Technology Interest Group
The Technology Interest Group, also known as TIG, meets five times per year on the second Tuesday of the month from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. All programs take place via ZOOM. Current Meeting Months include: February, April, June, October, and December.
The mission and goal of TIG is to educate RGS members about various forms of technology that will assist with their genealogical research.
If you are interested in presenting for TIG or would like more information about future programming, please contact Bill Moore, TIG Chair, at tech@nyrgs.org.
Upcoming Technology Interest Group Events
April TIG Meeting: Christine Cohen - Mysterious Codes: Passenger Manifests Letters and Numbers
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April TIG Meeting
Christine Cohen
Mysterious Codes: Passenger Manifests, Letters, and Numbers
What do those letters, numbers, stamps, and pencil marks mean on Immigration Passenger Manifests? Does your ancestor have the letter "D" or "X" next to their name? Do you know what V/L, # 404, USB, Transit, CL, N.O.B, C/A, LPC, SI, NQIV, BSI, PV or C-XXXXX mean?
We will learn if and when to contact the US National Archives or USCIS to get more genealogical information from these codes. Plus, what insight we can learn about your ancestor's immigration experience based on these notations.
Tech Tip of the Month
RootsTech All Year
Gena Philbert-Ortega wrote an article that appeared recently in at GenealogyBank. It had great information on utilizing the RootsTech video library for year-round genealogy education.
Many of us took part in RootsTech earlier in March. But much of the educational content is available to us all year long. Take time to visit some of these great resources. You'll be amazed at what you can find.
Free Genealogy Resources