Genealogy SIG
Len Stevens judylenstevens@msn.com
leads the Genealogy SIG, one of the QCS's more
popular groups. It meets the 3rd Monday of each
month. This SIG shares information, ideas and
software news of the Genealogical world. Once
again, they emphasize and discuss the free
software available. It is a good place to begin.
Discussion topics include: collecting
genealogical data, publishing data in book form,
genealogical photography. Often times special
guest speakers from the area will be on hand to
speak about various points of ancestry interest.
Later this year, in conjunction with the
Digital Media SIG, the Genealogy SIG takes a
field trip to learn how to take, improve, and
manage tombstone photography as one gathers data.
If you have a new found interest in your
ancestors, and are wondering how to put your
family history together, this is the SIG for you!
At the Genealogy SIG on May 16th, Judi
McDowell filled in for Len Stevens. She
has provided these links to the
information presented:1.
"What's New at Family Search",
a genealogy talk by Wilma Svedin Larson
will be held on June 13 sponsored
by the Swenson Center, Augustana College
Carol Laws mentioned this event of
interest to all genealogists. Details
are available at this site: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159202674140630
2. Online issues of the Swedish American
Genealogist
The Swenson Center of Augustana
has announced that searchable back
issues of Swedish American
Genealoogist (1981-2007) are now
available free online, hosted by the
Consortium of Academic and Research
Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).
Here is the link to the full list of
the CARLI digital collections:
http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/index.php
The direct link to the SAG back
issues from Augustana College
follows:
http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index_aug_sag.php?CISOROOT=/aug_sag
3. The complete article about
scanners used for the basis of
Judi's presentation.
You can review the information
presented plus read the reviews of
the mobile scanners on this PDF copy:
http://qcs.org/Scanners.pdf
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