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We meet the 2nd Saturday of each month at the LDS Family Search Center (formerly History Center) in Roswell, GA. Masks are required for in-person meetings. 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 us a few days in advance with your contact information to receive a meeting invite. 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). |
14-Jan-2023 |
A presentation on use of our computers for Genealogical work - more issues to be aware of! Webex-only! |
Pierre Denize (MarTechpc.com) |
11-Feb-2023 |
Bob presents his newest talk titled: “Onomastics: Origins and Naming Patterns & Traditions” Meeting in-person. |
Bob Volz |
18-Mar-2023 Special date - meeting on 3rd Sat, not 2nd Sat of March. |
The Dobbins Family History
trip abroad titled "Austria, Slovenia - Your Genealogy is also
Theirs - So Glad You Came". Meeting in-person. |
Les Dobbins |
8-Apr-2023 |
CANCELLED (no meeting) |
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13-May-2023 |
Ken will present his newest talk on DNA, titled: "Adoption and Genealogy". Meeting in-person. |
Kenneth H.Thomas Jr. (AJC Genealogy Column Journalist) |
10-June-2023 |
Visual Identity, the Artistry of Heraldry and Genealogy in Scotland Meeting in-person. |
Michael T McAlpin |
8-July-2023 |
Case Study: Using Newspapers to Reconstruct an Ancestor’s Story. Plus highglights of best Newspaper web sites to use. Webex-only! |
Bob Volz |
12-Aug-2023 |
Taking a Second Look: Reviewing Existing Records for More Genealogical Clues Webex-only! |
Tamika Strong |
9-Sept-2023 |
Breaking Down the Brick Wall with FamilySearch.org Webex-only! |
Lynn Schlick |
14-Oct-2023 |
What you should know about the "FREE MASONS" and the "KNIGHTS TEMPLER" and Genealogy wise, who were some of them? Webex-only! |
Bob Volz |
11-Nov-2023 |
A Great Civil War Tale - "Finding the Sword of Capt. Peter Murphey" and more interesting facts from the Civil War Meeting in-person. |
Ms. Lee Dunn and Bob Volz |
9-Dec-2023 |
Christmas get together ??? Meeting in-person. |
Everyone |
13-Jan-2024 |
A presentation on use of our computers for Genealogical work = Current issues to be aware of! Webex-only! |
Pierre Denize & Marvin Tedjamulia - members |
10-Feb-2024 |
Presidential; Elections, Oddities ans Assassinations Meeting in-person. |
Quenten Thomas, Historian |
9-Mar-2024 |
Back since 2021 with discussions on German Genealogy Research Meeting in-person. |
Ken Craft - member |
13-Apr-2024 This meeting will start at 10am!! |
Zotero for Genealogy:
Harnessing the Power of Your Research; her book on using Zotero, a
free,an open-source research tool to help in your research &
possibly a bit about her about 90-60 Census Workbook Webex-only! |
Donna Cox Baker |
11-May=2024 |
TBD |
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8-June-2024 |
Information you might not know about the different copies and timing of the "Delecration of Independence" Meeting in-person. |
Bob Sapp - member |
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. |
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. |
(pdf file)
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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.) |
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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