German Genealogy In-person meeting. |
Ken Craft |
| 12-Apr-2025 |
What were Your ancestors Doing from 1770s - 1910s? Webex-only. |
Bob Volz |
| 10-May-2025 Start time 10am ! |
Transcribing & Summarizing Documents Using AI Webex-only. |
Thomas MacEntee |
| 14-June-2025 |
Open - TBD |
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| 12-July-2025 | Post Card Collecting and Genealogists In-person meeting. |
Kenneth Thomas |
| 9-Aug-2025 | Cornwall UK Webex-only. |
Bridget Lohnes |
| 30-Aug-2025 Start time 11am! to accommodate presenters, moved Sept meet to this date and time. |
The playing of "Died Without Issue" A Screening 76 min. Documentary Dealing with Georgia Genealogy. Webex-only. |
Rachel Price, RustinThompson (Director), Nick Thompson ( Associate Producer), "Died Without Issue" |
| 11-Oct-2025 | General Get Together to Discuss Members Genealogy In-person meeting. |
All members. |
| 8-Nov-2025 | TBD In-person meeting (tentatively). |
maybe Les Dobbins |
| 13-Dec-2025 | No meeting (Merry Christmas!) |
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| About us | Includes directions to our monthly meetings, and a listing of meeting topics back to 2000. |
Genealogy Software |
A description of each program, with a link to its web site. |
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Just a bare-bones starting point to Georgia genealogy sites, and a huge general genealogy site. |
| Getting Started | "I'm just getting started with my family history, or with my Georgia research. How do I trace the history of my Georgia ancestor?" Check out this link! |
| Learn the Net | "I've been doing genealogy awhile, but this is the first time I have been on the Internet. Help!" - Check out this website! |
| Civil War Sites | Links to civil war sites, from a presentation in 2012 by Bob Davis. |
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Libraries:
Gold Mines for Family Historians, by Erica Rohlfs,
M. S. - presented at the April 2011 meeting.
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| Newspaper Search Links | David Moriarty's Powerpoint presentation, discussed in Feb 2011 meeting. |
| Find a book | Find a book to add life to your family history! - a Powerpoint presentation by Dave Moriarty given at the April 2010 meeting. |
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Discussed in September 2003 meeting: A list of Libraries in GA with Genealogy collections. This list provides an index into a series of articles in the GGS Quarterly which discusses each of these libraries in detail. (We do not have the actual articles; see the GGS, link provided in the list, for that.) Thanks to Jane Splawn and Ann Sherman for the list and the articles. |
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Done in Aug 2003 for the Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society. |
Older Newsletters |
View our older monthly newsletters online. Note: Our more recent newsletters are only available to our members. |
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For novice Windows users - if you want to learn more about Windows, try this tutorial from Glen Engels' presentation at one of our meetings. (More extensive Windows tips can be found in our Newsletters.) |
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your Genealogical Research |
an article sent to me by Don Thompson |
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Compare your Surname! |
| Internet - ppt (19 MB) Internet - pdf (48 MB) |
"Internet In & Outs" -
Marvins Talk at the October 2012 meeting (Note: These links go to files on Dropbox.com) |
| Writing a Family
History book ppt Version pdf Version |
presentation by Bob Volz, July 2015. |
| Google for genealogy | Google links useful for genealogy - Carol Tapp's handout from Sept 2015 presentation |
| Sept_2016.zip | 2 handouts from Terry Manning's Sept
2016 presentation: Turn Folders Into Family Histories; Fictitious Lineage on Ancestry |
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