We had a
fantastic meeting this week. A smaller
group with lots of sharing.
A new book
getting rave reviews from our group is The Foundling, the true story of a
kidnapping, a family secret, and my search for the real me by Paul Joseph
Fronczak. We have three copies and three
on order in Whatcom libraries. It’s a
real page turner. Don’t miss it!
People have
been asking for a combination of content and hands-on at our meetings. This month we went overboard on content. Four topics resulted in four new blog pages.
In “Planning a Research Trip” I talked
about my trip to North Carolina and provided a tip list on the blog. Hand-in-hand with the Research Trip was the
topic “Researching by Place” with
lots of links for online searching from home.
In our Tech
Time we talked about using Google for more effective targeted genealogy
searches. A variety of operators are
listed on the “Tech: Google” blog
page. Then we revisited “Tech: Keyboard Shortcuts”. Today I was worried
when an email I was typing disappeared but I went straight to the blog page
where I found Redo: CTRL Y and recovered my email quickly.
We all
agreed that we know a lot more operations than we actually use on a regular
basis.
Find these new
pages in the left sidebar of our blog ferndalegenies.blogspot.com. There are local resources, event schedules,
and lots of genealogy and technology tips.
We welcome guest posts and we could use some help on “Favorite Websites”.
Our June meeting is on June 19.
We have some possible topics but always need your suggestions for topics
you need. During Tech Time we’ll learn
to create a simple Excel spreadsheet.
Come to the meeting and find out how to use spreadsheets.
We have a Getting Started class on Tuesday, May 30
from 1-4 pm. You will hear the
genealogy basics, use our blog to find resources and information, and use
familysearch.org to begin building your tree and researching your family. Good for beginners and second-timers. Three spaces are available. Leave a comment to reserve a place.
Until next
time, Happy Hunting, Judith
