COLORADO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP NEWSLETTER www.cigcolorado.org Lynette Dick, Editor Jan. -Feb. 2017

Program Meetings Welcome to our 2017 Sat. January 21, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. genealogy meetings at the

“Leave a Legacy: Central Denver Public Library, Digitizing Your Family Memories” 14th & Broadway, Speaker: Marsha Knackstedt 7th Floor Meeting Room

Sat. March 18, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. In This Issue

“Getting from Europe to America • From the President

Circa 1850” • CGS/CIG Spring Seminar Speaker: Bob Miller • In Memory

• Reunion 11 Specialty Workshop Meeting • RootsMagic 7

• Legacy Family Tree Sat. February 18, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. • Scanning App Sessions: • DNA Discussion PUPs

Scanning/Digital Imaging • Health Genealogy

Internet Research • American Ancestors • 2016 at Family Search • Join NGS

• Family Recipes/Craft

• Committee Members

The mission of the Computer From the President Interest Group: To inform and update members as well as the larger genealogical Lori Collins community about the use of technology, especially soft- ware computer programs and emerging resources, in genealogical research. Bring a Friend to CIG HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and am looking forward to a brand New Year. Have a friend interested in Genealogy? Bring them As we all know, technology is always changing. Have you ever noticed that it to our meetings. seems like you just get familiar with doing something one way, and then it changes. It gets to be so irritating at times.

With this new technology, a study has been done on the use of large family history databases and they are being used to determine whether they will get cancer. Further studies need to be done but this scenario seems to be look ing very favorable.

Counselors begin by working with participants to see if they are suffering from any known illness or disease and if they are, they need to know what their symptoms are, and if they are based on genetic family histories. Coun selors will begin to work on the family pedigree. Every family will receive a pedigree chart. Unfortunately, there are only a few countries that have these cancer databases.

A country that does have this database is Iceland. If you happen to live in Iceland and you are working on your family history, you would not only get the genealogy database, but also the large cancer registry. Persons who are living in Iceland and have cancer, are encouraged to give them all of their information, so that it can get put into the cancer database.

Most people can give you their health history about three generations back, David Allen Lambert, Speaker but with the new genetic databases that are emerging, the counselors are able to go back even further. The United Kingdom has the databases that CGS/CIG Spring Seminar Saturday, April 8, 2017 record cases of cancer, but they do not have access to genealogy data bases.

By now, you are all aware of the upcoming RootsTech conference on Febru ary 8 –11, 2017. Registration is currently $189.00. For those who are going, it would be great to meet up somewhere and have a drink (coffee, soda, alco hol). If you are going and would like to meet, send me an email at [email protected] .

Time to Renew! Please pay your 2017 membership dues as soon as possible January 7 -22, 2017 hp://cigcolorado.org/onlineJoin.php

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“Leave a Legacy: Digitizing Your Family Memories” by Marsha Knackstedt

Upcoming CGS Program: David Allen Lambert & the New England Historical and Genealogical Society Saturday, January 21, 2017 from 10am -12 noon CIG & CGS Spring Seminar “Family Heirlooms Saturday, April 8, 2017 and Their Stories”

The Colorado Genealogical Society and the CGS/Computer Interest Group are excited to present David Allen Lambert as our speaker at the joint CGS and CIG Spring Seminar, Saturday, April 8, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The seminar will be held in the Lower ********************** Level Conference Room at the Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver. Both the Colorado Ge nealogy Society and David will present four programs: the Computer Interest *Town and Vital Records *Vital Records Group are meeting in *Land Records the 7th Floor Confer *Court Records ence Room at the main Denver Public Library Cost: Materials Fee $35. Register by February 1, 2017, and you will be entered into the drawing to have lunch with our speaker. in downtown Denver on the 3rd Saturday of Register online at: http://www.cigcolorado.org/cigweb_009.htm each month (excluding December, July and August. Check page 5 for David’s biography. Also, information about a special Friday program David will be presenting about NEHGS’s “Great

******************* Migration Project”!

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Upcoming CIG Programs:

Earl King 1931 -2017 January 21, 2017

"Leave a Legacy: CIG is saddened to hear of Digitizing Your Family Memories” the passing of long -time CIG member, Earl King, who -Presented by Marsha Knackstadt passed away on January 4. Learn tips for preserving your family memories Earl and his wife, Mary Lou, digitally. Proper preservation techniques can were active members of CIG ensure lasting memories for future generations. for many years. Earl was recently CIG’s Equip You will want to attend this presentation to ment Manager. learn how you can contribute to your family's Legacy.

March 18, 2017 "Getting from Europe to American Circa 1850” Wayne Watson 1953 -2016 -Presented by Bob Miller

For those of you who at tended the CGS Novem ber meeting, you will re Upcoming CGS member Wayne Watson, who gave a wonderful, Programs: fun and informative program about the U.S. Presidents. January 21, 2017, 10 am, "Family Heirlooms” Our Society recently received word that Wayne passed away on December 26, 2016. Five CGS Members will share their family heir looms and stories.

New CIG email addresses:

March 18, 2017, 10 am [email protected] “Hiding in Plain Database: Tips and Tricks for [email protected] Gathering Exactly the Information You’re After” Speaker: Dina Carson [email protected]

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Introducing Our Seminar Speaker

David Allen Lambert

Free Friday Program

by Our Seminar Speaker

Friday, April 7, 2017 - David Allen Lambert David Allen Lambert has been on the staff - The Great Migration Study Project of the New England Historic Genealogical

Society (NEHGS) since 1993, and is the organization’s Chief Genealogist. David is David will present a free program on the New an internationally recognized speaker on England Historic Genealogical Society Great the topics of genealogy and history. His Migration Study Project the afternoon of April genealogical expertise includes New Eng 7, 2017, at the Denver Public Library. Since land and Atlantic Canadian records of the 1988, the goal of The Great Migration Study 17th through 21st century; military records; Project has been to create accounts of immi DNA research; and Native American and grants to New England from 1620 to 1640. African American genealogical research in New England. Between these years about twenty thousand English men, women, and children crossed David has published many articles in the Atlantic to settle New England. For a cen the New England Historical and Genealog- tury and a half genealogists have been study ical Register, the New Hampshire Genea- ing these families, and thousands of books logical Record , Rhode Island Roots , The and articles have been published as a result. Mayflower Descendant , and American An- cestors magazine. He has also pub The Denver Public Library has the Great Mi lished A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeter- gration Study publications, including books ies (NEHGS, 2009). David is an elected and newsletters. Find these publications on Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical So the DPL catalog . ciety in Boston, Massachusetts, and a life member of the New Hampshire Society of This program is free and open to the public. the Cincinnati and the Massachusetts More details to come. Sons of the Revolution. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars and Sons of the American Revolution. He is also the tribal genealogist for the Massachuset -

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Reunion Sources 6

by Nancy Ratay

I am happy to say that I will be available at the April Workshop meeting which will be about the various genealogy software pro grams. If you think you will be coming it would still be nice to know who would be coming and specifically what you need help with. Please email me at nratay@ng -tek.com . I will not set up any spe cific topic to discuss since I’m not sure I will have any participants or what their concerns might be. It has been 4 years since I last wrote about Sources in Reunion. As a new or seasoned genealogist you are continually being urged to add source citations to your work so that oth ers who follow you can also locate the data and sources that you have found, and then per haps make their own conclusions about them. Professional genealogists tend to use Eliza beth Shown Mills’ book, Evidence Explained as a guide. You may or may not choose to ad here closely to this. Thomas MacEntee also has a Legacy Quick Guide called “Citing Your Sources” which is in cheat sheet format – short and to the point. That can be found at the Legacy Family Tree Store: http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/ . That runs $2.95 for a digi tal download. Whatever method or format you choose, the important thing to remember is to be consistent with the order and content of sources that are in a similar category. Reunion does this for you by providing its own system of organization for 16 types of sources and al so adds a Free -Form category in case you find something that doesn’t fit their model, or you need to type in explanations with the citation. As a beginner there is nothing wrong with us ing the default source types and the formatting that Reunion set up for them. The basic set -up and data entry for Sources has not changed much, if at all, between versions 9, 10 and 11. Instead of reiterating all the how -to’s here, I would direct you to the CIG web site (recently redesigned by Kelly Glenn and Lori Collins). Here is the link to the newsletters: http://cigcolorado.org/mo_newsletter.php . Go to January 2013 to download or view the newsletter where the previous “Sources in Reunion” article was. There are a couple of things not covered in that article. One of the items I needed to look at the manual for was what Reunion decided a “general source” was. It is only entered on the Name Edit page and has a special location at the bottom of the page. Reunion states, “In many cases, all the data for a person will be derived from a single source. Rather than clut ter your data and reports with source citations in each and every field, you can enter a single source for a person and designate it as a general source.” A general source would apply to all the information recorded for a person. While this is useful when recording information from a family book, from emails exchanged about the family or from a gedcom acquired from another researcher, all good researchers know that only one source of information is very often not acceptable. If you use a general source, it is OK to also have cited other sources for individual items of data that you checked to substantiate the general source.

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For those of you familiar with using the Source Ci tations in Reunion I might point out using the pro gram Preferences, click on Source. If there are source types or fields that you feel should be in cluded in your citations but are not or the report output is not how you want it, take a look at the Preferences. You have a lot of choices of types al ready available. You can add your own type if you find one is needed. Be sure to view the whole list to see if some type is similar or will work. When you click on a type it will show you what fields will cur rently appear for this source. You will note you can Add, Delete or Duplicate a type.

You can also select Fields in Source Prefer ences to see the list of fields or categories of detail that may be included in a source. Again there is a default list that may be edited. If you do not like how the formatting for, say, book titles, is handled you can change that in this window. It is a good idea to go through the list before adding a field to see if something similar is there under a different name. You can rename a field to something more understandable to you by double -clicking on the name. You can Add or Delete fields. Many of your questions about source usage, how -to’s, and even more complex topics regarding sources in Reunion can be found by going to the Help Menubar (Main Mac Menus), select Contents and look for Sources under Using Sidebars & Lists. Wishing you a great researching New Year! I am hoping to see some of you at the April meeting. . You can also select Fields in Source Preferences to see the list of fields or catego ries of detail that may be included in a source. Again there is a default list that may be edited. If you do not like how the formatting for, say, book titles, is handled you can change that in this window. It is a good idea to go through the list before adding a field to see if something similar is there under a different name. You can rename a field to something more understandable to you by double -clicking on the name. You can Add or Delete fields. Many of your questions about source usage, how -to’s, and even more complex top ics regarding sources in Reunion can be found by going to the Help Menubar (Main Mac Menus), select Contents and look for Sources under Using Sidebars & Lists.

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RootsMagic Update

By Lori Collins

This article will let you know what RootsMagic is saying about why they have not joined forces with Ancestry.com. They will, as soon as all testing is finished. All users of RootsMagic, hang in there. And, you can also be a Beta tester if you want. Just click on the Beta tester link on their website, and you will be directed to the application.

Posted by Bruce Buzbee, Founder RootsMagic December 8, 2016 http://blog.rootsmagic.com/

Years ago (back in the Family Origins days) I got burned giving a date for a feature we were add ing, and I promised myself I would never do that again. But users dislike uncertainty and like to press us for an estimated release date. Usually, I just say something like “it will be done when it is ready” and leave it at that. When Ancestry and RootsMagic announced our agreement to create a version of RootsMagic which would be able to sync with Ancestry trees and display WebHints from Ancestry, we were bombarded with the question of “when?” We usually don’t pre -announce up coming features, but with this being a joint public announcement, the questions just kept coming.

So, apparently not having learned my lesson, we picked the end of the year as a safe guess, even though we had no idea what the brand new API (the system that lets RootsMagic and Ancestry talk with each other) would be like, what problems we might encounter along the way, or what other non -related issues might temporarily take us away. We’ve worked with API’s before, and have got ten pretty dang good at it. We’ve even written code to sync with online trees (FamilySearch), so we’re experienced there as well. And up until very recently, it still looked like we could meet that deadline.

But to be honest, I underestimated the amount of time necessary to finish and properly test this awesome new feature.

I did take into account that we needed to wait for the new API, and we were able to use that time to work on some underlying code needed for syncing and hints. I didn’t take into account that is was a brand new API, one that no other company had ever worked with before. It’s easy to work with an existing API there’s tons of documentation, and other programmers write about the pitfalls they encountered working with it. With a new API, there is limited documentation, and you get to spend a lot of time doing trial and error to find out what the API expects.

8 9 I didn’t take into account that the API might be missing functions which we needed. When this happened, Ancestry has been great about providing those missing functions, but it still takes time. I didn’t take into account how often programmers would need to be pulled -off to put out fires in other areas of the program or with other APIs. I didn’t take into account the fact that we would tear out and rewrite large amounts of code sever al times when we found a faster or better way to do something.

So the bad news is that the Ancestry sync features won’t be released by the end of the year. But the good news is that it is close, it looks amazing, and we aren’t talking about a huge 6 -month de lay or anything like that. We know many of you are excited to share your data between RootsMag ic and your Ancestry tree, and we are excited to be working to offer it. We just want to make sure that when we release these new features, you can depend on them working right, and keeping your data safe.

So where are we now? We have early testers working with it and still have some more code to write. Since even a small bug in sync code can cause tremendous damage to a data file or online tree, we want to make sure it is stable before turning more testers loose on it. Once we’re confi dent it is stable, we will turn it over to even more testers.

President’s Day, Monday, February 20

Andrew Jackson First president to ride in a train Martin Van Buren First president born an American citizen John Adams First president to live in the White House James Madison Smallest at 5’4”, 100 lbs. James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams all died on July 4 John Tyler President with the most children —15 Millard Fillmore First to have running water in the White House Rutherford B. Hayes First to use a telephone Grover Cleveland Only president married in the White House William Taft Heaviest at 332 lbs. Calvin Coolidge Only president born on July 4 Herbert Hoover Spoke Chinese Harry Truman Read every book in his hometown library Jimmy Carter First president to be born in a hospital

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Legacy Family Tree

By Kelly Glenn

What are the details on census records? Sometimes it is easy to forget. To print blank census forms in Legacy, go to “Reports”, then go to “Form Center”. You can print blank forms of the Federal US Census, and Relationship Charts. If you don’t know what kind of cousin your great uncle’s daughter would be, you can look it up on this chart. (hint: this would be your first cousin once removed.) Do you remember that on the 1930 census schedule that the last column is “Veterans”? It asks what war they served in, which could be a great lead to further pur sue their military record elsewhere. From 1850 to 1940, details are provided for all individuals in each household. Tip: Begin with the most current census year available and work backwards. With the 72 -year re striction on access to the Census, the most current year available is 1940. names of family members their ages at a certain point in time their state or country of birth their parent's birthplaces year of immigration street address marriage status and years of marriage occupation(s) value of their home and personal belongings the crops that they grew (in agricultural schedules) etc. Don’t forget Upcoming FREE Live Seminars from Legacy Family Tree. Tuesday, January 17: Michael J Leclerc, “Writing Up Your Research” Wednesday, January 18: Lisa Louise Cooke, “Create a /Free Google Earth Historic Map Collection” Wednesday, January 25: Thomas MacEntee, “Playing Nice in the Genealogy Sandbox” Wednesday, February 1: Nicka Smith, “Photography for Genealogy” Wednesday, February 8: Blaine Bettinger, “The WHO of Genetic Genealogy” For more seminars go to familytreewebinars.com

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Scanning and Digital Workshop February 2017

by Gary & Nancy Ratay

Great New Album Scanner App for Android or iPhone: In February, Nancy will be presenting Photomyne Album Scanner “Scanning Special Family Slides”, using the new Epson scanner. This will cover the by Kelly Glenn slower process of converting some of your special family slides to digital. This process Photomyne is the ONLY app that lets you scan takes longer than the quick slide scanning multiple photos in a single shot, turn them into process Nancy and Gary have presented live digital records, and share them with friends together in years past, but some of your and family. You don’t have to scan one image at slides or negative film deserve special a time, but you can scan an entire page of a treatment. photo album with multiple pictures. Photomyne will then allow you to crop and label each photo Gary’s theme for the two meetings this year as if it where scanned by itself. has been “These Old Photos.” He started in September preparing a dozen or so old This is an amazing technology that will allow you family photos to go into a single picture to scan 1000s of photos quickly. They say that suitable for framing. Why have 12 frames this technology is the first of its kind. The full app when one will do? This is a continuation of costs only 1.99. You can search for the app on the workshop he started in September cov your android, iphone or tablet. ering adjusting, sharpening, removing de fects, adding captions and more, ending up The app allows you to. with a single document that is ready to print Scan multiple photos in one shot. or take to Kinkos or other similar photo printers. Quickly create and album, the app will auto matically crop and save the photos. We hope to Save unlimited photos to your camera roll see you there! (make sure you have enough storage on your device) Create unlimited number of Albums. Edit photos Share as many photos as you want via email, text message, Twitter or Facebook, to name a few.

