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GENEALOGY SIG SCHEDULE  R W-C   1 PM Game Room  2nd Thursday odd numbered months   Computer Genealogy Group Meetings are held at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury at 1PM on Thursday for the date shown below. They are held either in the Game Room or the large meeting room. Check the bulletin board in the lobby if you don’t find us. The address for RW-C is 132 Lancaster Drive,  Irvington, VA 22480 Thursday, September 9, 2010  Family Photo Restoration and Preservation Presentation by Linda Boyatzies  The section on preservation will include how to display old photographs without harming them, how to preserve both old and new photos by using proper storage techniques, and how to preserve our photos for future generations by digitizing them and sharing with other family members.  She will include samples of several products used to safely store and archive photos. On the topic of restoration, Linda will have several examples of restored photos and illustrate a few restoration techniques in Photoshop Elements.  For those of you who do not already know Linda Boyatzies, she is a former educator, family historian and a regular winner with the Digital Photography SIG contests.   September 9, 2010   1 PM Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury   Family Photo Restoration and Preservation Presentation by Linda Boyatzies  For those of you who do not already know Linda Boyatzies, she is a former educator, family historian and a regular winner with the Digital Photography SIG contests.  New Resources  200 Million New Genealogy Records on FamilySearch At the FGS Conference in Knoxville, TN, this month, FamilySearch announced the addition of over 200 million new searchable historic records online representing 18 countries. This includes 53 new or updated collections from the United States, and over 100 million new records from Europe, Scandinavia, and Mexico. The United States collections include the 1910 U.S. Census, as well as birth, marriage, and death records from a number of states. For Canada, there are new vital records (including some death certificates) for New Brunswick and Newfoundland.  Improve your research skills:  Mary Ball Washington Library - Library volunteer positions open Volunteers support the daily operations of the non-profit MBW Genealogy and History Library and assist patrons from around the nation to use our extensive collection of books and research materials about Lancaster and the Northern Neck. Volunteers also enjoy access to all library resources for personal research use. Flexible scheduling 1 to 4 days per month, Tuesday through Saturday No experience needed. Hands-on, supervised training provided. Karen Hart, Executive Director Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library PO Box 97 / 8346 Mary Ball Rd Lancaster VA  22503 ph 804-462-7280 fax 804-462-6107 karen@mbwm.org www.mbwm.org   Who do you think you are? NBC partnered with Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, to bring you the first season of Who Do You Think You Are? this past spring. Tune in to NBC Friday nights from August 13th-September 3rd at 8/7c for another chance to watch the show. Then visit Ancestry.com to make some discoveries of your own.  Learn More about Ancestry.com  Try it FREE for 14-Days   Report from the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Knoxville - with Pictures http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/08/report-from-the-fgs-conference-in-knoxville-with-pictures.html  Family History Software Reviews for 2010 http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ This is an update to the handout from last year’s meeting.  Meetings of the Computer Genealogy SIG are open to all members of the Northern Neck Computer User Group and the Genealogical Society of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Guests are welcome, but if you become a regular attendee we ask that you consider joining one or the other group - if not both. These other groups have meetings of their own on Saturdays throughout the year. More information about the NNCUG may be found at www.nncug.org  Hope you will attend. Ann Thompson 804 580-8210     November 11, 2010   The use of CDs, publications and the internet to determine War of 1812 Service Presentation by Mike Lyman  Included in his presentation will be methods for obtaining War of 1812 service records.  Mike has donated CD’s to the Mary Ball Washington Library with information on 102,645 Burials of Revolutionary War Veterans & Patriots in USA, plus Additional Burials in Virginia (includes sources) and the War of 1812 Veteran Burials in Virginia.  January  13,  2011  Google Your Family History Presentation by Ann Thompson I’m still working on this and may end up making it into two presentations. The first part will definitely cover how GOOGLE works and include many tips and tricks for better search results. If I do a second part, it will include how to search for GEDCOM surname files, GOOGLE Books, GOOGLE Scholar, GOOGLE, News, GOOGLE Earth and much,  much more.  March 10, 2011 DNA and Genealogy Presentation by Robert Lumsden  The Lumsden FamilyTreeMaker Y-DNA for North America (US and Canada) Project has been published by John F. Lumsden in Mississippi. Bob will show the current status of the project in addition to the Internet-based ramifications of Y-DNA analyses. As new project members are found and more genealogical information is revealed the story will continue to become more interesting.  There are hundreds of these family based projects at all stages of development.  Please send me ideas for future programs. Missing Member: Does anyone know how to contact Margaret Forrester? Her email is bouncing and no one has returned my phone message.  forrfam@rivnet.net 107 Jeffrey Avenue, Lancaster, VA 22503

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  Basic Computing SIG -  B.J. has provided tutorials covering the items she discusses. These are now listed on a page secure to Members Only (e-mail & password required for access). To obtain an e-mail address with nncug.org and a password, please contact admin@nncug.org. When you have your access requirments go to

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Photo Elements SIG Meets on 2nd Tuesday of each month at Lancaster Community Library, 9:30 a.m.   The group talks about how to take photos and how to work with them in Photoshop Elements .      Photos are anylized for content, composition, visual interest, etc. Members and local photographers are invited to speak on various aspects of successful photography.    For further information please contact Jim Sapione        (804)462-5831          TIPS&TRICKS

Web SIG         The Web SIG was established to explore the possibilities of our Web Site and to allow members to participate in its development with the use of WEB WIZARD software. We do not meet regularly but as needed. If you are interested in this activity please call me. Betty Lehman will chair this SIG. Or call:   (804) 435-2011