Last meeting of the year - great friends, food and stories

We had a great get together today to celebrate our year in genealogy and the upcoming Holiday Season.

Everyone brought something to eat or drink (except those on zoom, they had to fend for thenmselves).

Some of the topics shared were:

• Documentary: Kiss the Ground
• Audiobook: Gallup Towards the Sun
• Podcast: Ben Franklin World by Liz Covart: Click here
• Upcoming events: Click here
• Ancestry tips: Click here
• Discussion of the 2024 Proposed topics: Click here

Happy holidays!!

 Terrific Meeting Today!

We had two great Case Studies presented:

• My Aunt Martha's Family Chart by Lynn Maney-McIntosh: Click here
• Outsider's Revenge: Discovery of my Maryland Ancestors by John Cheney: Click here

Additionally we had two short search tips by Lynn Baker  : Click here

• Handout: click here

We had a good discussion about 2024 sessions.  See proposal: click here

• If you have suggestions for 2024 topics, please send them to Lynn Baker
• 45 minutes of every session from February through May will be devoted to giving members feedback on how to tackle their research questions - Lynn will develop a format for recording your question and supplying your background information.  Please sign up for time for you question.

Upcoming Events 8Nov2023: Click here

Great meeting.

Potential new member participated - welcome to John Holschuh

Upcoming Webinar Events: Click here

Two Case Studies:

Chasing Down Ancestors with low DNA matches by Mike Turner - click here

DNA Painter: What are the Odds, Who is your Grandfather by Glenn Soden - click here

Genealogy University Conference - 21 Oct 2023 Handouts - Click Here

 Great discussion today

Two new potential members joined: Bob and Judy Townsend from Kiawah Island

Two Case Studies:

• Grandma Had a Sister by Marian Chamberlain - Click Here
• Finding Tennessee Women by Charlotte Stanton - Click here

Main Topic:

• Christmas Projects - Click here
• Christmas Projects handout - Click here

Upcoming Events - Click here

• Case Study by Brenda Larsen: Meek Inheritance - click here
• What is new in Ancestry - click here
• Prior August 24, 2022 Meeting on using Google Earth and map overlays - click here
• Handout for Using Google Earth and overlayas - click here
• Upcoming Events - click here
• It was suggested that we have a "Book" day in January 2024, members would bring genealogy books that they no longer need and are willing to give up - others might want those books for research.  We will talk more about this before January 2024 meeting.

 Organizing Genealogy Group Project

We divided into two groups with 4-5 people per group.  Each group had a series of questions to discuss about how they organize their own genealogy.  After sharing their different approaches, each group then shared with everyone their recommended approach (the audience would be a beginner genealogist).  I think everyone had fun and it was a good chance to share stories, approaches and get to know each other better.  There is no video recording for this session.

 Organizing Genealogy

We had a great discussion of the July 12 Johns Island Presbyterian Church Cemetery field trip.  All the discoveries and lessons learned about Find A Grave.  The church administrative staff appreciated the help with the cemetery map.

Events Update: Click Here

Main topic was Organizing Genealogy, for the full video replay Click Here

• Started with a youtube video: How to Organize Your Family HIstory
• Color Coding diagram: Click Here
• Digital photo crib sheet: Click here
• How to make the computer work for you: Click here
• Organizing folders and files: Click Here