There are additional cloud services available, which is optional for $3.99 per month.

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PUPs —What are They?

by Lori Collins

PUPs is a short for POTENTIALLY UNWANTED PROGRAMS. We do not want these on our computers. These unfortunately happen when you are downloading or installing a program that you pur chased online. They are like leeches. They attach themselves to the program when it is being downloaded. When this happens, the company that attached it gets paid. There is a way to check: • You will find that it is normally not related to what you were downloading or installing • It is very well hidden and hard to see (make sure you scroll down and read what it is saying) it could be hidden within the Advanced or Custom Settings • When you install this software, be aware that it could also be hiding in other places. An example of what I mean: You purchase your program and you are ready to download it. Be fore you hit that “Install Button”, scroll down past it just to make sure that there is no other word ing or any boxes that are checked where these PUP’s are hiding. They are the checked boxes - the unwanted software. Make sure that if there is a checked box, uncheck it. It’s not going to mat ter to the software that you purchased because you already bought it. Some words for thought: Make sure you read all of the print, including the fine print when you purchase any software. You sure do not want anything that is not supposed to be there.

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Does Your Family Need to Know Your Health History? Is it Important?

by Lori Collins

The answers to these questions are YES and YES. A few years ago, I wrote an article about our health history and included a form. It seems that this topic is getting more and more useful.

When my father became ill, my dad’s and my health history form were welcomed by his doctors. They had never heard of this, let alone knew anything about gene alogy and all of its wonderful tools. They sure learned about it. The funny thing about this is, they enjoyed learning about it.

As time goes by, more and more articles are popping up about ones, health history. Adoptees were seen as the major people that checked this topic out. And it seems, that the trend keeps getting bigger and bigger, due to many health issues that are coming to light.

When you go to a new doctor or when a new year starts, doctors ask you to fill out a health history form. There could be issues within a family that doctors might need to know. They may then be able to tell you if the condition is hereditary or not.

With this in hand, you are giving your children and their children an important piece of paper. There are certain groups of people that really need to have this information, and they are as follows:

Adoptees: Not knowing their biological mother and father and their health history, can be devas tating.

Ashkenazi Jews: 25% or more Ashkenazi Jews should be tested as they are more susceptible to certain genetic problems that are only prevalent to that types of DNA. Here is a list of possible diseases: Tay -Sachs Syndrome, Gaucher Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, and Canavan Disease. These are four of the major diseases that Ashkenazi Jews could possibly get. There is no timeline for these diseases to show up, and even though one does not show signs of any of these, the person could be a carrier.

African -American: Susceptible to the same genetic diseases as the Ashkenazi Jews. One that is not associated is Sickle Cell Anemia.

Unfortunately, some of us are susceptible to certain diseases, and they can be carried down from one generation to another. The best way to see if you are a carrier is to get tested. Sometimes, ear ly detection can help in your overall well -being, but it can also help your family.

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WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN NGS IN 2017

by Linda Hartlaub

Are you like me? I always believed that the National Genealogical Society (NGS) was for those people. You know the ones. The lecturers, the teachers, the people who speak at genealogical conferences, who publish articles and books, who appear on tv - the movers and shakers in the genealogy world. People like Lisa Alzo, Dick Eastman, Thomas MacEntee, George Morgan, Drew Smith, Megan Smolenyak. THOSE people.

As background, when I took an advanced genealogy course with Kirk Woosley Patton, a requirement was that each attendee join NGS. I did join, of course, but kicking and screaming all the way. After I joined, I learned that there were so many benefits, it was silly not to join. Let me explain why you, too, should join NGS.

According to their Mission Statement, the Society is dedicated to providing education and training, foster ing increased quality and standards and promoting access to and preservation of genealogical records. Let’s explore how they provide these services.

CONFERENCES

NGS hosts an annual conference in a different part of the country each year. At the 2017 conference, 175 separate sessions will be offered with additional workshops, tours and social events. As a member, you receive a substantial discount on both the early bird and regular registrations. In addition, there is an online option to attend if you are unable to physically attend the conference.

RESEARCH TRIPS

Each year, NGS offers a number of guided research trips to three research destinations including Wash ington, D.C.; the Allen County Library in Fort Wayne, IN; and Salt Lake City, Utah. Each trip includes an online orientation prior to leaving for the trip, hotel accommodations, research facility orientation and other perks for the trip. Again, members receive a substantial discount on these trips.

PUBLICATIONS

A myriad of publications are available to members of NGS. Beginning with the NGS Quarterly - this is the premier scholarly publication of the Society providing articles written by some of the pre - eminent genealogy professionals like Tom Jones and Elizabeth Shown Mills. Members have access to a searchable database for all of prior issues of the quarterly.

They also offer the NGS Magazine, a readable magazine with articles on diverse subjects such as occu pations, obscure records, and monthly columns on National Archives, genetic genealogy, references and technology. Again, members have access to a searchable database to all articles in past magazines. Both the Quarterly and the Magazine have online or mailed options for receipt.

The NGS Research in the States is a series of books and an incredible resource for searching individual states. Each softcover book brings information on sources, libraries and archives and has a discounted price for members.

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Specialized publications include books on the Genealogical Proof Standard, Genetics, Genealogy and the Law, among others. All books carry a discount for members.

Free Videos are available to members. They are interviews with professional genealogists and con centrate on becoming a better genealogist, habits and overview of the genealogy process. Did I men tion they are free to members? (Confession: I just found these videos while preparing the article.)

EDUCATION AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

NGS offers a free Family History Skills course to members only. This is basically a beginner/refresher course and is an ungraded, self -paced course with an emphasis on recording and citing information, 20th and 21st century records, online finding aids and more.

American Genealogical Studies: A graded course that takes the participant through the basics to ad vanced studies. This is a course where each module requires completion of prior prerequisites and participants receive certificates attesting to completion. Discounts for members.

Continuing Genealogical Studies: Course include Genetic Genealogy, the Basics; Civil War Research; Revolutionary War Ancestors; Genetic Genealogy, Autosomal DNA; World War I ancestors and a guide to Federal Census Schedules coming soon. All courses take place in the cloud with substantial discounts for members.

FIND MY PAST

Members have a great opportunity to join Find My Past (US and Canada collections) for one year free (that’s a current savings of $114.50). Current subscribers to Find My Past have the opportunity to ex tend their subscription by one year.

With benefits like these, why wait to join? The savings to Find My Past alone are more than the mem bership fees to NGS. The education benefits would be a great boon to your genealogy knowledge. Check out the website at www.ngsgenealogy.org to see how it can benefit you and make 2017 your best year in genealogy yet.

Website Warning —Family Tree Now

Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogist, warns in her blog against researching on the website, Family Tree Now . To read her blog, go to her website at www.legalgenealogist.com .

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My Recipe and Craft Section

by Lori Collins

Bura Wacka (Filled Coffee Cake) INGREDIENTS 1 cup sugar 1 cup butter or margarine ½ teaspoon baking soda 2 eggs ½ cup sweet milk (whole) 3 cups flour ¾ teaspoon anise oil Fruit (canned) or jelly can be used HOW TO: Cream sugar and butter or margarine, then add eggs. Put the baking soda into the milk and stir. Then add to the sugar and shortening Add flour and flavoring (anise oil) and mix well. Roll out like for cookies, but not as thin. Spread cooked fruit (with sugar if tart) over the dough, then roll up like a jelly roll. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes Make sure that the fruit you use is thick and not thin as the thin mixture will seep through the dough.

Other fruit that you can use: dried apples, mixed fruit, pears, apricots or figs can be used, besides jelly or jam. Keep an eye on the baking time as this is what it was in Wisconsin. Start about 5 – 8 minutes before and if needed go about 5 minutes longer. This recipe came from my parents’ friends. I have made it and it is a filled coffee cake

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Craft Stick Frames by Lynette Dick

Easy craft for adults and kids alike. Craft sticks are con nected together with glue. They can be decorated with washi tape, markers, paint or ink stamps. All supplies are available at a local craft store Washi tape is found in the scrapbook section. Would make a great Valentine’s Day gift.

Color Tinting Black and White Photos

Ever wondered how you can do this yourself?

Check the March -April 2017 CIG Newsletter to find out.

17 18 MORE NEWS Family Search 2016 in Review

Family Tree 561,759 new contributors 3.45 million total contributors 1.1 billion people in the tree

Searchable Records 37 million non -English records indexed 275 million total records indexed 125 new 2016 historic records collections 2,174 total collections 60 million records images publishes

Discovery Experiences 375,000 RootsTech attendees 133 million FamilySearch.org visits 7.4 million registered users

Memories 5.6 million memories added in 2016 4.7 million photos 521,000 documents 362,000 stories 50,000 audio recordings

Free Access to American Ancestors.org from NEHGS (New England Historic Genealogical Society)

You can be a Guest User on AmericanAncestors.org. A Guest Users account is FREE. By open ing a guest user account, you are entitled to several benefits: eleven free databases, helpful con tent such as study guides and webinars, and the ability to buy books from their online store. Guest Users get access to every new database they upload for the first 30 days that database is online. After 30 days, that database is available to members only. Register free as a Guest User to get access to three of our most popular vital records databases for the month of January 2016: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 -1910 Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008 New Hampshire Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937

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Help the Editor!

Please help make this newsletter a success by submitting articles or ideas for articles relating Steering Committee Elected Officers to computer genealogy to me to include in this newsletter. Please be generous with your sub- President…………….Lori Collins - - missions of your favorite genealogical web- 303 237 4531 [email protected] sites, a new website you have discovered, Immediate Past President…..Kelly Glenn - - breakthroughs using your computer, and gene- 303 810 9975 [email protected] alogical news and meetings of other societies. Vice President/Programs..Bob Miller - - Articles and ideas for articles may be emailed 414 313 5855 [email protected] to me at [email protected]. Secretary…………….Open Treasurer…………….Marilyn Elrod Next deadline is March 10, 2017. 303 -979 -8435 [email protected] L Di

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©You may re -distribute articles from this newsletter only Membership………….Lori Collins with the permission of the Editor. 303 -237 -4531 [email protected] - All images ©2017 Colorado Genealogical Society Publicity……………..Lori Collins Computer Interest Group 303 -237 -4531 [email protected] Newsletter & Hospitality…Lynette Dick 303 -986 -7910 [email protected] CGS Liaison………..Nancy Ratay 303 -972 -2701 nratay@ng -tek.com Council Liaison…….Lori Collins - - CHECK OUT THE NEW CIG WEBSITE 303 237 4531 [email protected] Facebook Administrator…Linda Hartlaub www.cigcolorado.org 303 -884 -1858 [email protected] All members should have had the opportunity Website Administrators……Lori Collins to go online and check out our new website, & Kelly Glenn and to log in. If you haven’t done so, please do. The website is amazing. Everything is all in one place making it easier for you to see what’s going on in your society or to review Workshop Leaders your membership. If you are having issues in logging in, please send Lori Collins an email at Family Tree Maker….Ed Richard [email protected] . 303 -355 -2592 [email protected] Legacy Family Tree…Kelly Glenn

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Scanning & Digital Imaging…Gary Ratay - - - NEXT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING 303 972 2701 gratay@ng tek.com RootsMagic…..……..Lori Collins Saturday, January 21, 3:30 p.m., 7th Floor 303 -237 -4531 [email protected] Conference Room, Downtown Denver Public Reunion for Mac……..Nancy Ratay

Library.(following the Regular CIG Meeting). 303 -972 -2701 nratay@ng -tek.com Everyone is welcome to attend steering com mittee meetings.

19 January 21, 2017 Program Meeting “Leave a Legacy —Digitizing Your Family Memories” Speaker: Marsha Knackstadt

February 18, 2017 Specialty Workshop Meeting

March 18, 2017 Program Meeting “Getting from Europe to America circa 1850” Speaker: Bob Miller Contact Us April 8, 2017 Spring Seminar

Speaker: David Allen Lambert [email protected] Visit us on the web at April 15, 2017 Software Workshop Meeting www.cigcolorado.org

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www.cigcolorado.org Lynette Dick, Editor Mar. -Apr. 2017

Program Meetings Welcome to our 2017

Sat. March 18, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. genealogy meetings at the Central Denver Public Library, “Getting from Europe to America 14th & Broadway, Circa 1850” 7th Floor Meeting Room Speaker: Bob Miller

Sat. May 20, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. In This Issue “Leave a Legacy: • From the President Digitizing Your Family Memories” • CGS/CIG Spring Seminar

Speaker: Marsha Knackstadt • Treasurer’s Report • RootsMagic 7 • Legacy Family Tree Workshop Meeting • Family Tree Maker

Sat. April 15, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. • Add More Disk Space Sessions: • Colorado Cemetery Records

Family Tree Maker • Findagrave Update

RootsMagic • Antiques Roadshow

Legacy Family Tree • Living DNA

Reunion for Mac • Amazing Book Find

• Seminar Writing Winners

• Winning Story by D. Coltrin

• Committee Members

The mission of the Computer From the President Interest Group: To inform and update members as well as the larger genealogical Lori Collins community about the use of technology, especially soft- ware computer programs and emerging resources, in genealogical research. Bring a Friend to CIG It’s so hard to believe that it is already March. Before you know it, it will be Have a friend interested summer. When RootsTech started seven years, Jordan (my oldest grandson) in Genealogy? Bring them and I were there. At the time, I thought, Oh boy! This is going to be fun! I had come a few days earlier than Jordan because one of the perks was getting a to our meetings. tour of Ancestry. Then, they were in Provo, Utah. We went in a fancy bus and the best part was that the tour was free. It was really exciting to see where all the information we see on the internet via their website came together. At the end of the tour, we had cake and refreshments. We all received a welcome gift of a three -month membership, some stickers, pens and pencils, paper and candy. The Expo Hall was big and all the vendors gave away a lot of free merchandise just for stopping by.

