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- UVTAGG - 2023-10-14 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 14 Oct 2023, 10-12 Noon MDT, ROBERT RAYMOND on FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE
- UVTAGG - 2023-09-02- Press Release: Online Mtg, 09 Sep 2023, 10-Noon MDT, PEGGY CLEMENS LAURITZEN, AG, FOGS, on THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE
- UVTAGG Press Release: Online Mtg, 12 Aug 2023, 10-Noon MDT, MARILYN THOMSEN on DAR RECORDS and CITY DIRECTORIES
- UVTAGG Press Release: Online Mtg, 08 Jul 2023, 10-Noon MT, KATHRYN GRANT on IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS IN FAMILY TREE and a Q&A
- UVTAGG - 2023-06-06 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 10 June 2023, 10-Noon MT, MICHAEL L. STRAUSS, AG, on THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC and CAROL HILL on CORRECTLY IMPORTING TREES INTO FAMILYSEARCH
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UVTAGG - 2023-10-14 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 14 Oct 2023, 10-12 Noon MDT, ROBERT RAYMOND on FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE 2023-10-01
Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can. If you need more information, please see our website -- https://uvtagg.org and Press Release Blog https://blog.uvtagg.org/ . If you have questions, please contact me. Thanks. Don
[Short Version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 14 Oct 2023, on Zoom and Facebook 10 am - 12 Noon MDT: ROBERT RAYMOND on FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE Main presentation from 10:00-10:30 am MDT and Class from 10:40-12 Noon MDT More details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog. ====================================.
[Long version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 14 Oct 2023, 10 am - 12 Noon MDT on Zoom and Facebook
10:00-10:30 am MDT: ROBERT RAYMOND on FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE FOR INFLUENCERS 10:30 - 23 Noon MDT: ROBERT RAYMOND on FAMILYSEARCH RECORD SEARCH TIPS AND TRICKS ABOUT ROBERT RAYMOND: Robert Raymond is a Deputy to FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer, David Rencher. He is a frequent presenter at national, regional, and local conferences. He was a director of the National Genealogical Society from 2012 to 2018. Robert is a genealogist and technologist with over 40 years of experience in technology and genealogy. He holds over a dozen patents (inventions, not land ;-) ) and earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University where he was honored as a Kimball Scholar. He was a member of the Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.
ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION 10:00-10:30 am MDT: FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE FOR INFLUENCERS FamilySearch Family Tree is an important undertaking. You are building something bigger than yourself. While genealogists within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regularly use FamilySearch Family Tree, non-genealogists in the Church and genealogists outside the Church do not. As an influencer, you might wish you could convince more knowledgeable genealogists to use the Tree more often (and less knowledgeable genealogists to use it less)! Influencers need a new mindset. See contributions by other influential genealogists and learn how they dissuade unwanted changes. Learn some focus areas for your time and how to apply genealogical standards.
ABOUT THE CLASS: FAMILYSEARCH RECORD SEARCH TIPS AND TRICKS This presentation covers searching historical record collections. Whether you are a new searcher or an accomplished researcher, this presentation has something for you. Learn foundational tips and power-user features. When you understand what is happening under the covers, you are in a better position to guide the search engine. If search results have ever left you scratching your head, this presentation will move you ahead, increasing your ability to find the most elusive records.
All meetings of the Group are open to the public with the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history. The group is in its 33rd year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group. On the blog is a way to subscribe to receive the press releases by email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes. The TAGGology newsletter contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants. Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com .
Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Jackson Andersen, Librarian; Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists. For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .
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UVTAGG - 2023-09-02- Press Release: Online Mtg, 09 Sep 2023, 10-Noon MDT, PEGGY CLEMENS LAURITZEN, AG, FOGS, on THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE
2023-09-02 Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can. More information is available ON https://uvtagg.org . People can receive these press releases via email by subscribing on our Press Release Blog https://blog.uvtagg.org/ . The videos will be available after the meeting. If you have questions, please contact me. Thanks. Don
[Short Version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday morning, 09 Sep 2023, 10 am - noon MDT on Zoom and Facebook 10:00-11:00 am MDT, PEGGY CLEMENS LAURITZEN, AG, FOGS, on COMMUNITY RESEARCH USING THE NATIONAL RIGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE 11:10-12 noon MDT, PEGGY CLEMENS LAURITZEN, AG, FOGS, on MEMORY KEEPERS =================================.
