http://gencomputer.org/
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We meet the 2nd Saturday of each month at the LDS Family Search Center (formerly History Center) in Roswell, GA. Check each month's meeting description to see whether the meeting is in-person or only via webex! For webex-only meetings: if you are not a member of our group but you want to attend a webex-only meeting, 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 |
Post Card Collecting and Genealogists Webex-only. |
Kenneth Thomas |
| 12-July-2025 | No meeting (vacation time!) |
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| 9-Aug-2025 | Cornwall UK Webex-only. |
Bridget Lohnes |
| 13-Sept-2025 | TBD |
TBD |
| 11-Oct-2025 | TBD | TBD |
| 8-Nov-2025 | TBD |
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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