Getting back to this year, I was in for a shock. There were so many vendors and so many people. I was amazed. When I registered for RootsTech, I no- ticed that there were no tours. I was so hoping to see something. But, the thrill of being there with 30,000 other people was just as thrilling. I did notice that the vendors do not give out goodies like they used to. Maybe that’s a good thing. Our suitcases would be filled with so much stuff, the airlines would wonder what we were up to.

I believe that Genealogy will change over time. I think that it will get bigger and better. Technology alone will make it that way. Scientists are working harder than ever to come up with better DNA tests. Before you know it, they’ll may have a test for our great -great grandkids to be able to test their DNA and see their exact ancestors down the line. While talking to a FamilySearch person (he was behind me to register and high up the chain), I asked them what he thought would happen to the genealogy programs that we use today. David Allen Lambert, Speaker He thought that they would still be around for quite a while. Although, he did add that they may change over time, but that the days of writing them down CGS/CIG Spring Seminar Saturday, April 8, 2017 on paper were over. I commented that there are still some that write theirs down. RootsTech was wonderful, and I really enjoyed myself and so did my family. I can’t wait until next year.

On another subject, I recently saw from the online Denver Post , that Colora- do’s Attorney General is pushing for more privacy with open records. She wants records to be hidden from the public. Colorado has the Open Record’s Act, and the Attorney General Cynthia Coffman would like to amend this so that the government can withhold “any personal identifying information” for people who are not public employees. This came up because there is an ef- fort to modernize public records laws. Apparently, these changes were made in a bill that had been delayed twice already, that would require the govern- ment to record custodians of such records to provide digital records in a “structured searchable format”. This was on the table until the Attorney Gen- eral Cynthia Coffman wanted more privacy. If her changes happen, this may make it harder to get any record. You can see more about this subject at The Sunday, Denver Post website, under Politics>Colorado Politics. April 16, 2017

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“Getting from Europe to America Circa 1850” by Bob Miller

Upcoming CGS Program: David Allen Lambert & the New England Historical and Genealogical Society Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 10am -12 noon CIG & CGS Spring Seminar “Hiding in Plain Saturday, April 8, 2017 Database”: Tips and Tricks for The Colorado Genealogical Society and the CGS/Computer Interest Group are excited to present David Allen Lambert as our speaker Gathering Exactly at the joint CGS and CIG Spring Seminar, Saturday, April 8, the Information 2017, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The seminar will be held in the Lower You’re After Level Conference Room at the Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th by Dina Carson Ave. Pkwy., Denver. David will present four programs: *Town and Vital Records *Vital Records *Land Records ********************** *Court Records Cost: Materials Fee $35. Both the Colorado Ge- nealogy Society and Register online at: http://www.cigcolorado.org/cigweb_009.htm the Computer Interest (Note: Anyone who attended RootsTech can send their name, email Group are meeting in address and proof of attendance to Pat Roberts @ the 7th Floor Confer- ([email protected] ) by March 15th, and you will get your ence Room at the main Seminar admission for free.) Denver Public Library Check page 5 for David’s biography. Also, information about a special in downtown Denver on - pre seminar Friday program David will be presenting about the 3rd Saturday of NEHGS’s “Great Migration Project” + more! each month (excluding

December, July and

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Upcoming CIG Programs:

Jamie Redmond 1943 -2017

CIG’s former RootsMagic workshop leader, Jamie Redmond, passed away on February 9, 2017. She was 74 years old. Saturday, March 18, 2017 "Getting from Europe to America Circa 1850”

New CIG email addresses: Speaker: Bob Miller [email protected] This presentation is based on a map that was pub- lished in 1853 that shows travel routes from Europe [email protected] to US ports and inland routes to major cities. [email protected]

Saturday, May 20, 2017

"Leave a Legacy: Digitizing Your Family Memories”

July 1, 2016 – January 31, 2017 Speaker: Marsha Knackstadt Income $1,009.70 Learn tips for preserving your family memories digi- tally. Proper preservation techniques can ensure Expenses ($843.38) lasting memories for future generations. You will want to attend this presentation to learn how you Total $166.32 can contribute to your family's Legacy. (This program was postponed from January)

Upcoming CGS Programs: Saturday, March 18, 2017, 10 am “Hiding in Plain Database: Tips and Tricks for Gathering Exactly the Information You’re After” Speaker: Dina Carson

Saturday, April 15, 2017, 10 am “Researching US WWI Records Speaker: Sandy Ronayne

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Introducing Our Seminar Speaker

David Allen Lambert

Free Friday Pre -Seminar Program

Friday, April 7, 2017 - 12:30 p.m. Denver Public Library Lower Level Conference Center David Allen Lambert has been on the staff of the New England Historic Genealogical The Great Migration Study Project. David Allen Society (NEHGS) since 1993, and is the Lambert, our seminar speaker, will present a pro- organization’s Chief Genealogist. David is gram on the NEHGS Great Migration Study Pro- ject. Since 1988, the goal of the Great Migration an internationally recognized speaker on Study Project has been to create accounts of im- the topics of genealogy and history. His migrants to New England from 1620 to 1640. genealogical expertise includes New Eng- land and Atlantic Canadian records of the Denver Public Library’s Collection of the Great 17th through 21st century; military records; Migration Study Project. James Jeffrey will DNA research; and Native American and show and discuss these publications (including African American genealogical research in books and newsletters) in DPL’s collection: https:// New England. catalog.denverlibrary.org/default.aspx? ctx=1.1033.0.0.6 David has published many articles in The Revolution in Connecticut. Virginia Ander- the New England Historical and Genealog- son, professor of Early American History, UCB, ical Register, the New Hampshire Genea- will give a short talk on the Revolutionary War pe- logical Record , Rhode Island Roots , The riod in Connecticut. She will also discuss her forth- Mayflower Descendant , and American An- coming book: The Martyr and the Traitor: Nathan cestors magazine. He has also pub- Hale, Moses Dunbar, and the American Revolu- lished A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeter- tion. ies (NEHGS, 2009). David is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical So- Importance of Lineage Societies. Bev Nelson ciety in Boston, Massachusetts, and a life will discuss lineage societies and why you should join one (e.g. preservation of your research). Infor- member of the New Hampshire Society of mation about various lineage societies will be the Cincinnati and the Massachusetts available. Sons of the Revolution. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars and Sons of This program is free and open to the public. the American Revolution. He is also the tribal genealogist for the Massachuset - Punkapoag Indians of Massachusetts.

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How RootsMagic Got Its Start (part 2) By Lori Collins

This is a continuation of a previous newsletter article that I wrote about RootsMagic turning 30 years old.

Bruce Buzbee had just finished Family Origins and the money situation was becoming very tight. His pro- grams were not selling like he had hoped, and the company he went through to sell it really wasn’t doing their job. After a little bit of time, he decided to write another program. As he was thinking about this pro- gram, he thought about what the people said they wanted and needed. He wanted people to be able to or- ganize their data/records —pictures, certificates and documents and the like. But, he also wanted the pro- gram to be special and different. He didn’t want to upgrade Family Origins, because he thought it would be a waste of time. He also did not want any company to come in and buy it and then not promote it like Family Origins. He wanted a winner. He wanted a program that was over the top, but he also knew he had a con- tract, and wasn’t sure what he could do.

Bruce asked a friend who was an attorney to look over the contract. The friend/attorney called Bruce and said, this contract does not include “a non -compete clause”. Which in layman’s terms means that the new program could have no connection to Family Origins. A&E called Bruce and asked him to upgrade Family Origins 10, and he told him “NO”. He told them that it made no sense to upgrade it as they would not pro- mote it the way it should be. They asked him to do a few little tweaks and call it Family Origins 11. Bruce said “NO”. He was not happy that they asked him to do this. Bruce was glad that he could begin work on another project.

So, Bruce went out and bought a new computer and started working on his new program. As he began work on the new program, he tried to think of a new name. How hard could this be. He found it was harder than he thought, because it could have no connection to Family Origins. When he was finished, he decided to debut it at the NGS Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the name of RootsMate. No one was able to buy it at the time, as it was still being developed. However, it was a great way to get the word out that a new program would be coming soon. Soon after, the program was ready for testing. A group of Australians were lucky enough to have the opportunity to test it. The only problem that they had was the name. They couldn’t figure out the name. They asked Bruce how confident he was with that name. At the time, he could not answer them, but he did think about it. He thought about it a lot. He wondered if the word “Root” was okay, then the word “Mate”. When he took the word apart, he knew something was wrong. Suddenly, he blurted out the word “Magic”. He put the two words together (added an S to Root) and came up with RootsMagic. He knew he had it then. He was so excited. He knew it was going to go far. It did and it still is!

And that is “How” RootsMagic came to be.

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Legacy Family Tree Webinars

By S. Kelly Glenn

Don’t forget to watch Legacy Family Tree Seminars. Here are just a few. Go to familytreewebinars.com for all upcoming webinars. Monthly memberships are available for $9.95 per month or yearly at $49.95. These seminars provide a wealth of knowledge for the beginner to advance with a wide variety of topics. Check it out!

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A FREE UPDATE WORTH INSTALLING. For those who have been waiting patiently (or impatiently) for an update they thought every user of FTM 2014 and Mac 3 should install, well it's here, and here's why you should install it. (Even if you've already updated to a previous edition of FTM 2014.1 or Mac 3.1).

• SECURITY. New in this build is the ability to add password -protection to the tree files you export. And if you're sending them outside your computer, that's a very good idea — so your family history doesn't ever fall into the wrong hands. You'll find it as a new option in the export window.

• STABILITY. They've crushed every crashing bug they could find or that was reported to them. Even some pretty obscure ones that they knew only a few users might ever find. Our goal was simple. They wanted to make this build what it is — the most stable edition of Family Tree Maker ever made.

• SPEED. They’ve improved both speed and responsiveness. Some actions that previously took several minutes in FTM 2014 now take just a few seconds. In beta testing over the past ten days, 800 outside test- ers with trees of all sizes noticed the improvement. They think you will too.

Before you update: 1. Do a manual backup with media. While the updater is perfectly safe, it's always a good idea to back up your files. After a last sync (if you sync your tree files), they recommend compacting them (Tools>Compact File) and then manually backing up (File>Backup, making sure the Media and Restore Sync boxes are checked). Then put your backups on an external drive or load into cloud storage.

2. Make sure your old version is installed. The updater will be looking for an installed edition of FTM 2014 or Mac 3 or later. If you don't have a copy installed, then get one at the Replacement Center. And do not uninstall your old version right after you update. It's worth keeping around until you are absolutely sure you have updated successfully.

3. Do NOT unlink your tree! If you have a linked tree on Ancestry.com, the link will automatically move to the new build when you open your old tree files in the updated edition — whether you are updating from an Ancestry version or an earlier one of ours. It will copy your preferences too, and will not touch your tree files. If you think you really need to unlink, please have a Live Chat with one of our support agents first. (See Getting Technical Support)

YES, YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU Here's the situation. You're upgrading to the new edition of Family Tree Maker and you have your tree still linked to your old edition. Well there's one thing you should NOT do — and that's to break that link and re - download your tree. Because now you can take your link with you. When you open your tree in the edition, the link will move (somewhat magically if you ask us) right along with the tree. No need to break links or re - download. It just works.

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SYNCING TO INFINITY AND BEYOND As everyone already knows, TreeSync ® didn't stop working at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. And, while it will still be retired at some point in the not -too -distant future, before that happens, new syncing technology will be available to replace it. And, that means syncing as we know it for FTM is going to live on through 2017 and beyond. So, you can stop worrying. As long as you've purchased a MacKiev edition, syncing, search, and Ancestry Hints are all here to stay.

GETTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Software MacKiev is now supporting all versions of Family Tree Maker for both Mac and Windows, though Ancestry will continue to assist them behind the scenes through the end of 2017 and be- yond.

WHERE TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Companion Guide. The first stop for learning how to use features of Family Tree Maker is the Companion Guide which contains step by step instructions for everything you might want to do. You can open the guide from the Help menu while running Family Tree Maker.

Knowledge Base. They have hundreds of helpful articles posted on their support site on a variety of topics that will be of interest to all users, and can help solve problems. To get to the knowledge base, just go to support.familytreemaker.com.

Support Requests. If you don't find what you need in the Knowledge Base articles (at sup- port.familytreemaker.com) just click the link for “additional support” at the bottom of the page and you will see the Technical Support request form. Getting answers by email can take a few days though, and longer when they release a new product or a free update. If your question is urgent, or you have a quick question, consider dropping by for a Live Chat.

Live Chat. When you file a Support Request (see above) between the hours of 5am and 6pm EST (7 days a week), you will have an option to have a live chat with an experienced support agent. This can be very helpful for urgent issues, quick questions, and any problems you think might be easier to solve with a conversation than an email exchange.

Replacement Copies. They have set up an online Replacement Center which is always open. The Center provides free replacements for those with FTM 2014 or Mac 3 and later, and discount- ed upgrade replacements for older editions. Note that the Replacement Center has the latest ship- ping version and does not include the changes provided by the updater . So you would still need to update after replacing your lost copy.

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Easy Way to Add More Disk Space

By Dick Eastman From Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, February 27, 2017

Is your computer’s hard drive getting full? No matter how much hard drive space came with your comput- er, chances are you have already used a good chunk of that space. Sometimes I think that all disk drives exist simply for the purpose of filling them up. Of course, you can always buy a new computer with a big- ger internal disk drive, but my wallet rebels at that that idea. For many people, there is an easier and cheaper solution: add an external plug -in disk drive. Adding an external hard drive adds huge amounts of disk space, as much as you might want. It also adds portability and safety, and it provides an easy way to backup your valuable data. It is surprisingly affordable and easy to do. I recently added a 960 gigabyte external hard drive (that’s almost a terabyte!) to my laptop computer and thought I would describe the process. It was simple. The entire “installation” process required about three minutes to complete. No screwdrivers or other tools were required. The technical knowledge required? Just about zero. You can add lower -capacity external disk drives for $55 or possibly even less if you shop around for a bit. Higher -capacity drives will cost a bit more. In my case, I splurged and purchased a solid state drive (called an SSD) that has no moving parts. Instead of storing data on spinning disk platters that are sensi- tive to vibration and other mechanical forces, an SSD stores all its data in memory chips that never move. They also preserve the information when the attached computer is turned off. Being a bit chea… uh, thrifty, I wanted the maximum bang for the buck. Rather than purchasing an exter- nal SSD that was a bit expensive for my tastes, I sort of made my own. “Sort of” means that I purchased two different pieces and spent about three minutes plugging them together. The result was a slightly cheaper, standard solid state external disk that plugs into the USB port of most any desktop or laptop Windows or Macintosh computer. First, I purchased a SanDisk Ultra II 960 gigabyte SATA III 2.5 -Inch Solid State Drive (SSD) from Amazon. This particular drive is designed to mount INSIDE a laptop comput- er, not externally. (More on that later.) It was slightly cheaper than the external disk drives. The SanDisk Ultra II offers enhanced speed and endurance when compared to a standard mechanical disk drive with spinning platters. The company’s specs claim it pro- vides sequential read speeds of up to 550 megabits/second and sequential write speeds of up to 500 megabits/second. The result is very fast data transfer, significantly faster than the typical, old -fashioned mechanical disk drive with spinning platters. I then purchased a small case in which to mount the disk drive OUTSIDE of the computer. I purchased an Inateck 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure External Case although a number of other companies offer similar cases. I just picked the one that was the cheapest on Amazon at the moment. This particular case includes a USB 3.0 connection to the comput- er for high -speed data transfers. (My laptop has matching USB 3.0 ports). It also has three additional USB ports built into the case, acting somewhat like extension cords for additional USB connections. Since my laptop has only two USB ports and I will now be using one of those ports for the new solid state drive, the three new ports on the external case allow me to plug in more flash drives, an external keyboard, a mouse, external monitors, or anything else that connects via USB.