[Long version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday morning, 09 Sep 2023 live on Zoom and Facebook
10:00-11:00 am MDT, PEGGY CLEMENS LAURITZEN, AG, FOGS, on COMMUNITY RESEARCH USING THE NATIONAL RIGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE
11:10-12 noon MDT, PEGGY CLEMENS LAURITZEN, AG, FOGS, on MEMORY KEEPERS ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION: COMMUNITY RESEARCH USING THE NATIONAL RIGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE Two genealogists began a conversation over lunch and ideas began to tumble around as they approached a common research dilemma from two different angles. It wasn't long before they discovered these two valuable sites that led to valuable discoveries in their research. Those metal signs you see on old buildings or the metal historic markers by the side of the road may offer clues to the lives of your ancestors.
ABOUT PEGGY CLEMENS LAURITZEN, AG, FOGS: PEGGY CLEMENS LAURITZEN has been an Accredited Genealogist (AG) for nearly twenty-five years, and has been involved in genealogy research her entire life. She is the author of several Legacy QuickGuides on Appalachia, an instructor at Ancestry Academy and Family Tree University, an instructor at several GRIP and SLIG courses, and a columnist for Reminisce Magazine. In 2018 she was the recipient of the Laura G. Prescott Award for Exemplary Service to Professional Genealogy and became a Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society. She is a former researcher at Ancestry ProGenealogists. She and her husband are Directors of the FamilySearch Center in Mansfield, Ohio. More information about her is on her web site and ICAPGen .
ABOUT THE CLASS: MEMORY KEEPERS There is so much more to FamilySearch than the FamilySearch Family Tree and records research. One of the best things we can leave for our descendants is a plethora of memories. It has been suggested that this may be presented as a workshop. Perhaps having a room with a good Wifi connection could help attendees follow along. But they won't want to miss any of the slides in this presentation.
All meetings of the Group are open to the public with the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history. The group is in its 33rd year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group. On the blog is a way to subscribe to receive the press releases by email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than 600 videos of past presentations and classes. The TAGGology newsletter contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants. Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com .
Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Jackson Andersen, Librarian; Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists. For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .
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UVTAGG - 2023-08-05 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 12 Aug 2023, 10-Noon MDT, MARILYN THOMSEN on DAR RECORDS and CITY DIRECTORIES
2023-08-05 Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can. More information is available on our UVTAGG webpage https://uvtagg.org . People can receive these press releases via email by subscribing on our Press Release Blog https://blog.uvtagg.org/ The videos will be available afterwards. If you have questions, please contact me. Thanks. Don
[Short Version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday morning, 12 Aug 2023, 10 am - noon MDT on Zoom and Facebook: MARILYN THOMSEN on DAR RECORDS and CITY DIRECTORIES 10:00-11:00 am MDT, MARILYN THOMSEN on 10:00 - 11:00 am MDT: MARILYN THOMSEN on SECRETS HIDING IN DAR.ORG: USING DAR RESEARCH TO STRENGTHEN AND EXTEND YOUR PEDIGREE 11:10-12 noon MDR, MARILYN THOMSEN on CITY DIRECTORIES MAY HELP TO RESOLVE FAMILY HISTORY CONUNDRUMS More information on https://vtagg.org =================================.
[Long version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday morning, 12 Aug 2023 on Zoom and Facebook
10:00 - 11:00 am MDT: MARILYN THOMSEN on SECRETS HIDING IN DAR.ORG: USING DAR RESEARCH TO STRENGTHEN AND EXTEND YOUR PEDIGREE 11:10 am - 12 Noon MDT: MARILYN THOMSEN on CITY DIRECTORIES MAY HELP TO RESOLVE FAMILY HISTORY CONUNDRUMS ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION: DAR.org is a great genealogical resource! This webinar is about the massive body of data now accessible on The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) website. The DAR Genealogical Records Committees (GRC) have indexed court records, marriage, death records, collected Bible Records and newly indexed thousands of applications for membership. Join this presentation to add another research methodology to your sleuthing tool set.
