Sep 26th meeting: Catching up and "How to Interview a living relative"

We had a great chance to catch up after the summertime fun.  There were some great proposals on what sessions should be presented in the Fall DIRT meetings.  Then we started with our topic of "How to Interview a living relative".  The presentation can be accessed using this link: Click here.

Additional resources can be accessed by clicking on the links below:
1) How to interview tips: Click here
2) Genealogy Facts questionnaire: Click here
3) Interview questions outline - to be edited for your interview: Click here
4) What to bring list: Click here
I also have interview questions for each decade: depression, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s if you send me a request.

Sep 5 & 19th, 2018 Meeting:

We focused upon how to merge Family Tree information from FamilySearch.org into Family Tree Maker and how to get source documents from FamilySearch into Family Tree Maker.  The process of downloading documents/images onto the computer, then copying them into Family Tree Maker and linking with the respective family members.  Each participant practiced several times.  We will review this at the next evening meeting and cover Ancestry.com and web searches.  For a copy of the presentation, click here (however most of the session was online, real time demonstration).