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
October TIG Meeting: Thomas MacEntee - Photo Organizing and Preservation: You Can Do It!
October TIG MeetingPhoto Organizing and Preservation: You Can Do It!
Are you sitting on a pile of old family photographs and wondering what is the best way to preserve them? What about boxes of family vacation slides, photo negatives, or home movies? As more and more Baby Boomers take on the task of organizing family history materials, we’re uncertain about the best way to preserve these memories. And an overabundance of technology doesn’t help!
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RootsTech Dates and Registration Announced
RootsTech 2026 will be held March 5-7, 2026, both online and in-person in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is the largest annual event dedicated to genealogy technology. This is a great genealogy education opportunity, I hope a large number of our group will be able to take part. Registration begins on September 24, 2025.
If you've never attended RootsTech and would like to get a feeling for what they offer, they have made some of the sessions from RootsTech 2025 available for viewing.
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