ABOUT MARILYN THOMSEN: Marilyn Thomsen is an enthusiastic teacher and a confessed snoop, who loves helping uncover secrets hiding in family trees. She served an Internship at Georgia's National Archive Regional Center to complete her BA from BYU (’05) with a Family History focus on US Southern research. Twice she won BYU’s Family History of the Year Award researching and writing about her Pioneer ancestors. She has served as a Church Family History Service Missionary in the Salt Lake Family History Library and in the FamilySearch's Facebook Community. With her husband, Richard, she has traveled and covered the USA South, Isle of Man, Ireland, Denmark and England. Since 2019, Marilyn has been the editor of UVTAGG's newsletter, TAGGology. She loves painting watercolor portraits of her grandchildren.
ABOUT THE CLASS: Good methodology, added to new AI digital indexes and images, make city directories an important source for US research. Marilyn will review where and how to locate city directories online and in repositories. Compare what is available on the major sites, Ancestry, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage. She will wring information out of city directories through a few good tales of resolved conundrums that might spark resolution of your own family mysteries.
All meetings of the Group are open to the public with the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history. The group is in its 33rd year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group. On the blog is a way to subscribe to receive the press releases by email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than 600 videos of past presentations and classes. The TAGGology newsletter contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants. Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com .
Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Jackson Andersen, Librarian; Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists. For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .
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Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA - snowd@math.byu.edu
UVTAGG - 2023-07-06 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 08 Jul 2023, 10-Noon MT, KATHRYN GRANT on IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS IN FAMILY TREE and a Q&A
2023-07-06 Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can. We are aware that this is late, but most people watch our meetings without knowing who the speakers are and more people watch the videos later rather than live. More information is available on our UVTAGG webpage https://uvtagg.org . Those who subscribe to our Press Release blog https://blog.uvtagg.org/ receive an email reminder about the meeting a day or two before it. If you have questions, please contact me. Thanks. Don
[Short Version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday morning, 08 Jul 2023, on Zoom and Facebook 10:00 - 11:00 am MT: KATHRYN GRANT on UNDERSTANDING INTENDED IDENTITY: THE KEY TO FIXING AND AVOIDING PROBLEMS IN FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE 11:10 am - 12 Noon MT: FAMILY HISTORY Q&A: A PANEL DISCUSSION with KATHRYN GRANT, DONALD R. SNOW, and GERHARD RUF =================================.
[Long version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday morning, 08 Jul 2023, 10 am - noon on Zoom and Facebook
10:00 - 11:00 am MT: KATHRYN GRANT on UNDERSTANDING INTENDED IDENTITY: THE KEY TO FIXING AND AVOIDING PROBLEMS IN FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE 11:10 am - 12 Noon MT: FAMILY HISTORY Q&A: A PANEL DISCUSSION with KATHRYN GRANT, DONALD R. SNOW, and GERHARD RUF ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION AND KATHRYN GRANT: UNDERSTANDING INTENDED IDENTITY: THE KEY TO FIXING AND AVOIDING PROBLEMS IN FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE Who is that Family Tree person—really? What if there's not a lot of information or what if information conflicts? Learn tips for determining the intended identity of a Family Tree person, and how that information can help you solve problems and improve accuracy.
After years on the sidelines, Kathryn began doing family history. Somewhat to her surprise, she discovered that she loved it! Her specialty is helping new family historians find success—and maybe even avoid some of the mistakes she’s made. Kathryn teaches Sunday classes at the BYU Family History Library and presents at other family history events. Her column on family history ran in the Nauvoo Times for about a year and is still available online. In addition, she’s a regular contributor to the FamilySearch blog. Kathryn works as a technical writer and instructional designer with a focus on usability and process improvement. Her current work assignment includes developing training used on mobile devices. Besides family history, she loves uplifting music, thought-provoking books, and fresh raspberries.
