RGS Meetings
2009/2010
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 September
Just starting in genealogy? Not sure what to do next? Don't understand what you've already got? This is for you. Beginning in September, 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 the 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.
17 September 2009
Short Program: “Local Research Facilities” – Bob Coomber
Main Program: “Lessons Learned: Researching Local Civil War Soldiers” – Bob Marcotte
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15 October 2009
Short Program: “A Brick Wall Broken with ‘Miracles’ - Finding Vital Records In Cook County, IL After the Chicago Fire” – Ozzie Salyards
Special Presentation: Members of the Zweigle (sausage) family will be honored as we present them with 6 generations of their ancestry, compiled by RGS members.
Main Program: “Holdings of the Monroe County Clerk's Office: A Valuable Genealogical Resource” – Cheryl Dinolfo and Sean Wilcox
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19 November 2009
Short Program: “Census Records: Gold Dust or Coal Dust” – Roscoe Hastings
Main Program: “A Canal of some Consequence” - Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck
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NO RGS meeting in December
21 January 2010
The research consultant for January is Peter Bush.
Short Program: “Black Sheep in the Family Barnyard, or Just What Do You Do With the Drunken Sailor? ” – Steve Clarke
Main Program: “Doc Lincoln's Story: A Serendipitous Adventure in Genealogy” - Al Clarke
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18 February 2010
The research consultant for February is Sharon Burch.
Short Program: “The American Female Gender vs. The United States: Legal Discrimination” – Greg Spacher
Main Program: “100 Years of Reunions” - Barry Hartley
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18 March 2010
The research consultant for March is Roy Thurston.
Short Program: “A Brick Wall Broken with 'Miracles. Finding Vital Records In Cook County, IL After the Chicago Fire” – Ozzie Salyards
Main Program: “Publishing Your Genealogy” - Cherie Wood
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15 April 2010
The research consultant for April is TBA.
Short Program: “Foster Frederick Kislingbury 1847-1884... Fallen Hero” – Roy Thurston
Main Program: “Slavery in the Genesee Country” - Christine Ridarsky, Victoria Schmitt, & Marilyn Nolte
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20 May 2010
The research consultant for May is TBA.
Business Meeting: Election of Officers for 2010 - 2011 - RGS President Marian Henry
Main Program: “Stump the Experts” - RGS Veteran Genealogists
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17 June 2010
Main Program: “A Tour of Mt. Hope Cemetery” - Bert Balt
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CIG Meetings
2009/2010
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 2009/2010 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.
10 September 2009
Photoshop Elements Demonstration - Chuck Bliley
8 October 2009
Technology Updates including Displays and Backup software - Jeff Leist
12 November 2009
Reunion Planning Process/Software - Steve Clarke
10 December 2009
This meeting was CANCELLED - weather!
Digitizing and Archiving Historical Documents - Larry Naukam and the Lead Digitizer; Renee Kendrot
14 January 2010
Title: “Exploring the New England Historic Genealogical Society's Web Site” by Marian Henry
Program: One of the premier Genealogical / Historical Societies is NEHGS. Their web site has a tremendous amount of information on it although much of it is a “members-only access”. In this program, our presenter will examine what information is available.
11 February 2010
Title: “Website Reviews” by Roscoe Hastings
Program: As the CIG members well know, trying to keep up with new web sites that aid in genealogical research is a daunting task. Every year in our questionnaire, this is rated very high as a program that everyone would like. We invited back one of the really good people that does an excellent job keeping on top of best of the best Web sites.
11 March 2010
Title: “PAF versus Legacy” by TBA
Program: We will review two different Genealogical Software Packages and demonstrate adding a person, navigating through the family tree, and adding a reference. The presenter will have the opportunity to discuss the merits and the shortcomings of each product.
8 April 2010
Title: “Canadian Genealogy On Line” by Roy Thurston
Program: Many of our members have roots in Canada. There are good on line resources available to do research. Some of the better sites will be reviewed.
13 May 2010 (rescheduled from the Cancelled December Meeting)
Title: “Digitizing and Archiving Historical Documents” by Renee Kendrot
Program: The staff at Rundel Library have many projects where they are trying to make the information available to everyone and yet keep the documents from being handled since many are very old and susceptible to damage. The techniques used by the lead technician will be shared with everyone as well as information as to what projects are currently underway.
10 June 2010
Title: “Genetic Genealogy - the next chapter” by Blaine Bettinger
Program: Last year we had an excellent talk on Genetic Genealogy, but it was just an introduction. This year Blaine will speak about ethnicity tests, and native American tests and a number of other topics including more examples of how to use genetic genealogy in your research.
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