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Now came the “difficult” part: assembling the solid state drive inside the external case. After unpacking everything, I picked up the external case and noticed it didn’t have any screws. To open the case, you simply press down with your thumb, unsnap the cover of the case, and slide the cover off. No screwdriver or wrenches are required. Next, I picked up the solid state drive, placed it inside the case, and pushed on it gently until the drive’s connector was firmly plugged into the matching connector inside the case. Finally, I slid the cover back onto the case and snapped it into place. Total time consumed? Less than three minutes. I then plugged one end of the included USB cable into the external case and the other end into the laptop’s USB port. I also had to plug in a power cube that was included with the case. (It runs off standard 110 or 220 volt wall power.) The Macintosh operating system immediately recognized the new drive and showed that I now have an additional 960 gigabytes of storage space available. I immediately moved a bunch of files from the laptop’s internal drive to the new external solid state drive. Indeed, it is high speed. The move of files required less time than I would have expected. Summation Adding an external drive to any computer is a drop -dead simple task. You can buy external drives al- ready configured for use, or you can assemble your own by purchasing an internal drive and a low - cost case with a built -in power supply. To save a few dollars, you can purchase an old -fashioned me- chanical disk drive with spinning platters; if you prefer, you can splurge and buy the latest high -tech solid state drive. Either way, the process is simple and also is much cheaper than purchasing a new laptop. I did it in three minutes. You could do the same. Reprinted with permission from ©Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, February 27, 2017

Colorado Cemetery Records Online Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colorado

Linn Grove Cemetery was established in 1874. The cemetery is owned and operated by the city of Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.

Click the Search Burials link on the upper right corner of the webpage to search by name. Search results include name of the deceased, birth date, birth city, de- ceased date, grave location, and gravestone image. Pins on the cemetery map mark the locations of the graves. If the gravestone image is not provided, you can submit an image request form and a volunteer will photograph the head- stone. Fowler Cemetery, Fowler, Colorado

The town of Fowler is located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado. Fowler Cemetery was estab- lished in 1897 and has been owned by the town since 1920.

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New Findagrave.com Coming Soon!

By S. Kelly Glenn

An announcement at RootsTech 2017 is that Findagrave.com is finally being updated. The project- ed date to go live online is sometime in April if everything works out in the testing phase. The new findagrave will have a new URL. It will be new.findagrave.com. The new site will work side by side with the current version of findagrave.com. The findagrave we currently use is outdated and no one ever projected it would be at 150 million memorials to date. The programmers at Ancestry assigned to findagrave have made it easier and more friendly to use. It will have many new features. The Cemetery search is much easier and the visual look of the site is very pleasing. You can also transcribe photos others have taken or take cemetery photos yourself and other volunteers will transcribe them for you. So, what does the site look like? You can see it right now in beta testing by going to www.gravestage.com. The password is “Remember”. If you currently have a findagrave account, you still will have to “create a new account”. You can change or add anything to this site and it will not affect the main site “findagrave.com.” You can also add photos for practice but when the testing is over this site will NOT save anything that you add or change. The site is only for practice. Editing and adding memorials can only be done on the main findagrave.com site or the new.findagrave.com. This will be a valuable update for all of us using findagrave as it has been the second most used site in genealogy research.

Antiques Roadshow

By Lynette Dick

On Monday, February 20, my step sister appeared on the Antiques Roadshow from Palm Springs, California. Last year, she went to a garage sale near her home in Malibu, California. When she arrived, she found out it was the home of Carol O’Conner’s (Archie Bunker) daugh- ter. Perusing the closets, she found a jacket for sale that had belonged to Carol O’Conner. She paid $40 for it. It turned out, it was his personal jacket that he wore on most of the All in the Family episodes. At the Antiques Roadshow, she was chosen to appear on screen, and found out the coat was worth $10,000 -$20,000. Right now, she says she wears it to take her dog for a walk, but is thinking about loaning it to the Smithsonian to go with his chair from the show. It turns out even my father got to wear it on a visit to California.

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By Lori Collins While at RootsTech this year, I decided to go through the Expo Hall. There were vendors all over the place. One of the vendors was called “Living DNA”. They are from the United Kingdom. This is what I found out. Living DNA kits are supposed to give you an estimate of your family ancestry breakdown. It is also going to track your family history. The kit is for anyone, but can be especially beneficial for people of British and Irish ancestry. They will actually show you where your family came from. The company says that “they are the World’s most Advanced DNA test available”. They offer twice the detail of other ancestry tests. They will not only give you your family line, but they will also give you your Motherline and your Fatherline (if you are a male). Not only will they show you your re- sults, but it will also include your history. It is supposed to show you how everyone in your family is related. Within the Motherline, it will show you how your Mother’s side descended where they did with a total breakdown of all the ancestral groups that are within this group. Even though women do not have the exact Fatherline, their autosomal DNA will get parts of their Father’s ancestry. Within the Fatherline (Y -DNA), you will get to see how the men in your line took the paths they did and why. With both lines, it will also show you if there are famous people in your line. Going to their website and with the DNA, you will be able to decide if you want to compare your DNA with other people’s DNA. You will be able to check your DNA with people all over the world. They stand by their company and say that the information that you place in their database is yours and only yours. You say what happens to your DNA. You can opt out at any time and your infor- mation will be sent with you. They will not keep anything. This DNA kit is currently $159.00. Occasionally, they do run specials. I have noticed through some of the genealogy bloggers that they will run the specials. So, if you are interested and you want to find out more, check them out at: www.livingdna.com/en -us .

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An Amazing Book Find By Lori Collins Treasure House Useful Knowledge Encyclopedia of Valuable Receipts, Dated 1885 By: Henry B. Scammell When my husband and I found this book, we were in awe. We could not believe that it was copyright- ed in 1885. The Contents and Analysis is what caught our eyes. This book is amazing. The binding is getting a little worn, but the pages are still good and one can still read the words.

Book I Chemistry and Health Chemist and Druggist Apparatus and Manipulations, Etc. Perfumery Book V Mercantile Life Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Technical Chemistry Business Laws - Health and Disease Book Keeping Writing Book II Domestic Life Book VI Refinements Culinary

The Household Etiquette Fine Arts Book III Farm Interests Painting Sculpture Agriculture Engraving Bees and Silkworms Lithography The Dairy Photography Heavy Live Stock Needle -Work Music Book IV Mechanical Arts Toilet Adhesives Book VII Recreations Building Dyeing Athletics Engineering Gymnastics Mining Field Sports Mechanical Engineering Water Sports Glass Dancing Leather and Skins Games Metal Working Paper Printing and Book Binding Painting Soap and Candles Wines and Liquors

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Here is a recipe from the book. This is exactly how it was written: Baking Powder Biscuits The very best and freshest qualities of materials only should be used, and the powder preserved in perfectly air -tight receptacles, or the strength will soon disappear. Take 16 oz. corn flour and dry it well; mix with it 8 oz. of bicarbonate of soda and 5 oz. of tartaric acid - 2. Tartaric acid, ½ lb.; bicarbonate of soda and potato farina or British arrowroot, of each ¾ lb.; dry perfectly by a very gentle heat; mix in a dry room; pass the mixture through a sieve, and at once put them into pack- ets. I think I will make the more modernize baking powder biscuits.

Five Writers Won Registration to the April 2017 CGS-CIG Seminar

Congratulations to the five winners of the CGS -CIG seminar writing contest:

*Dorothy Coltrin: “The Life and Times of Dr. Asa Coltrin (1788 -1824) Lori Fogarty: “What Ever Happened to John?” Zoe Lappin: “High Ball Joe and His Three Wives” Maggie Schmidt: “Annie Goes to the United States” Marc Strong: “Forgotten Stories”

Each of these writers won registration to the April 8, 2017 CGS -CIG Joint Seminar. Additionally, the five stories are being published in future editions of the CGS newsletter, CIG NEWSLETTER, or The Colorado Genealogist.

Nineteen authors submitted stories about their ancestors for consideration. All the stories/articles con- tained informative and interesting tales. Non -winning writers who submitted their works were:

Claudia Anderson, Nancy Bane, Anita Burbank -Jenkins, Kathy Emmel, Martha Faust, Flora McCarty, Ann Ramage, Chuck Robinson, Jan Routh, Linda Rudolph, Charlene Garcia Simms, Barb Smith, Holly van Kleeck, and Ed Walton

Thanks to each of the writers who submitted their stories. We appreciate their interest, time and effort. Also special thanks to the judges: Roger Dudley, Teri Hjelmstad, and Nancy Ratay.

*A winning story by Dorothy Coltrin is published in this newsletter on pages 16 -18.

15 16 Seminar Winning Story — The Life and Times of Dr. Asa Coltrin (1788 -1824) By Dorothy Coltrin

Asa Coltrin was the first Coltrin doctor. Although his life was much too short, it was filled with adventure and romance.

Asa was born 12 November 1788, in Montgomery County, New York 1. His parents, William Coltrin and Emma Sawtelle, had met and married in Halifax, Vermont. But soon they traveled with the Sawtelle family to the Fin- ger Lake area of New York, and started farming in the town called Milton (today known as Genoa). 2 Typical of the time, his father was active in the town’s business as constable, highway overseer, fence viewer ,as well as participating in the local militia.

In 1805 when Asa was seventeen, the family moved to the Buffalo area of New York. Land was plentiful and available through a Dutch program called the Holland Purchase. 3

I am sure that Asa, as well as his brothers, joined his father in the clearing of land, planting and harvesting crops, while depending on weather conditions for the outcome. (Several years later in 1812, Dr. Asa published the daily observations of temperature, winds and clouds in the Buffalo Gazette for about five months. 4 Asa knew how important such information would be for the entire community, and particularly for the farmers.)

In 1809, at the age of twenty -one, Asa took a one -year medical program at the college of Columbia. Typically, the program was for three years and included lectures in anatomy, surgery, chemistry, material medica 5, mid- wifery and the theory and practice of medicine. (See the Student Register from the College Faculty of Medi- cine below. 6) His shortened program was supplemented with an apprenticeship with the forty year old Dr. Cyrenius Chapin, the first doctor of Buffalo. Later, Asa would be Chapin’s partner. 7

In 1811, Asa joined the Niagara County Medical Society, helping to promote the development of medical li- censing and the standardization of practice. He also purchased three lots in Buffalo, two along the lake front and one in the middle of town. 8 I expect he planned to build and set up his medical practice on one of the these lots.

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1 Undocumented Genealogy of the Coltrin family Grf 929.2 C725 #1, Indiana State Library, n.d.

2 600 acre land purchase in Milton, NY in 1791 from Van Rensselaer & Ten Eyck (FHL film # 364856, Oneida County Deeds, 1791 -1901, vol. 1, p. 127)

3 Karen E. Livsey, Western New York Land Transactions, 1804 -1824 . (Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991) p. 5

4 Thomas’ Buffalo City Directory for 1863 ( Buffalo: EA Thomas) William Ives, “Climatology of Buffalo” p. 37

5 This would be called “Pharmacy” in today’s parlance.

6 Photo of the courses that Asa took for his medical matriculation at Columbia College in New York City 1809 -1810, Archives & Special Collections, Long Health Sciences Library, New York, 2011.

7 Truman White, ed. , Our Country and its People, a Descriptive Work on Erie County, New York (Boston History Company, 1898) p. 712 -714; p. 168

8 Livsey, Western New York Land Transactions, 1804 -1824 , p.58,117, 144

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But rumor of war prompted the US Congress to encourage young men to join a militia. In 1812, Asa had volun- teered and joined his partner’s Chapin’s Detachment, New York Volunteers as a surgeon. 9 (Doctors at this time had little resources to help the sick and wounded. Remember this is before the understanding of germ theory. They bled, blistered and provided emetics, cathartics and diuretics. Possibly the only thing of value were the drugs given to ease pain. Unfortunately, most of these drugs were highly addictive. The only bright spot in the field in medicine was the use of vaccination. In 1796, Edward Jenner had shown that inoculating with the material from cowpox could prevent individuals having the deadly effects of small pox. In 1812, general orders from US War Department were given to vaccinate the American troops. 10 )

Soon the War of 1812 broke out.

In 1813 the American military forces were able to control the naval movements in Lake Erie. This led to the inva- sion of Western Ontario in Canada. According to one account, an American military hospital was set up in the 11 home of George Keefer, a Canadian businessman. While doctoring there, Asa met and became enamored with Keefer’s sixteen year old daughter, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was the oldest of George’s children. She had “assumed the care” of her siblings after her mother died of “army fever”. She also helped with “nursing chores for the in- vaders”. Three years later, after the war, Asa returned. On 19 January 1816, the couple was married in Lewiston, Niagara, New York. Then they returned to Buffalo.

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9New York, Erie County, Index card for Muster Roll, database with images, Fold 3, War of 1812 ( https:// www.fold3.com/image/265/307885621: accessed 2016)

10 US Army Medical Dept, Office of Medical History, part 4 “From first to second war with England, 1783 -1812” p. 75 (http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/misc/evprev/ch4.htm, accessed 2016)

11 George Keefer, “Dictionary of Canadian Biography”, (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ keefer_george_8E.html: accessed 2016)

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Despite the fact that the British had destroyed much of the buildings of Buffalo in December 1813, Asa

continued to make his mortgage payments. (I expect that he along with most residents of the town rebuilt 12 soon after the war.) By 1815, he had received the deeds to all three Buffalo lots. But within a few years, Asa and Elizabeth moved from Buffalo to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he did establish his medical practice.

13 . Asa’s health must not have been good. In 1821, at the age of thirty -three, he had written a will. In this will, the Buffalo land, several lots in Erie and a portion of his military bounty land in Indiana were to be given to his wife. Another portion of the Indiana land was given to his three brothers: John, William and Ira along with his sisters: Rebecca Holmes, Lucy Edmunds and Emma Coltrin. (Prior to this time, in 1819, his father William, mother Emma and his siblings had all moved to Vigo County, Indiana.)

Asa’s grave is found in the Erie Cemetery. The stone lists his birth date and his death date (5 November 1824). 14

Elizabeth and Asa had no children.

A year after Asa’s death, Elizabeth married a local Frenchman by the name of Pierre -Simon Vincent Hamot. 15 This union resulted in one son and four daughters. Elizabeth died in Erie in 1866 while her sec- ond husband Pierre had died earlier in 1846.

Although Pierre was not a physician, his children and grandchildren donated the Hamot homestead in 1864 to the community as a place to build a hospital 16 .Today UPMC Hamot is one of the leading hospi- tals in the Erie area. So indirectly the interest and work in science and medicine of Dr. Asa Coltrin has lived on.

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12 White, Our Country and its People , A Descriptive Work on Erie County, NY , p. 308, 311

13 Indiana Circuit Court , Monroe County, “Probate Will Records, vol 1 -4, 1818 -1875” (online images

from ancestry.com) accessed 2016.