ABOUT THE CLASS AND PANELISTS: FAMILY HISTORY Q&A: A PANEL DISCUSSION with KATHRYN GRANT, DONALD R. SNOW, and GERHARD RUF This is your chance to ask questions related to either family history or the use of technology in your research. Email questions to uvtagginfo@gmail.com before the meeting or ask them during the meeting on Zoom or within the Facebook Live broadcast.
Kathryn, Don, and Gerhard have decades of experience doing their own research and in using a variety of utilities on computers and other devices to enhance their research.
All meetings of the Group are open to the public with the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history. The group is in its 33rd year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group. On the blog is a way to subscribe to receive the press releases by email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than 600 videos of past presentations and classes. The TAGGology newsletter contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants. Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com .
Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Jackson Andersen, Librarian; Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists. For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .
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Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA - snowd@math.byu.edu
UVTAGG - 2023-06-06 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 10 June 2023, 10-Noon MT, MICHAEL L. STRAUSS, AG, on THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC and CAROL HILL on CORRECTLY IMPORTING TREES INTO FAMILYSEARCH
2023-06-06 Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can. More information is available on our Home Page https://uvtagg.org and Press Release Blog https://blog.uvtagg.org/ . If you have questions, please contact me. Thanks. Don
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[Short Version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning,10 Jun 2023, on Zoom and Facebook 10:00 - 11:00 am MT: MICHAEL L. STRAUSS, AG, on INFLUENZA: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S DEADLIEST PANDEMIC 11:10 am - 12 Noon MT: CAROL HILL on CAN YOU SEE MY TREE? IMPORTS ON FAMILYSEARCH =================================.
[Long version]======================. UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 10Jun 2023, 10 am - noon on Zoom and Facebook
10:00 - 11:00 am MT: MICHAEL L. STRAUSS, AG, on INFLUENZA: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S DEADLIEST PANDEMIC 11:10 am - 12 Noon MT: CAROL HILL on CAN YOU SEE MY TREE? IMPORTS ON FAMILYSEARCH ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION AND MICHAEL L. STRAUSS, AG:: INFLUENZA: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S DEADLIEST PANDEMIC In 1918, with the war raging in Europe, a silent deadly killer traveled with the soldiers from the United States over to the war zones in France. Considered America’s deadliest epidemic, it killed more people here than the soldiers that lost their lives fighting. As quickly as the virus spread it disappeared by early 1919. Many genealogical and historical records document our ancestors who died or survived this terrible period of our history.
MICHAEL L. STRAUSS, AG, is a nationally recognized genealogical researcher and speaker. He is a native of Pennsylvania and a resident of Utah and works as a Research Manager with Ancestry. Michael has a BA in History and is planning on getting additional degrees. He is a United States Coast Guard veteran, a licensed Private Investigator, and is certified to testify as an expert witness in courts in many U.S. states. He is also a faculty member of SLIG, GRIP, and IGHR, genealogy course programs across the U.S., where he is the coordinator for the military history courses taught.
ABOUT THE CLASS AND CAROL HILL: CAN YOU SEE MY TREE? IMPORTS ON FAMILYSEARCH Did you know that you can upload GEDCOM files to FamilySearch? Carol will be showing how you upload your file to the Pedigree Resource File, how others can view the uploaded tree, and how you can add information to FamilySearch the correct way.
CAROL HILL received her bachelor's degree in Family History from BYU in 2003, and has been helping others with their family history since then. She is currently serving a FamilySearch support mission and serving as a YSA stake family history consultant. She creates Family History YouTube videos to help others understand different features of FamilySearch, and other genealogy sites as well. She loves her 6 children, 31 grandchildren, and wonderful husband.
All meetings of the Group are open to the public with the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history. The group is in its 33rd year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group. On the blog is a way to subscribe to receive the press releases by email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes. The TAGGology newsletter contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants. Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com .
Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Jackson Andersen, Librarian; Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists. For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .
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