Automatic Research Log

Today we discussed and demonstrated Goldie May, an automatic Genealogy Research Log. Click here for video replay.  

  3 Time Saving Tips and RootsTech

We covered many topics, however the focus was on two specific topics and you can see the replay by clinking the links:

1. 3 time saving tips for gmail: Click Here
2. Research Tips summary from RootsTech 2021 Sessions: Click Here
3. Reviewed the GenealogyGems website and all the wonderful information
4. Demonstrated downloading Ancestry files to your computer
5. Other discussions

 Browser and Search Engine Hints

Michelle Weiner shared a Research site for Scotland: Scotland's People

Our main topic for the 17 March DIRT meeting was on Browser organizing bookmarks and using different search engines.

We showed how to organize the browser bookmarks into folders and putting folders on the tool bar for easy access.

Next we discussed using different Search Engines.  Even though Google has 91% of the market, it is useful to develop your search in Google (using wildcards - click here for handout on wildcards), then going to other search engines which use different search algorithms to discover new sources of information.  

Market share

• Google (91.54%)
• Bing     (2.44%)
• Yahoo  (1.64%)
• DuckDuckGo (0.45%)

 Our working session today covered:

We are revamping the BLOG, note our new tabs which are described below.

1) RootsTech 2021 - how to use and explore the hundreds of offerings for free: 

• Click here to register,
• Click here for video replay of our session.

2) Offer to help our members use the College of Charleston student facilities to do Research, Click here for replay.

3) Index of our DIRT Blog.  We have completed (thank you to our club members) the excel spreadsheet that provides Category, Titles and hotlinks to the resources we have covered from 2017 to present on our Blog.  Click here for access.  This will be updated as more materials are available or presented.

4) a new tab on our DIRT blog of Genealogy Websites has been created.  This is a growing list of resources and hotlink websites for genealogy research.  Again, we are collecting any additional onews from all of you.  Please send your useful websites to Lynn Baker at bakerlynnd@gmail.com.  Click here

 DIRT Blog Index

We are working on an Excel spreadsheet to give you an index of all the materials available through this blog in the last 3 years.  It will give you an opportunity to do an easy search for information we have shared - when you need it.  First draft will be available next week.

We had a discussion on using Software programs to organize your current digital photos (all those photos taken on the phone, downloaded from facebook, etc.

 Nurturing your family Tree

Our session today covered the following topics:

1) Revolutionary Era

•     Valley Forge youtube video : Click here
•     Sex in the Revolutionary War youtube video : Click here

2) Discussed creating an index for all the materials on the DIRT Blog for easy access

3) Nurturing your Family Tree: Video replay: Click here

   - for comparison table: Click here

Brenda suggested a book on Women who were at Valley Forge: "Following the Drum" by Nancy K Loane

 Irish Genealogy

This session was on Irish Genealogy

• To see replay: Click Here
• For access to Charts used in presentation: Click Here
• For latest Genealogy Websites with new Irish recommendations: Click Here