RGS Meetings
2011/2012
The Rochester Genealogical Society meets monthly, except July, August, and December, usually on the third Thursday of the month. The meetings are held in the Fellowship Hall (downstairs) of the Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Avenue, Rochester, NY (see map). The meetings start with a short program at 7:00 p.m., followed by a short business meeting and a refreshment break, and then a main program beginning at 8:00 p.m. and ending about 9:00 p.m.
Beginner's Consultations
Beginner's Consultations begin in October
Just starting in genealogy? Not sure what to do next? Don't understand what you've already got? This is for you. Beginning in October, a consultation opportunity for beginning genealogists will be offered as an alternative to the short program. Each month, one of our more experienced members will be available in the anteroom at the back of Fellowship Hall during the short program. Take your research notes and/or your questions to the consultant-of-the-day and quietly get your research back on track. Remember that no question is too trivial.
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Short and Main Program: “Researching Union Soldiers” – David Allen Lambert, NEHGS Online Genealogist, Boston, MA
synopsis, biography ...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Short and Main Program: “"Using Ancestry.com for Your Genealogical Research” – Kim Harrison, Institutional Product Manager, Ancestry.com.
synopsis, biography ...
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Short Program: “Genealogical Magazines: an Often-Untapped Resource” – Carmen Bush
Main Program: “The Rochester Medical Museum and Archives” – Robert Dickson, Rochester Medical Museum and Archive
synopses, biographies ...
NO RGS meeting in December
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Short Program: “Genealogy, DNA, and Missing Soldiers” – Ed Groszewski
Main Program: “Monroe County Adoptions in the Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century” – Dick Halsey
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Short Program: “Using Church Records to find ancestors” – Greg Spacher
Main Program: “Using Libraries to find clues about your Ancestors” – Alicia Reinhardt and Laura Richardson
descriptions, biographies ...
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Short Program: “How to Organize Your Roots” – Marian Henry
Main Program: “Using DNA to Explore Your Ancestry” – Blaine Bettinger (www.thegeneticgenealogist.com)
descriptions, biographies ...
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CIG Meetings
2011/2012
The CIG is for people interested in using home computers to help with their genealogical research. Meetings are held from 7:00 to 9:00 PM on the 2nd Thursday of each month, except July and August, in the Relief Society Room of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1400 Westfall Rd., Rochester, NY 14614. See map. To get to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1400 Westfall Rd., please see the map on this web site.
Topics dicussed in our CIG meetings include reviewing genealogical software and web sites to using your digital camera in your research. Come with questions or share your solutions! Web sites are featured at each meeting that either help you maintain your home computer or help you with your research.
Membership dues
The fee for joining the CIG is $5 for the 2011/2012 year. This money is spent on program handouts, projection equipment, computer hardware and software.
Fund raiser
The CIG is collecting empty ink jet cartridges and toner cartridges and recycling them to supplement the CIG and RGS budgets. You can bring them to either the CIG or RGS meetings where we will be providing a drop off box.
Thursday, 8 September 2011
“Autosomal DNA Testing” – Blaine Bettinger
DNA applications for genealogy are of great interest to our members. Blaine Bettinger from Syracuse, is the Genetic Genealogist (www.thegeneticgenealogist.com). He is an expert in the DNA field and a long time genealogist. In previous presentations to the CIG, he has demonstrated an ability to convey a technical topic in an understandable and entertaining manner
Thursday, 13 October 2011
“Genealogy Websites – Libraries & News” – Roscoe Hastings
Roscoe Hastings will share how he builds his library of genealogy websites. He will also continue his popular series about the latest genealogy sites and features.
Hand Out / Presentation
Thursday, 10 November 2011
“Fulton History Website” – Dennis Hogan
Unfortunately, this meeting was cancelled at the last minute due to "double booking" of the room we were to use at the LDS Church. This meeting will be scheduled for next month, December 8, 2011.
Thursday, 8 December 2011 2 topics this month.
“Fulton History Website” – Dennis Hogan
Tom Tryniski is the proprietor of the great Fulton History website, (http://www.fultonhistory.com). Tom recently hosted a tour for members of the RGS Church Records Preservation Committee (CRPC). You will learn about the behind-the-scenes operation that makes this site successful. Tips will be covered for optimizing the results of your searches on this site.
“Reverse Genealogy” – Ed Groszewski
Ed works with a company that does genealogical research so the armed forces can contact kinfolk of missing service men and women. The focus of his talk will be on using sources to find living relatives.
Ed is a professional genealogist and RGS Historian.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
“Online Backups” – Dick Halsey
Program: Dick Halsey lost a computer last year. He had most of his files backed up, but did lose some. He has researched several vendors for online backups. He'll share the results of his research (he went with Carbonite). Also discussed will be Dropbox, which is an easy online tool for sharing and synching files across multiple computers.
Thursday, 9 February 2012
“Google Maps & Google Earth” – April Younglove
Program: April Younglove is a librarian with the Rochester Regional Library Council (RRLC). She will be presenting Google's map applications including Maps, Earth, My Maps, and Map Maker. She will also share information about RRLC and content for genealogists at www.rrlcnewspapers.org and http://www.nyheritage.org/.
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