DNA Workshops 2017

Wednesdays at the Irondequoit Library 2nd floor

September 27th	6:30 - 8:30 PM	New Evening Workshop ! Room # 113
October 11th	10:00 am to 12:00	Room # 216
October 25th	6:30 - 8:30 PM	New Evening Workshop ! Room # 214
November 15th	10:00 am to 12:00	Room # 113
November 29th	10:00 am to 12:00	Room # 113

Bring your laptop or iPad, your DNA results and your questions. We will help you with your next steps to learn what you want about your family tree. Meeting are twice a month on Wednesday. on these dates:

Irondequoit Library at 1290 Titus Ave. Irondequoit, NY 14617

RGS Meetings

The Rochester Genealogical Society meets monthly, except July, August, and December, on the third Thursday of the month.

The meetings are held in:

Fellowship Hall (blue door)
The Clover Center
1101 Clover Street, Rochester, NY 14610

(see map)

The meetings start with a short program at 7:00 p.m., followed by a short business meeting and a break, and then a main program beginning at 8:00 p.m., ending about 9:00 p.m

General Meeting

October 19, 2017

Short Program: Scanning & Breakout Sessions 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Presented by: Nancy Carr

Description: Have your photos scanned. Bring up to 10 photographs and a USB flash drive. Times available before and after the Long Program. Pre sign-up is required. Send your name and email to rgsprez@gmail.com. For those that don't have pictures to scan, we will have breakout discussions.

Long Program: Photo Preservation Presentation 7:15 PM

Description: Have you ever thought about preserving your historic family photos but just didn't know where to start? Nancy Carr will give a brief talk on how to preserve your photos and the steps involved in restoring them to back to life. Bring up to 10 photos and, time permitting, Nancy will scan and demonstrate how to restore them. Please bring a USB flash drive to store your scanned images.

Presented by: Nancy Carr

Bio: Nancy is a certified member of the Association of Personal Photo Organizers (APPO.org), and she specializes in scanning, organizing and protecting photo collections. She has 25 years of experience in photography and computer technology, and her Rochester-based studio is equipped with high-resolution scanning equipment. Nancy has helped many of her clients transform historic photos and documents into memorable photo books, slide shows, wall art and gifts to share with their families. For more information go to www.PreserveAPhoto.com or email nancycarr@preserveaphoto.com

CIG Meetings

Computer Iinterest Group (CIG) is for people interested in using home computers to help with their genealogical research. Meetings are held from 7:30 to 9:00 PM on the 2nd Thursday of each month, except July and August, in the

Rooms 2,3 and 4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
1400 Westfall Rd., Rochester, NY 14618. See map.

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.

Next CIG Meeting is October 12, 2017

Title: Worldcat.org, PERSI, the index to genealogical periodicals and journals and ArchiveGrid

Presented by: Peter Bush

Description: How to identify -- and get your hands on -- books, periodicals and archived material that would be helpful for your research

Membership dues

The fee for CIG is $5 for RGS Members for the year. This money is used for program handouts, projection equipment, computer hardware and software.

DNA Interest Group

The purpose of the DNA interest group is to learn about the growing field of genetic genealogy and how to apply it towards your research. Genetic genealogy uses DNA testing in combination with traditional genealogical and historical records to infer the relationship between individuals.

Meeting are held from 6:00 - 7:15 PM on the 2nd Thursday of each month, except July and August.

October 12, 2017

Program: Solving adoption mysteries in your family tree
Presented by: Maurice Gleeson ( uTube presentation)

Synopsis: Maurice Gleeson is a MD Psychiatrist and an actor. When he was a teenager his father was compiling the family genealogy. When Maurice has free time now, he delves deeply into his family’s history with DNA.

This is a well done and clear presentation by Maurice Gleeson in contrast to some of the earlier hard to see and hear videos. No more background noise!

Writers Group Meetings

The purpose of the RGS Writers Group is to learn more about preserving, writing and presenting an interesting family history or biography and to provide support and encouragement for our fellow members. If you are interested in ways to preserve your family history and those wonderful family stories and traditions, the Writers Group is for you. This is a self-directed group that sets their own agenda based on what interests us. Often meeting topics are generated by our group discussion. We motivate and inspire one another by sharing our ideas and experiences.

Meetings are held from 7:00 to 9:00 PM on the 1st Thursday of each month, in the

Irondequoit Bay Room
Irondequoit Public Library
1290 Titus Avenue, Irondequoit, NY 14617

We discuss different ways to share our family history including producing a book, web page, blog, a CD, scrapbook, etc. We discuss writing styles and structure, etc. and often talk about our own personal memories as a way to stimulate ideas for story content. If you think you can’t afford to publish, come and talk to us.

There is no cost to join. You simply have to be a RGS member and send an email to request Writers Group membership to join. This will add you to our email list so you receive meeting notices, homework assignments and notice of meeting cancelations,etc. We are not professional writers. We are regular folks who are not afraid to try.