Next Meeting January 26 Coffee at 6:30pm Meeting at 7:00pm
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.... bring along cookies or other goodies to share and those who assist in setting up and clearing away at our meetings. Your contribution at that time is particularly helpful as it allows me to wrap things up with the presenter and/or other participants and not face the cleanup alone afterwards, and IS noticed and valued, even when I don't say Thank You in person or in public. We relax and enjoy learning with new and old friends with something to nibble on and our coffee or tea.
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Mark your calendars with these Tuesdays and join us at any you can in 2016:
We'll meet on: February 23 March 22 April 26 May 24 June 28 July 26 August 23 September 27 October 25 November 22 Even in 2016, no FHIG in December! |
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The Family History Interest Group (FHIG) at Bernards Township Library hopes to inspire and encourage you as you investigate the lives of your family members, whether they are intriguing or quite ordinary. In this newsletter you'll find information about upcoming and past FHIG meetings, news and notes about related topics, and ideas, tips and suggestions for your own genealogy searches. -- Ruth
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Tuesday, January 26 Russ Worthington Have you been caught up in recent conversation about the future of Family Tree Maker (FTM) software for genealogy? The surprise announcement from Ancestry in December 2015 that they would discontinue selling Family Tree Maker desktop software stunned many people and online discussion forums have been abuzz ever since. This news provides impetus for a wider ranging discussion and perspective about technology change, the rise of Cloud computing, and the benefits (and drawbacks) that brings. What is the role of the rapidly growing online genealogy businesses? There are options and strategies we should consider as we move ahead, some very good ones! Join us at FHIG for a discussion of this timely topic, facilitated by our own FTM Power User, Russ Worthington. Not an FTM user so not affected? There will be much of interest for you, too, in this discussion!
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About Russ Worthington Russ, a genealogist, blogger, and popular FHIG presenter, is well known to FHIG audiences, and in the wider genealogy world. Worthington started ‘collecting his ancestors’ about 16 years ago and has since traveled from Maryland to Maine visiting cemeteries and archives, finding cousins and headstones, and taking photographs in search of family history information. He has become an enthusiastic user of Second Life, blogs regularly on genealogy topics and on the use of Family Tree Maker, a computer genealogy program, and relishes the opportunities to attend and present at genealogy conferences nationwide.
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The Family History Interest Group (FHIG) meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month except December from 7:00 to 8:30 pm in the Program Room on the lower level at Bernards Township Library.
Coffee and tea (and cookies or snacks if participants bring them!) is served at 6:30 pm and participants are invited to socialize. Our coffee and tea arrangements are $elf $upporting -- If you enjoy a cup please consider dropping a quarter or two in the basket provided.
FHIG meetings are FREE and all are welcome, whether they have been previously involved in family history research or not. No prior experience in tracing genealogical roots is necessary. The Group provides opportunities for those interested in family history and genealogy to share information and experiences and be more successful in their search.
For more information please call the Library at 908.204.3031, ext.4 or email RLufkin@Bernards.org
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Hereditary Societies were the topic when our November FHIG presenter, Lisa Kerr Ilowite, was the guest on the December episode of Stephen Conte's Family Historian TV program on Summit's HomeTowne TV. Click on the link below to watch it. Please give it a few seconds to download. # # # # # # #
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