January 23, 2016, "Understanding Probate without a Law Degree"
Presenter: Pat Roberts
Pat
will cover the probate process. One of the most valuable resources for genealogists, probate should always be sought.
She will also discuss how to find these valuable pieces of evidence and what you can expect to find in the way of information
on them. She will present the various steps in the process and show examples of different documents from an actual probate
package so you can become familar with these documents. This will also allow you to recognize what different documents
look like and the information they contain.
February
27, 2016 Round Table Discussions
Round Table Number 1: Genealogy Research/I
need Help
Who would benefit from this dicussion-Anyone who wants to understand
the "how" and "where" to organize their information.
This discuss
is designed to respond to the many requests from members on "what do I do with all of this stuff that I've gathered?"
This what you need to do to prepare for the round table discussion so that we can help you achieve you goals!
1. What do you have? Documents, birth certificates, any census documents.
2.
Bring names and significant dates and locations of your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and great grandparents, etc.
3. Have you documented any oral history?
4. Were your ancestors members of any organizations,
clubs, etc.
5. What was their trade or profession.
Round Table
Number 2
Choosing a New/Different Family Tree Software
Family
Tree Maker software has now been purchased from Ancestry.com by Mackiev Software. The "new" company will
have the software available for shipping March1st. Family Tree Maker www.mackiev.com -New handouts at the meeting. Some other software
available: Legach Family Tree 8- Free download-(deluxe CD www.legacyfamilytree.com) Roots Magic 7- Download as free trail and order online(www.RootsMagic.com) cost is $29.99+s/h. Master Genealogist (TMG) has been discontinued. Official technical support was discontinued
on 31 Dec. 2014 but user-to-user will remain available.
March 26, 2016 "Organizing Your Genealogy Research Starts with a Plan"
Presenter: Carol Darrow
You're presented with a pile of documents, a camera card full of unlabled photos, and more
than one flash drive full of microfilm pages. When it's hard to know where to start organizing, you need to start
with a goal and focus on a plan to meet that goal. The plan may include a file folder system, an index of your
photos, a timeline of the life of an ancestor, or a tracking chart of records for an ancestor.