14 Find A Grave . database with images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 2016) Dr. Asa Coltrin (21 Nov 1788 - 5 Nov 1824) Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania, gravestone photographed by Sandra

Walczak

15 [email protected], “An Early Erie, Pennsylvania Elopement” Union City Pennsylvania Past

Lives (http://unioncitypennsylvaniaspastlives.weebly.com: accessed 2016)

16 “Founding of Hamot Hospital” UPMC Hamot, (http://www.upmc.com: accessed 2016)

Editor’s Note: In the Next Issues, we will feature some stories of the non -winners.

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Program Meetings Welcome to our 2017

Sat. May 20, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. genealogy meetings at the Central Denver Public Library, “Leave a Legacy: 14th & Broadway, Digitizing Your Family Memories” 7th Floor Meeting Room Speaker: Marsha Knackstadt

In This Issue Specialty Workshop Meeting • From the President

• Sat. June 17, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. Treasurer’s Report

Sessions: • Spring Seminar Review DNA Discussion Group • RootsMagic 7 Scanning and Digital Imaging • Legacy 9 Family Tree RootsMagic • Family Tree Maker • Reunion 11 for Mac

• The Master Genealogist No Meetings in July or August • Scanning Workshop

Have a great summer! • Use a Mouse Pad?

• Old Family Recipe

• Winning Contest Story by Zoe Lappin

• 5 Reasons to Digitize Photos

• Committee Members

The mission of the Computer From the President Interest Group: To inform and update members as well as the larger genealogical Lori Collins community about the use of technology, especially soft- ware computer programs and emerging resources, in genealogical research. Happy May Everyone! Bring a Friend to CIG It seems that Mother Nature is doing her best to give us some mois- ture, be it in the form of snow or rain and warm sunny days. Living Have a friend interested here you get it all. You all may find this crazy, but I love the snow and in Genealogy? Bring them I miss the snow. Even though I cannot ski anymore, I still miss the to our meetings. Wisconsin winters. I don’t know why because I cannot stand the cold. Before we moved out here, my doctor told me that about the only place that I wouldn’t suffer so much was Arizona. I told him, there is no way I am going to Arizona. I do not like snakes. I know there are snakes out here, but I don’t and can’t hike, so I’m a little protected there, unless I go to my Uncle’s house by Table Top Mountain. Need- less to say, I do not go there much. I am happy to say that before our June Meeting, we are having a “Members Honoring Members” Luncheon. This is of NO cost to you. CGS and CIG are paying for it. I hope that our members will come and share in their genealogical journey. You never know if you are going to be talking to someone with the same ancestor or a similar area of interest. The luncheon runs from 12 noon until 1:30 pm. We are even planning on having some door prizes. I hope to see you there. Our meeting on May 20 th , we are having Marsha from LeaveALegacy. We have wanted to have her for quite a while and now she will be here. Her company started here in Colorado. You can bring in your Lori Collins, CIG President old slides, old prints, Super 8 movies, VHS, audio cassettes and just @CGS/CIG Spring Seminar about anything and they will preserve these for you. I have a VHS Saturday, April 8, 2017 tape that has my stepson’s Memorial Service. With the weather getting nicer, we all like to be outdoors. But when it is so hot and we don’t want to be outside in the heat, it’s time to get the genealogy files out and start working on them. My plan for this summer is for Jesse and me to take an Amtrak to Dowagiac, MI and see Jordan for a few days. The three of us are driv- ing down to Lima, Ohio where I have a lot of family that I have never met. It should be fun. I am just excited to see Jordan. When we are finished with that, I am hoping to see my other grandsons in Wiscon- sin. I am hoping that we can meet somewhere and spend time with them. At least that’s the plan anyway. So, time will tell. Well, summer break is almost here. I wish all of you happy travels and good luck on your genealogy. Have a Great Summer! Lori Sunday, May 14, 2017

2 Upcoming CIG Program: Saturday, May 20, 2017 1:30 -3:30 p.m.

“Leave a Legacy: Digitizing Your Family Memories” by Marsha Knackstadt

Upcoming CGS David Allen Lambert , Chief Genealogist, NEHGS Program: 2017 CIG & CGS Spring Seminar Saturday, May 20, 2017 10am -12 noon CIG & CGS Spring Seminar

“I am not a Savage: Saturday, April 8, 2017 American Indian Performers in Europe by Steve Friesen

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Both the Colorado Ge- nealogy Society and the Computer Interest Group are meeting in Kelly Glenn & James Jeffrey the 7th Floor Confer- ence Room at the main Denver Public Library in downtown Denver on the 3rd Saturday of each month (excluding December, July and August.

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David Allen Lambert David Nelson Sandy Ronayne Seminar Speaker One of our prize winners Seminar Chair

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CIG email addresses: Upcoming CIG Programs: [email protected] [email protected] Saturday, May 20, 2017 [email protected] "Leave a Legacy: Digitizing Your Family Memories” Speaker: Marsha Knackstadt Learn tips for preserving your family memories digi- tally. Proper preservation techniques can ensure lasting memories for future generations. You will want to attend this presentation to learn how you can

From Marilyn Elrod, CIG Treasurer contribute to your family's Legacy. (This program was postponed from January) – July 1, 2016 April 30, 2017 Income $1,521,94 Expenses ($1,154.72) Upcoming CGS Total $367.22 Programs:

Saturday, May 20, 2017, 10 am

“I am Not a Savage: American Don’t Miss It!! Indian Performers in Europe”

Speaker: Steve Friesen , Director of the Read a winning Writing Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave Contest story by Zoe Lappin on Hear stories of the Indians who traveled pages 17 -20 to Europe, including photographs of artifacts left by them in Europe. His talk also includes his genealogi- cal research on several individuals.

Saturday, June 17, 2017, 10 am

“The Salem Witch Hysteria: A Caldron of Religious, Economic, Social, and Political Ingredients Gone Awry”

Speaker: John Putnam Monday, May 29, 2017 John will share many genea- logical, historical, religious, social, economic, and political factors that led to and followed the horrific events in 1692.

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Another Successful Seminar

Congratulations to the CGS/Computer Interest Group and Colorado Genealogical Society for hosting a fantastic Joint Spring Seminar the weekend of April 7 and 8.

A special free presentation was held at DPL on Friday, April 7:

Virginia Anderson, professor of Early American History, CU -Boulder, gave a talk on the Revolutionary War period in Connecticut. She also discussed her upcoming book: The Martyr and the Traitor: Nathan Hale, Moses Dunbar, and the American Revolution.

Representatives from twelve lineage societies discussed their societies and the importance of joining one. They gave over- views and their requirements for admission.

James Jeffrey discussed the volumes and newsletters of the Great Migration Project of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society available in the Western History and Genealogy Department on the 5 th floor at the Denver Public Library. https://catalog.denverlibrary.org/default.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6

To conclude the afternoon, David Allen Lambert, our seminar speaker, discussed The Great Migration and the 17 th century in New England. He explained that the Great Migration Study Pro- ject, containing thirteen published volumes, started in 1988, provides genealogical and biographical sketches for immigrants to New England from 1620 to 1640.

The next day, Saturday, April 8, David Allen Lambert, the chief genealogist at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, pre- sented four topics relating to New Eng- land research: town records, vital rec- ords, land records and court records. Thank you to Sandy Ronayne, Seminar Chair, and all the volunteers who made the seminar a great success.

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RootsMagic 7

By Lori Collins

By now, everyone knows that RootsMagic will be teaming up with Ancestry. Many of us have had questions that we wanted to have answered. Well, now we have some answers. The Ancestry update will be ready shortly. They as- sumed that this update would be ready for use at the end of April. However, they are still working on a few minor bugs. When they get them worked out, you will be able to download it. Here are some of the questions and answers.

How will this work? When the update becomes available, you will have to down- load it into your program. It’s just like any other update. After you do this, it will ask you if you want to add your RootsMagic file to Ancestry or if you want to put your Ancestry tree in your RootsMagic file. You can only do this second part if you al- ready have an Ancestry Tree.

What I am looking forward to is the fact that our media files (pictures) will be trans- ferred from Ancestry to RootsMagic.

The name of the update is called: TreeShare for Ancestry. You will be able to move your RootsMagic files to Ancestry and vice versa. Your Research Logs and your To -Do Lists will not transfer over or synchronize to Ancestry. You will be able to transfer your notes, sources, your ancestors, and any events that you have listed. Your RootsMagic file and your Ancestry online tree will synchronize every time there is an update to wither one.

For those who do not have RootsMagic 7, and are deciding whether or not to pur- chase it, you can download the free RootsMagic Essentials. Some of the new fea- tures will be available for you to use. The only thing that you will not be able to do is a comparison between RootsMagic and Ancestry and/or transferring any of the in- formation that you found.

So, all RootsMagic users, hang in there, it will not be long now.

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Legacy Family Tree 9 Now Available

New Features

Hinting - Legacy searches the key websites for your ancestors (while you sleep!) - FindMyPast, FamilySearch, GenealogyBank and MyHeritage. You can find missing info, pictures, and events to add to your tree.

FindAGrace.com searching: One -click access to your ancestor's Find A Grave me- morial. Create a list of people in your tree with or without Find A Grave IDs.

Online Backup: Protect your Legacy family file with secure online backup.

Stories: Preserve the stories of your ancestors, or your own stories. The new Stories tool lets you record, organize and print multiple stories for any of your ancestors.

Cause of Death Charts: View or print Cause of Death charts showing both the age and cause of death. Choose from ancestor, descendant, fan, hourglass, or bow tie styles.

X-DNA Charts: Map the path of your X -DNA inheritance. This new color scheme can be added to most charts.

Hashtags: Create unlimited hashtags to describe your ancestors. Then search for or print a report of everyone who shares that hashtag.

Family Dictionary Report: Your family tree - now available in alphabetical dictionary style.

Family Tree BINGO Report: It's the perfect game for the reunion or a fun night at home. Include pictures of ancestors, descendants, the immediate family, or a combination.

Compare 2 People: Researching 2 same -named individuals? The new Chronology Comparison report puts them side -by -side, color codes their differences, and helps you determine if they could be the same person.

Color Coding: Now enjoy the ancestor color coding in both the Index View and Name List, making it easier than ever to know what part of your tree you are looking at.

Multimedia: Legacy will now auto -sort your digital pictures by date. A new option to globally sort your media is also new in 9.

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By David Nelson

Still Waiting for FTM 2017 – Me Too. The release, planned for March 31, is delayed due to issues related to synchronization of an FTM tree on an individual’s computer with the same tree on Ancestry. Software MacKiev acquired FTM from Ancestry and set out to fix problems with FTM 2014.1, released on December 31, 2016. And in May 2017 we are still waiting for the general release of FTM 2017.

Preparing to create a GEDCOM: After Ancestry announced they were terminating FTM there were articles about converting FTM a database to other genealogy programs and to a GEDCOM file. The Dick Eastman newsletter (December 2015) focused on a series of articles by Keith Riggle about how FTM had differed from the GEDCOM data fields and how to prevent data loss during creation of a GEDCOM.

Review of Data Fields: A review of data fields (fact types) in my database revealed some unwanted data fields which came with data merges, possibly through Ancestry. Evaluating data fields wanted for producing outputs, Ancestor and Descendant reports, some of the data fields were changed. merged or deleted and data edited for consisten- cy. This involves FTM functions: Edit, Manage Facts which involves creation of new facts and options such as changing selected facts to another fact type, moving data from place to description or privatizing selected facts). This can be a learning exercise which also provides users an understanding of how the data is stored and data editing options. The release of FTM 2017 should make data field issues moot.

Review of Source Citations: Having added data from Rootsweb, Ancestry and other sources for years and accepting citations from data sources a more thorough review of citations for consistency seems appropriate. Citation review is undertaken in anticipa- tion of creating endnotes for Descendant and Ancestor reports and books.

When a data merge is done, data should be reviewed by the user; however strange data fields and odd citations creep in anyway. Merging data involves also involves merging source citations. For example, merging census data from Ancestry has changed over time: The Generations Network is now Ancestry.com and the citation changes. Census data can come from different publishers and repositories: Heritage Quest, National Archives, Ancestry, etc.

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8 9 A review of source citations, and editing, uses FTM functions: Edit, Manage Sources. Manage sources involves using a default template OR applying source templates based on models defined by Elizabeth Shown Mills in her book “Evidence Explained”, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. The Mills template models involve se- lecting from hundreds of templates which are structured into: groups, each with a set of categories, each of which has sets of templates. The hundreds of Mills templates are based on kind of data and creator of a record. The default FTM source template prior to Mills includes: Title, Author, Publisher name, Publisher location, Published date, Repository, Call number and Comments.

The FTM workshop in June will provide an opportunity to share our approaches to use of source citation capabilities. There should be differences and opinions as to what works and how best to credit our sources and convey to others where to find and verify data. If FTM 2017 is released in time we may also be able to compare book creation with FTM, and a FTM add -on called Family Book Creator.

Editor’s Note: We are pleased to announce that David Nelson is taking over as our new Family Tree Maker workshop leader. Our previous leader, Ed Richard, is tend- ing to his wife, who recently moved to an assisted living facility. Ed has or will soon be moving there with her.

Trans -Atlantic Slave Trade Online Database http://www.slavevoyages.org/

The Trans -Atlantic Slave Trade Database has in- formation on almost 36,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked over 10 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The actual number is estimated to have been as high as 12.5 million. The database and the separate estimates interface offer researchers, students and the general public a chance to rediscover the reality of one of the largest forced movements of peoples in world history. Search the Voyages Database for particular voyages of documented slaving expe- ditions. Create listings, tables, and maps that draw on the database. Examine Estimates of the Slave Trade. Slaves on documented voyages repre- sent four -fifths of the number who were actually transported. Use the interactive esti- mates page to analyze our estimate of the full volume of the slave trade. Explore the African Names Database This database identifies 91,491 Africans tak- en from captured slave ships or from African trading sites. It displays the African name, age, gender, origin, country, and places of embarkation and disembarkation of each indi- vidual.

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By Nancy L. Ratay

The last time I wrote about the Multimedia Sidebar was 4 years ago in version 10. I felt that a review of this was prob- ably needed even though not much changed in the switch to Reunion 11. In 2013 we had a workshop that covered some more detailed items. I had prepared a more illustrated handout to go with this. Very little has changed in version 11 from those directions. If you are interested in receiving a pdf of that handout please feel free to email me at nratay@ng -tek.com and request the Reunion 10 Multimedia Workshop handout.

Reunion allows you to add, attach or import multimedia items to a person or family, including images, video, audio, and document files. There is a listing of Multimedia File Formats that can be used in Reunion in the Manual (Help). Search the Manual for Multimedia File Formats. You’ll probably get several choices. Any of the first 4 choices will get you to the page.

Basic Information About Multimedia •Reunion does not put your multimedia into your database; it puts a link to its loca- tion on your hard drive and makes a thumbnail that goes in your database. Actually attaching or embedding the multimedia to your database would soon make it un- wieldy. Thumbnails will increase the size of your file, but not by as much.

•Reunion will not change or alter your original that it is linked to.

•Choose and implement an organization strategy for your multimedia. Because Re- union uses a link to the multimedia it is important that you have a good idea how and where you want to store your multimedia on your hard drive. Reunion would like it all in one folder. I tried that and was not happy with the results. I found I had two sets of multimedia, one stored with families (my preference) and one Reunion folder. The Reunion folder became so disorganized I couldn’t find anything. I have around 450 multimedia files linked. Although the newer system versions (El Capitan and Sierra) will remember and reroute when you move something I have found that this often doesn’t work in Reunion as I would like. When you move an item, Reun- ion will probably ask to relocate it.

•Neither Reunion nor I recommend using iPhoto or its replacement, Photos , for or- ganizing your genealogical photos. Photos has its own ideas about what you should be doing with your photos that doesn’t fit well at all with genealogy. It also chooses how it organizes those photos and where to store them and prefers not to let the lowly user know where that is. There is a workaround to use Photos with Reunion , but it is complicated, hence not recommended. (continued on page 11)

10 11 Methods There are 3 main methods for adding multimedia to a per- son or family: 1. Drag and drop from your photo folder in the Finder to the person bar or marriage bar. 2. Drag and drop from your photo folder in the Finder to the Multimedia Window which you open by clicking on Multi- media in the Sidebar Menu (left of family). 3. With the Multimedia Window open, click on the + symbol and navigate to the correct folder. This method also works from the Media Window (right). Once you have linked photos to the person, the thumbnail will appear under that person in the Multimedia Window. If you double -click on a photo you will get the Media Window (right). This window gives you all the infor- mation about the item you have linked and can be partially edited. Description: You can edit this field. It begins by using the file name of the pho- to. This will become a title or caption for slideshows, reports or web sites, so edit ac- cordingly.

File : You can see the path showing the location of your photo.

Format and Size: This gives you original file type and size. Options : Here is where you can select this as the Preferred photo (the one that will appear on the family view). You can also select Sensitive (if you don’t want it to appear in a report) and Treat as a document if you have selected a pdf, Word, or text file.

Comments : Use the comments section to type in extra information you want to have with the photo, such as place, date and names of all the people in a multi - person photo. These comments will appear with a web -media page and may be se- lected to accompany the photo in a slideshow.

The Media Window also shows all the other photos you have attached to this person. By clicking on them you can edit each of them. You can also rearrange the order of the photos by clicking and dragging.

An ALWAYS hint: the ? icon that appears in windows will take you directly to the part of the Manual concerning that window. It is much easier than trying to figure out where to go in the Manual yourself.

This is a fun function of Reunion with lots of side benefits. You should try putting in a few photos for one of your people and see how it works. You can always use that mi- nus button and delete them out again if you don’t like what you did, or feel you need to do some more work editing the photos.

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The Master Genealogist Cheryl Larson runs two small monthly TMG sessions, one in Parker and another in Castle Rock. Her group plans to keep using TMG until the HRE version is released.

She attended CIG in the past, but the evening drive from her area was hard. About 10 years ago, she and a group of others, decided to form a small support group using The Master Genealogist.

Cheryl would like to let CIG know that they are still meeting and talk- ing about TMG. Here is their meeting information: The Master Genealogist (TMG) Computer Users Group meets monthly (except De- cember) from 10 a.m. to noon at two locations. A topic is discussed the second Wednesday of each month at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St. in Castle Rock. A workgroup with time for data entry on your project is held the third Friday of each month at the Parker Library, 20105 East Main St. in Parker.

All levels are welcome. It is suggested that you bring a laptop with TMG and your project installed. General discussion and question time is included. No reservations are needed.

Cheryl can be contacted at 303 -704 -3650 or [email protected] .

AncestryDNA Fun Facts

Ancestry has surpassed 4 million customers in their DNA data- base! Here are some fun facts about AncestryDNA:

• From January to April 2017, AncestryDNA genotyped 1 million people. So, on average about two people took a DNA test every time there was a marriage in the United States.

• With 4 million members, the AncestryDNA network would be the 2nd largest city in the United States based on population - just after New Year City. The AncestryDNA database grew from 3 to 4 million in the last three months. That’s about as fast as babies are born in the United States.

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Scanning and Digital Photography DAM -What a Mess By Nancy & Gary Ratay We all have photos and photos and photos not to mention awards and certificates as well as keepsakes and more. What about the wall of photos that Aunt Lucy has? What do you do with them? The first step is to digitize them. We have covered vari- ous methods from scanning to simply taking a photo of a photo. Virtually all of pho- tos taken today are already in digital form. Editing, storing, and processing digital assets is the second step. Archiving, preserving and presenting is the final step. All together it is DAM - Digital Asset Management.

Our workshop in June will focus on combining multiple photos and presenting them in a single document suitable for framing. A visit to Michael’s, Aaron’s, or most frame shops will offer you a variety of very nice multi -photo frames. Three prob- lems - the photos have to fit in the pre -cut mat or you have to have a rather expen- sive custom mat cut. And, how do you make multiple copies? We will demo using Adobe Photoshop/Photoshop Elements and show the final steps of bringing multi- ple photos together into a single printable file.

From This: To This:

Join Nancy and Gary at our June meeting to learn more about this.

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Do You Need a Mouse Pad? By Lori Collins

The answer is: Technically you do not need one, but you should use one. Now, that’s a two sided answer. Computers have come a long way since they first came into people’s homes and/or businesses. The invention of the mouse pad has been around for about 50+ years. But, today, as we all know, technology has changed, and is doing so at an alarming rate. For the most part, mouse pads have gone by the wayside. Mice are now made either optical or laser. They no longer have to come in contact with a surface. There really is no downside to not using a mouse pad. But, by not using a mouse pad, your desk will start to look like an un- sanded piece of wood. I do use a mouse pad at home, because to me, I would rather pay for a new mouse then a new desk. If you don’t use a pad, you will run the risk of attracting dirt and grime into the mouse, leading to it not working. I remember quite a while ago, when I wasn’t using a mouse pad and won- dered why my mouse wasn’t working. I actually took the time to look at my desk and could see why it wasn’t working. I had rubbed some of the paint off of my desk just by using my mouse. I have an old desk that I just love and now this summer, I get to refinish it. If you would look at the desk, you would feel a very rough spot, all caused by my mouse. Probably most of you use the touchpad on your laptop. I have such a hard time using it. I always seem to point the arrow at the wrong place, and I end up going somewhere where I don’t want to go. So, that’s why I use a mouse and a mouse pad with my laptop. If you are a player of PC games, then you should have a good pad. My grandsons all use either an Xbox One or the Playstation 4. Occasionally, Jesse will play a game on my computer, but not too often. Consider using a mouse pad. It may save you from buying a new mouse.

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Vintage Lady Fingers Recipe

From Lori Collins

One thing that I love about looking at my Mom’s and Grandma’s and Great- Grandma’s recipes is that I wish I had the time to make them all. It’s funny though, you get the cookbook and all the loose paper. What you didn’t know was the loose paper, whether a clipping from a newspaper or a handwritten one on a piece of paper. It’s all history, and good history at that!

Here is the recipe for Lady Fingers:

3 Eggs (beat whites separately) add ¼ cup sugar and I teaspoon vanilla

Beat yolks add ¼ cup sugar

Combine with the whites, then add 2/3 cup flour

Bake in Lady Finger tins or flat cake shape Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10 – 15 minutes.

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Seminar 2017 Writing Contest Winners

Congratulations to the five winners of the 2017 seminar writing contest. This issue of the CIG newsletter will feature the winning story of CIG member, Zoe Lappin:

“High Ball Joe and His Three Wives”

Other winners:

• Dorothy Coltrin: “The Life and Times of Dr. Asa Coltrin (1788 -1824) ( published in CIG’s March/April 2017 Newsletter) • Lori Fogarty: “What Ever Happened to John?” • Maggie Schmidt: “Annie Goes to the United States” (published in May 2017 CGS Newsletter) • Marc Strong: “Forgotten Stories”

The winning writings are being published in editions of the CIG NEWSLETTER, CGS newsletter, and The Colorado Genealogist.

Judges: Roger Dudley, Teri Hjelmstad, and Nancy Ratay.

Writing Contest Winners honored at our Spring Seminar: Left to right: David Allen Lambert (seminar speaker), Dorothy Coltrin, Lori Fogarty, Zoe Lappin, Marc Strong. Maggie Schmidt (not pictured)

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High Ball Joe and His Three Wives Family story crumbles in the face of facts By Zoe Lappin

My great -uncle Joseph Francis Savage was a lifer on the railroad, an engineer known in northern Minnesota and Wiscon- sin as High Ball Joe. The nickname had nothing to do with alcoholic beverages – highballs – but rather with his penchant for running along the rails with the throttle wide open allowing all steam available to power the engine’s wheels and pistons. A high ball was a railroad signal, a ball hung high above the tracks signaling “go ahead.” Joe must have taken advantage of it at every turn in his many years of Joseph Francis Savage, “High Ball Joe,” right, visit- driving a steam locomotive. ing his brothers Louis, left, and Frank in Anaconda, Montana, in 1926. They also were railroad men. Uncle Joe was born in Dayton, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, in 1861 and died in 1945. He worked on several railroads in the Midwest from 1878 when he was 17 until he retired at age 70 in 1931 – a total of 53 years. He started as a fireman on the Winona & St. Peter Division of the Northwestern Railway in Minnesota and ended as an engineer hauling freight on the Great Northern Railway out of Superior, Wisconsin. His most no- table cargo was iron ore from the great open pit mines of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior for shipping to the steel mills down the Lakes. Upon his retirement he guessed that he had hauled 20 million tons over the years 1.

After he retired, he often visited his brother Pete Savage, the country newspa- per editor in my hometown Iron River, Wisconsin, east of Superior. I was a child and knew him only slightly, but I remember him as a stout, colorless old gentle- man with many stories to tell. I don’t recall the details of those stories, but oth- ers came to light as I researched him and his family. This one I particularly liked: Joe had several wives, two of whom were named Emma and both died on the same day. There’s some truth to it, as we shall see.

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Joe married first Elma Providence Jones, a native of Minnesota, in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, in 1883. 2 He was 22 and she was 17. They

had eight children (possibly nine). They lived in several railroad . towns around Minnesota and northern Wisconsin, but she left him in 1916 when they lived in Superior. She and the younger children moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, while Joe remained in Superior, work- ing on the railroad. They divorced in 1919 and Joe was ordered to pay child support for two minor children in the hefty sum of 40 per- cent of his wages. 3

Elma never married again, but Joe did. About a year after the divorce he wed Emma Clarissa Lobley Voight, a 51 -year -old widow born in Maine. Joe had boarded with her in Superior, and she worked as an elevator operator in a department store. They were married in Supe- rior in August 1920, 4 and the marriage apparently stirred up the fami- ly. A niece recalled: “There was a lot of family discussion about wife Number 2. Apparently he met her on the train and took her home with him. I vaguely recall that she had children so I suppose they came along.” Joe was 58 at the time.

Emma Clarissa did indeed have children, two Voight daughters aged 18 and 15. They lived with her in the 1920 census, which was taken before Joe married their mother. Joe is listed in that census as a boarder, employed as a locomotive engineer. So, apparently, the children did “come along.”

Emma Clarissa died in tragic circumstances in 1925, and two years later Joe married for the third time, another widow named Emma. She was Emma C. Astlund (or Ostlund) Nystrom, a native of Sweden and widow of Axel Nystrom. 5 She was 61 and Joe was 65 when they wed on July 31, 1927, also in Superior.

As I gathered factual material surrounding Uncle Joe’s several wives and their deaths, the family story soon unraveled. Here’s how it all pans out:

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The several wives actually were three. Number 2 and Number 3 defini- ty were named Emma; Number 1, Elma, occasionally was called Em- ma as well as Alma, Elna, Ella, Ellen and Emily.

Elma, the first wife, died first —of appendicitis at age 58 in St. Paul on January 30, 1925. 6 Eighteen days later, wife Number 2, Emma Claris- sa, fell down a staircase at her home, sustaining fatal injuries. That was on February 17, 1925, and she died in Superior of a cerebral hemorrhage about three weeks later on March 4, 1925. 7 She was 56. So the first two wives, who had similar names, died within a short span —33 days. The third wife, the other Emma, outlived Uncle Joe. She died after suffering a stroke in Superior at age 80, on February 14, 1947 8, two years after our Joe.

Though it doesn’t quite add up to the way it was passed down, it’s a good story.

Joe himself died in Superior on June 11, 1945, of bronchial pneumo- nia. 9 He was 83. He is buried alone at Calvary Cemetery, South Supe- rior, Wisconsin. As a final twist, none of his wives are buried with him. His son William is buried in the same cemetery, different plot.

Joe’s first wife and mother of his children, Elma, is interred at Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul. 10 The second wife, Emma Clarissa, is buried at Itasca Cavalry Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, 11 and the third wife and second Emma is buried at either Dallas or Cumberland, Wisconsin, both in Barron County. 12

His obituary, written by his brother Pete the country editor, extolled Joe’s ability to make his trains run on time. “He became ‘High -ball Joe’ and was known by that name by railroad men in all branches of the ser- vice from engine wipers to the general superintendent,” Pete wrote. 13 Railroading ran in the family: Four of Joe’s five sons, his two sons -in - law and four of his five brothers also were railroad men.

Upon Joe’s death, his son Jerome Savage wrote a poem memorializing him. 14 Its meter is faulty and it’s sentimental to the extreme, but it con- veys a measure of pride and devotion. Its title is Father, and it reads in part:

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“For 83 years he had lived on his Earth In the state and the land of his birth. He found comfort living at one certain spot Where winters were cold and summers were hot.

“Sacred the ties that hold fast to my heart, Sacred the love to this I impart, For deep in Earth’s bosom my dear father lies Neath the low drooping willows and kindly blue skies. Near the banks of Superior’s Lake shore He shall be at rest, forever and more.

“His virtues were many, his tasks were done well As his many good friends can eagerly tell. He kept all his burdens and shared all his joys, I’m proud to be known as one of his boys.

“And now, dear Father, for you we do pray And look forward with faith in that joyful day When we are once more together in Heavenly peace Where love lives for ever and joys never cease.”

______1“Joe Savage Ends Long Railway Career,” Iron River Pioneer, Iron River, Wisconsin, December 31, 1931, no page number. Reprinted from Superior Evening Telegram , Superior, Wisconsin, originally published December 15, 1931. 2Joseph Savage -Elma P. Jones marriage certificate, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860 -1949", database with images, FamilySearch.org. Accessed December 28, 2016. 3Divorce file, Ramsey County, Minnesota, District Court case number 1,328,833, Elma P. Savage vs. Joseph Savage, April 12, 1919. 4This marriage date is given in the marriage certificate for Joseph’s third marriage, to Emma Astlund (Ostlund) Nystrom, in 1927. State of Wisconsin certificate of marriage, Douglas County, license number 5,784. 5Joseph F. Savage -Emma C. Nystrom marriage certificate, cited above. 6Elma P. Savage, State of Minnesota certificate of death, Ramsey County, numbers 22,907 and 271. 7Emma C, Savage, State of Wisconsin, copy of death certificate, Douglas County, volume 11, registered number 449. 8Emma Savage, State of Wisconsin copy of death certificate, Douglas County, local register’s Number 88. 9Joseph F. Savage, State of Wisconsin, copy of death certificate, Douglas County, volume 29, local registrar’s number 237. 10 Elma P. Savage death certificate, cited above. 11 Find A Grave Memorial #41598800, viewed December 29, 2016. 12 Emma Astlund (Ostlund?) Savage’s death certificate, cited above, states she was buried at “Greenwood vault.” Greenwood Cemetery is in Dallas, Wisconsin. Her brief obituary states the body was to be taken to Cumberland for burial, “Mrs. Emma Savage” Superior Evening Telegram, February 15, 1947, page 7. However, her first hus- band, Axel Nystrom, is buried at McKinley Cemetery in Polk County adjacent to Barron County, Find a Grave memorial #32000234. 13 “Joseph F. Savage Called,” Iron River Pioneer, June 14, 1945, no page number. 14 Poem shared with the author by Joseph F. Savage’s great -granddaughter, Carolynn Moss Stone of Kempner, Texas.

20 21 Five Reasons to Digitize Your Family Photos By Logan Metcalfe, Family Search Guest Blogger

Organizing and digitizing old boxes of photos is one of those jobs that most of us can do, but that we seem never to get around to. Kind of like cleaning out our closets, it’s always something for another day. The key to digitizing your old memo- ries is visualizing the benefits and recognizing that they far outweigh the effort and cost involved.

Here are five big reasons to digitize your family photos: Better preservation . While nobody likes to think about destructive events such as floods and fires, too many families have had their photos destroyed in disasters. These memories are almost always the things they miss most. Digital files can be easily replicated and stored in different locations, which vastly increases their chances of survival. Old photos can also be fragile and digitizing them enables you to adjust colors digitally and to fix scratches, fold marks, and other damage. You can then print copies of the restored pictures on better paper, making them more likely to endure through the years. Flexible organization . Once your pictures are digitized, they can be organized in powerful ways, enabling you to search quickly and find what you’re looking for. You can also add valuable context, including the backstory, information about who was pictured, and where the photo was taken. These details can vastly increase the value of your pictures for generations to come. Less clutter . For those needing to downsize but not wanting to part with precious memories, digitizing enables you to revisit your memo- ries whenever you want while passing on the boxes of pictures to family members with more storage space. More sharing . Digital pictures can be shared at the click of a button so all your siblings, children, and other family members can get cop- ies. Greater enjoyment . When was the last time you dug out those box- es to look through your old photos? Despite our best intentions, it’s never the right time or place. Digitizing your favorite photos enables you to enjoy them whenever you want, wherever you are. You can also transform them into new products you may enjoy more, such as photo books and wall art. You’ll have a sense of pride for achieving something that has priceless value for you and your family.

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Members Honoring Members Luncheon

When: June 17th, 2017 Where: Denver Public Library Central Branch

Vida Ellison Gallery (7th Floor) Time: 12 noon -1:30 pm Guest Speaker: Jim Kroll Cost: Complimentary to our members Door Prizes

Please join us for a complimentary lunch catered by The Corner Bakery. Current paid members of CGS -CIG and CGS are welcome. Reservations are necessary. Email [email protected] to reserve your space.

22 23 Help the Editor! Steering Committee Elected Officers Please help make this newsletter a success by sub- mitting articles or ideas for articles relating to com- President…………….Lori Collins puter genealogy to me to include in this newsletter. 303 -237 -4531 [email protected] Please be generous with your submissions of your Immediate Past President…..Kelly Glenn favorite genealogical websites, a new website you 303 -810 -9975 [email protected] have discovered, breakthroughs using your comput- Vice President/Programs..Bob Miller er, and genealogical news and meetings of other so- 414 -313 -5855 [email protected] cieties. Articles and ideas for articles may be Secretary…………….Open emailed to me at [email protected]. Treasurer…………….Marilyn Elrod 303 -979 -8435 [email protected] Next deadline is September 5, 2017.

Lynee Dick Steering Comm. Appointed Officers Editions of this newsletter are printed five times a year in Jan - Feb, Mar -Apr, May -Jun, Sep -Oct and Nov -Dec. Membership………….Lori Collins - - ©You may re -distribute articles from this newsletter only with 303 237 4531 [email protected] the permission of the Editor. Publicity……………..Lori Collins All images ©2017 Colorado Genealogical Society -Computer 303 -237 -4531 [email protected] Interest Group Newsletter & Hospitality…Lynette Dick - - 303 986 7910 [email protected] CGS Liaison………..Nancy Ratay 303 -972 -2701 nratay@ng -tek.com Council Liaison…….Lori Collins 303 -237 -4531 [email protected] Facebook Administrator…Linda Hartlaub 303 -884 -1858 [email protected] CHECK Website Administrators……Lori Collins OUT THE NEW CIG WEBSITE & Kelly Glenn www.cigcolorado.org Workshop Leaders All members should have had the opportunity to go online and check out our new website, and to log in. Family Tree Maker….David Nelson If you haven’t done so, please do. The website is 303 -238 -4014 [email protected] amazing. Everything is all in one place making it Legacy Family Tree…Kelly Glenn easier for you to see what’s going on in your society 303 -810 -9975 [email protected] or to review your membership. If you are having is- Scanning & Digital Imaging…Gary Ratay sues in logging in, please send Lori Collins an email 303 -972 -2701 gratay@ng -tek.com at [email protected] . RootsMagic…..……..Lori Collins 303 -237 -4531 [email protected] Reunion for Mac……..Nancy Ratay 303 -972 -2701 nratay@ng -tek.com NEXT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING DNA……………..Group Discussion Internet Research…….Bob Miller

Saturday, May 20, 3:30 p.m., 7th Floor 414 -313 -5855 [email protected] Conference Room, Downtown Denver Public Library.(following the Regular CIG Meeting). Everyone is welcome to attend steering committee meetings.

23 May 20, 2017 Program Meeting “Leave a Legacy” Digitizing Your Family Memories Speaker: Marsha Knackstadt

June 17, 2017

12 noon -1:30 pm Member Luncheon (Reservations Required)

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CGS/CIG Newsletter CGS/CIG

COLORADO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP NEWSLETTER

www.cigcolorado.org Lynette Dick, Editor Sep -Oct 2017

Program Meetings Welcome to our 2017 Sat. Sept. 16, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. genealogy meetings at the Central Denver Public Library, “Resources Available at Your Local 14th & Broadway,

Family History Center” 7th Floor Meeting Room Speaker: Brian Palmer

In This Issue Specialty Workshop Meeting • From the President • Spring Seminar Sat. Oct. 21, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. • New Family Search Advisor Sessions: • RootsMagic 7 DNA Discussion Group • Legacy 9 Family Tree Scanning and Digital Imaging • Family Tree Maker Internet Research

• We’re Related • Reunion 11 for Mac

• Library Corner

• Colorado First Families

• Online Guides to Download

• Family Search Microfilms

• More Genealogy News

• Committee Members

The mission of the Computer From the President Interest Group: To inform and update members as well as the larger genealogical Lori Collins community about the use of technology, especially soft- ware computer programs and emerging resources, in

genealogical research.

Bring a Friend to CIG Have a friend interested Welcome Back Everyone! in Genealogy? Bring them I hope that you all had a wonderful break and you were able to survive to our meetings. the heat and the humidity. It felt like I was living back in Wisconsin when the humidity became so high.

We have a great line -up for this coming year and we hope you will like it. Our September 16 meeting will by a representative of a local Family History Center. He will explain what they have to offer in terms of re- search at the local level.

At our January 20, 2018, presentation, our speaker will be Cina John- son. She will first present a program to CGS in the morning, and then she will spend the afternoon with us. She will be speaking on Fami- lySearch.org.

At our April presentation CIG’s own Vice President Bob Miller will speak on Steve Morse’s website. Other programs will feature our Spe- Lori Collins, CIG President cialty and Software Workshops. So, as you can see, we do have a pretty busy schedule. I hope you will join us for all that we will be do- ing.

Many things happened on our Summer break. Family Tree Maker came out with their new version and a BIG Thank You to Dave Nelson for taking care of our FTM people. RootsMagic also came out with TreeShare with Ancestry.

It seems that DNA is getting bigger. I see Family History just getting better and better. The hardest part that I have is finding the time to work on it. I remember my father always saying to me, it only takes a few minutes and you usually find something/someone.

I hope you will join us for a schedule of fun and friendship. Welcome Fall!! Lori

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Upcoming CIG Program:

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 1:30 -3:30 p.m.

“Resources Available at Your Local Family History Center” by Brian Palmer

Diahan Southard Upcoming CGS 2018 CIG & CGS Spring Seminar Program: Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 CIG & CGS Spring Seminar 10am -12 noon Save the Date “Finding Dirk” Saturday, April 14, 2018 by Jill Morelli Speaker: Diahan Southard A microbiology graduate, Diahan Southard worked before and ********************** after graduation for the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Both the Colorado Ge- Foundation. Growing up with the genetic genealogy industry lead her to her current position at Your DNA Guide, where nealogy Society and she writes and lectures about genetic genealogy, as well as the Computer Interest provides personalized, interactive experiences to assist in- Group are meeting in dividuals and families in interpreting their genetic results in the 7th Floor Confer- the context of their genealogical information. ence Room at the main Denver Public Library She is the author of several quick guides on genetic genealogy, in downtown Denver on a regular contributor to Genealogy Gems, featured writer for Family Tree Magazine, regular contributor to Genealogy the 3rd Saturday of Today, as well as many other small writing engagements. each month (excluding December, July and Diahan’s lectures are always fun, upbeat, and full of energy. August. She has a passion for genetic genealogy, a genuine love of people, and a gift for making the technical understanda- ******************* ble.

Watch your email and future newsletters for further information and registration.

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CIG email addresses: Upcoming CIG Program: [email protected] Saturday, September 16, 2017 "Resources Available at Your Local Family [email protected] History Center” [email protected] Speaker: Brian Palmer Many resources are available at our local Family History Centers. Brian will introduce resources you might not be aware of and the many resources that can be found at a Family History Center.

From Marilyn Elrod, CIG Treasurer Upcoming CGS Programs: July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017 Year -End

Income $2,547.24 Expenses ($1,727.66) Total $819.58

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, 10 am July 1, 2017 – August 31, 2017 “Finding Dirk” Income $ 00.61 Expenses ($212.95) Speaker: Jill Morelli

Total ($212.34) Follow Jill’s journey to obtain records that provide the life story of her great grand uncle Dirk, who spent his entire adult life in the asylums of 19th century Illinois.

Saturday, October 21, 2017, 10 am

“What Does Your Handwriting Say About You...And Your Ancestors”

Speaker: Kathy McKnight Learn three easy steps to analyze anyone’s signature. She will take time to look at and analyze a few documents with signatures during the presentation. Monday, October 9, 2017

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New Family Search Consultant and Advisor

Cina Johnson

CGS and CIG are excited to announce that Cina Johnson is now the FamilySearch Resource Consultant and Advisor for the Colorado Genealogical Society and the CGS Computer Inter- est Group. Cina will be available to our members for questions and will keep us up -to -date on how to best use FamilySearch Family Tree. Cina will be at several of our meetings to answer questions. She will also be the presenter for the January 20, 2018 meeting speaking in the morning for CGS and the afternoon for CIG. FamilySearch can be a great research tool for our members. Cina is an instructor at Family History Centers and is recognized as a top in- structor on the FamilySearch website in the Rocky Mountain Region. Welcome aboard Cina!

Cina started working at the local Family History Center 26 years ago, just before Fami- lySearch released the Ancestral File on CD. She and her husband served in the Family and Church History mission in Salt Lake City in 2004 -2005. They were assigned to work with the group who were preparing training and support materials for the “New FamilySearch”, which is now the FamilySearch Family Tree. Since then, she has served as an assistant director of her Family History Center. She is currently employed by RootsMagic, which is fully Fami- lySearch Certified. This long history of working with and around FamilySearch gives her per- spective to the past and a working knowledge of the current website and its features. She is looking forward to helping the members of the CGS and CIG better utilize the many resources of FamilySearch.

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RootsMagic 7: Tree Share

by Lori Collins

By now you should all be aware of the release of the new TreeShare with Ancestry. There have also been some updates to the RootsMagic program that will help your experience within TreeShare. The group at RootsMagic had some issues that needed fixing and added some new features.

The new features are:

• Color coding to go with TreeShare

• Groups with TreeShare

• You can now choose which WebHint categories you want to use

• Have the option to strip private notes when uploading

• A new lock icon is shown next to the private facts in TreeShare

• Star icon next to primary name

• Record WebHints transfer back to Ancestry as Ancestry Source and not any other source

• In the TreeShare Option: clear all “changed”

And the list goes on. So many new features that it makes the program work that much better.

Before TreeShare was released, I was one of the fortunate ones that was able to work with it. I found some bugs. Others did too, but now the bugs are fixed and the program works like a charm.

I will be going over TreeShare at our next RootsMagic Workshop. Until then, try to use it. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at ([email protected]). Then, at our next Workshop session, we will con- tinue where we left off.

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Using Findagrave.com with Legacy Family Tree

by S. Kelly Glenn

As many of you have heard, Legacy Family Tree has been purchased by MyHerit- age.com. This includes the software and webinar series. It’s hard to make changes, but Geoff Rasmussen is encouraged by his decision to move forward with My Herit- age.

First, go to the Search Tab. Click on “Search findagrave for current member”. This search is extremely fast with no delay in download time to findag- rave.com. Of course, it might come up with no matches in findagrave.com.

Once you find the match, highlight and copy the findagrave memorial number for that person. Open the events page for that person and copy the memorial number in the findagrave space at the bottom of the event window.

You can then go to the Findagrave search tab and “create a list of all deceased individuals” You can then click on them one at a time to search findagrave directly from Legacy. This is so much easier than typing in the names on findagrave. This is a terrific addition to findagrave.com. Give it a try.

In August 2017, it was announced that MyHeritage had acquired Millennia Corporation, makers of the popular Legacy Family Tree genealogy desktop software and well -attended genealogy webinar platform, Legacy Family Tree Webi- nars. For more information, see the MyHeritage blog post: https://blog.myheritage.com/2017/08/myheritage -acquires - the -legacy -family -tree -software -and -webinar -platform/ & Legacy blog post: http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy -family -tree -has -a-new -home -with - myheritage.html

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By David Nelson

Family Tree Maker 2017 has had an ownership transition from Ancestry to MacKiev. For full disclosure, I have not put my tree on Ancestry, so I’m not assessing TreeSync, now called FamilySync, although this function seems to be one of the developmental delay issues. FTM2017 seems more stable than FTM2014 and the functionality is similar to FTM2014.

FTM2017 users need to have a tree on Ancestry. The green leaf hints are now only available when you have contributed a tree to Ancestry. Searches of Ancestry can be done using Web Search and complet- ing the query form. Ancestry data and images can still be merged. I do not consider my tree ready to share and I want to decide when and where to share my tree. The green leaf hint limitation applies to all FTM versions. Go back two weeks ago –an email with results of an Ancestry DNA test came with an op- tion of entering people into an Ancestry tree. I keyed in 20 some people and Ancestry integration with FTM was improved but still no green leaves.

The FamilySearch icon, a blue -white square appears on the pedigree chart for people with data on Family Search. My Family Search finds “matches”, like Ancestry hints, vary widely in applicability and if merging Family Search data the source citation created may be adequate although some merges result in no cita- tion being created. Merges seem slow. FamilySearch leads can/should be followed up with Ancestry and searches.

I’ve had difficulty with Family Tree book creation since FTM16, namely getting the message “Not Enough Memory to Create Book” when trying to do books with more than 5 generations. A test of the FTM2017 book creation function was run for 11 generations and after grinding for 55 minutes, FTM2017 DID pro- duce a complete book with pagination, people index and table of contents. MacKiev seems to have re- moved what Ancestry support cited as a memory limitation in the software.

FTM2017 continues a “plug -in” companion product by a company called “Family Book Creator”, infor- mation about FBC is on the FTM site. FBC creates an interesting Table of Contents (families) and book format with family reports by generation, indexes for people and places (large to small area AND vice ver- sa). FBC produces text from fact data, stilted depending on the fact description entry, but the Table of Contents and indexes are great and Family Book Creator produces books in a variety of text processor formats, including Word. After installation, the FBC creator software is accessible from the Tools menu of FTM.

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A Google search for Family Tree Maker 2017 reviews returns several articles. I find the review on http://genealogytools.com/family -tree -- maker -2017 -review/ by Keith Riggle most helpful. Software bug fixing and the synchronization issues seems to have consumed the transition effort, the next version should be able to address new functionality. Riggle has done several articles on creation of GEDCOM files in 2015 -2016 which the Dick Eastman newsletter covered. These Riggle articles are helpful to avoid data loss during creation of a GEDCOM file. The data loss risk arises from genealogy programs (FTM and other) due to the programs use of non -standard data field definitions. During this review of data fields in your database any data fields added by merging data from Ancestry or FamilySearch can be reviewed and if necessary converted to a data field of your choice. My favorite redundant data field is “Aunt Ida got Married”, the Marriage data field looked like a good option.

November is our first FTM workshop meeting. Please bring your findings and questions. Editor’s Note: For additional information read: From Many Roads blog by Mark Rabideau: http://www.many -roads.com/2017/09/11/ftm -2017 -lessons/

We're Related - Or Are We?

By Karen Tobo

In October 2016, Ancestry.com released a mobile app called We're Related. After creating a We're Related account and then connect- ing an Ancestry account, you select your own profile in one or more Ancestry family trees (either your own or a shared tree). The app then searches 70 million family trees with 8 billion connections among 6 million profiles to find relatives with whom you reportedly share a common ancestry. The relatives displayed can be filtered by catego- ries such as US Presidents & US First Ladies; Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities; Social Reformers.

Of course, many of these proposed relations will not measure up to a genealogical proof standard. The connections draw from millions of member trees, and not all of those members are as diligent as you are about checking the facts when clicking those shaky leaves. You can choose to connect a Facebook account to learn which Facebook friends are your relatives, and then blast out the news of your discov- eries on Facebook, Snapchat, or WhatsApp. Clearly Ancestry is ready for us to "go viral" and bring a whole new set of users to our favorite hobby - and to their company's services, natch!

One exciting feature is the ability to find relatives who are nearby - within 500 yards. If a group of users launch the app's Nearby feature at the same time, they can discover which of their own proposed cous- ins are present.

We might enjoy testing this feature at an upcoming CIG meeting or genealogy event.

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By Nancy L. Ratay

We are starting a new genealogy year. Our next Reunion meeting is in November, so I hope to see some of you then. Bring your questions. With sporadic turnouts I have not been preparing a specific topic for our work- shop. If you have something that you really need help with please feel free to email me with the question before the workshop. Then I will be sure to have materials about it. My email is: [email protected]

This article is updated from a Reunion 10 article from 4 years ago and will go over the types of charts and uses of them. Using the tools in the chart sub -program requires actual demonstration and is too complicated for an article. If this is something you are interested in, please be sure to let me know so we can cover it in the workshop.

To begin you need to be on the Family Card of the cou- ple or person about whom you are making the chart. When you click on the Charts button in the Navbar, you will get this window in the center. You then have a choice of making the charts listed: pedigree, descend- ant, fan, relative, timeline, cascading pedigree. As al- ways there is a ? at the bottom of the window that will take you directly to the subject in the manual.

Pedigree, Descendant and Relative charts have Layout choices in a pop -up bar. This allows you to choose which pieces of data you want included with each person on the chart. Be careful how many of these you select. It may make it more difficult to fit the chart onto standard sized paper. You can set up your own specific layouts so you can repeat them later. A note here: if you want a wall -size chart, you can set the page size to your frame size, save the chart as a pdf and take it to FedEx -Kinko’s, Office Max, or Staples to have them print it for you.

Pedigree : A pedigree chart begins with one person and moves backward in time showing the par- ents of each person on the tree. It is the most used of all the charts. Choices include which person you want the pedigree for, how many generations do you wish it to show, instructions for pruning out some people (marked ancestors only, removing duplicates, using privacy filtering), if you want the person’s pre- ferred picture included, and if you want to limit it to one page.

Descendant : A descendant chart is exactly that – it shows all the descendants of the current couple. This would especially helpful for a family reunion to show how all the descendants are related. Choices include number of generations, pruning (use bold children only, use marked descendants only, remove duplicates, privacy filtering), and use of preferred picture.

Fan : A fan chart is similar to a pedigree chart and differs only in the graphic design of the chart. Reunion only allows you to select the number of generations, pruning out marked ancestors and select- ing which person the chart will be about. It does not put in dates or places. Other choices for the format- ting occur in the charting program.

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Relative : A relative chart starts with the person you select and will chart both up and down your fa- mily tree for the blood relatives of the selected person. You can select how many generations up and down you wish to include. Your can also prune marked relatives only or use privacy filtering. Again, you have a choice to use preferred pictures or not.

Timeline : A timeline chart will show the lifespans of people as a horizontal bar. You can chart all of your database, marked people only or descendants of current couple. If you select current couple you will get a choice of number of generations, using bold children only, using marked descendants only, including spouses. Lastly you are asked to select if you want a time span. When you click that box year limit boxes will appear. You can have the names of people displayed last name first or first name first. I might use this chart to see all the people who lived in a specific town during a certain time period. This is where you would use the find and mark functions to narrow down your database for the chart. Play with this one – it’s interesting what you can see (sample below)!

Cascading Pedigree : A cascading pedigree is what is used when you are putting the pedigree strict- ly on regular notebook sized paper. The charts will put 4-5 generations per page and will number your charts so you can follow lines at the end of each page to their own new pages. This chart selection is not editable like the others and has fewer choices to set it up. You can select the number of generations you want and then whether you want 4 or 5 generations per page. You can append an index, use marked an- cestors only or remove duplicates. This chart can be set up with or without boxes around each person and their information. You can select which fonts you want used and the title of the pages. From there it seems that your only choice is to print, but remember you can make a pdf from the print window if you want to pre- view the chart before you waste paper choosing what you want. You can then print from the pdf if you choose or send it via email to others. This chart is the one most people started with for their own family.

Once you get into the chart sub -program there many, many items to choose from including how the con- necting lines go, what colors the boxes are, what kind of corners they have, whether you have gradient col- ors or shadows on the boxes, what size fonts are used, what the title says, what kind of border you want. You can even alter the text on the chart (it will not affect your database). You can add footers, or text com- ment boxes. The list goes on – which is why it is better to see this demonstrated than try to cover it all in this article. So if you want to know more about specific charts and how to personalize them, send me an email so we can answer questions in November! I will also bring samples of the various charts.

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Welcome to Linda’s Library Corner! by Linda Hartlaub Pour yourself a cup of tea, pull up a comfy chair and we will talk about books es- sential to our genealogical pursuits.

This month I am presenting a book I consider essential to every genealogist’s desk. Evidence Ex- plained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace (Third Edition) by the high priestess of citations, Elizabeth Shown Mills.

I admit to the error of my ways. When I first started genealogy, I collected names, dates and places with no thought of ever having to prove where I obtained the information. It was on my tree and that was good enough for me. Then I began some collaboration, and when I was asked where did you find that information - well, stammer, ahem, and then I began to reinvent myself and my tree. And let’s not mention the websites I’ve lost over time. Just write down the info and I can always go back and get more information later. Right? Wrong.

Enter Elizabeth Shown Mills. Although Evidence Explained is a reference book, and a hefty one at that, there is so much information to be garnered from its pages! You can use it as a simple refer- ence. Do you need to cite a specific website? An heirloom? A privately written letter? You can use the index to find out whatever information you are looking for. However, I recommend that you read the first two chapters (about 90 pages): Fundamentals of Evidence Analysis and Fundamentals of Citation. These two chapters give an overview of what is acceptable evidence and what is not, com- pleteness of research, objectivity, legal terminology and more, together with a general overview of citations. With these two chapters under your belt, you can locate and comprehend the reasoning for the documentation and evidence you are using, and how to write a valid citation in order to prove to others and yourself how you determined what sources to use.

The following chapters include Archives & Artifacts; Business & Institutional Records; Cemetery Records; Census Records; Church Records; Local & State Records (including Courts & Govern- ance; Licenses, Registrations, Rolls & Vital Records; and Property & Probates); National Govern- ment Records; and Publications (including Books, CDs, Maps, Leaflets & Videos; Legal Works & Government Documents; and Periodicals, Broadcasts & Web Miscellanea). No stone is left un- turned. Each chapter is prefaced by “QuickCheck Models” - a quick look at the various types of cita- tions - followed by Guidelines and Examples.

Keep Evidence Explained handy at your desk, dining room table, or wherever you work on your ge- nealogy. Once you get into the habit of adding citations and citing your work, you won’t regret it. In fact, you may become such a fan of citations, you may begin to proselytize to other genealogists about how it has changed not only your work product, but how you approach research.

Elizabeth Shown Mills, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace (Third Edition) , Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 2015. 892 pages. Available from Amazon.com (be careful of which edition you order), Genealogical Publishing Co. (www.genealogical.com ). Barnes and Noble did not have a current edition on sale at my last check.

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Are You a Colorado First Family?

As genealogists, we're proud of where we came from and the stories of our ancestors' travels, lives, and histories. And we're proud of our ancestors' contributions to the plac- es in which they settled and raised their families.

The Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies, common- ly known as the Council, administers the First Families of Colorado program whereby descendants of Colorado pio- neer families receive certificates of lineage honoring their Colorado heritage. The certificates are handsome, very suitable for framing (I'm sure most of them are), and memorialize Colorado early families. The First Families of Colorado Recognition Program has been in place since 1983, and so far, hundreds of descendants have submitted proofs of lineage to Colorado ancestors and received certificates. The people who apply for and receive the certificates often include their children and grandchildren, giving proof of a personal connection to Colorado. You can see the names of these descendants and their pioneer connec- tions at: http://www.cocouncil.org/documents/PioneerList.pdf.

There are three categories of recognition: First Family , whereby an ancestor must have been born in, or settled in, the land area of what is now Colorado, before 28 February, 1861.

Territorial Family , whereby an ancestor must have been born in, or settled in, a territory that is now Colorado, between 28 February 1861 and 1 August 1876.

Centennial Family , whereby an ancestor must have been born in, or settled in, Colorado at least 100 years prior to the date of Centennial Family application.

You may learn more about the First Families program at: http://www.cocouncil.org/familyrecognition.html Applicants need not be current residents of Colorado. Indeed, many descendants do not reside in Colorado, but proudly remember their Colorado heritage. Applicants may submit documenta- tion tracing their ancestors' activities and existence in Colorado by way of census records, church records, and birth, marriage and death records. For an application, visit http://cocouncil.org/familyrecognition.html .

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Disaster Planning Guide

Melissa Barker, aka The Archive Lady , knows all too well what can hap- pen to important papers and artifacts as well as data when a disaster hits. Whether it is fire, flood or simply a computer failure, Melissa has cre- ated a guide at Legacy Family Tree entitled Disaster Planning for the Genealogist .

Disasters happen everywhere. Natural disasters happen many times without warning and can be devastating. Manmade disasters can also happen without warning, but sometimes can be prevented. Genealogists who experience a disaster which affects the safety of their genealogical records know how destructive these disasters can be. It is important to protect and preserve genealogical records against the effects of a disas- ter.

The Disaster Planning for the Genealogist Legacy QuickGuide™ contains useful information includ- ing the duties of the “Home Archivist,” creating a Disaster Preparedness Plan as well as how to deal with specific types of disasters. Also included are links to websites and resources covering archival resources and more. This handy 4 -page PDF guide priced at $2.95 can be used on your computer or mobile device for anytime access.

Take a minute not to just download the guide, but read it and seriously consider what would happen if you lost treasured family heirlooms or research data related to your genealogy. You can at least minimize damage from various disasters, if not prevent such damage all together. http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/05/

Guide to DNA Testing

Richard Hill has written a genealogist’s Guide to DNA Testing . It is available as a Kindle ebook on Amazon for $2.99, updated to cover new tests and addi- tional information. The Guide is intended to be a short, easy -to -understand introduction for people who aren’t yet interested enough to devote more time to the subject.

http://www.dna -testing -adviser.com/Richard -Hill.html

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Announcement from Family Search on Microfilm Circulation

September 7, 2017, marked the closing of an 80 -year era of historic records access to usher in a new, digital model. FamilySearch discontinued its microfilm circulation services in concert with its commit- ment to make billions of the world’s historic records readily accessible digitally online . As its remaining microfilms are digitized, FamilySearch has provided additional information to users of its historic micro- film program. FamilySearch, a global leader in historic records preservation and access, began microfilming historic records in 1938. Advancements in technology have enabled it to be more efficient, making an unbe- lievable tide of digital images of historic records accessible much quicker online and to a far greater customer base. FamilySearch released a list of helpful facts and tips to help patrons better navigate the transition from microfilm to digital.

Now that film ordering has ended, if customers need access to a particular film yet to be digitized, they can express interest to have it added to the priority digitization list by contacting FamilySearch Support (Toll Free: 1 -866 -406 -1830). • All of the microfilm rented by patrons in the past 5 years have now been digitized by Family Search —over 1.5 million microfilms (ca. 1.5 billion images). • The remaining microfilms are being digitally scanned at a rate of 1,000 films per day and are projected to be complete by 2020. • New digital images are available as they are scanned in the FamilySearch.org Catalog. • Films currently on loan in family history centers and affiliate libraries are automatically granted ex- tended loan status. • Affiliate libraries now have access to nearly all of the restricted image collections as family history centers. Visitors to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City will still be able to order needed microfilms to use during their research visits.

Digital image collections can be accessed today in three places on FamilySearch.org, all under Search: Catalog includes a description of all the microfilms and digital images in the FamilySearch collection. This is where all of FamilySearch's digitized microfilm and new digital images from its global camera operations are being published. A camera icon appears in the Catalog adjacent to a microfilm listing when it is available digitally. Records includes collections that have been indexed by name or published with additional waypoints to help browse the unindexed images. Books include digital copies of books from the Family History Library and other libraries, including many books that were previously copied to microfilm.

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More Genealogy News

Reveal Your Unique Story Through DNA and Family History

Free DNA Webinar Saturday, September 23, 2017, 11:00 am EDT Hosted by Lisa Louise Cooke, Diahan Southard, & Beth Forester https://events.genndi.com/register/169105139238464863/a65a2c57c6

Equifax Data Breach, Genealogy and You

What, you may be asking, does the Equifax data breach this week have to do with genealogy? https://dna -explained.com/2017/09/09/equifax -data -breach -genealogy -and -you/

Jewish Genealogy Society Seminar

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Colorado will be presenting a seminar on October 15th with Lisa Louise Cooke. Open to member and non -members. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to https://jgsco.org/eventListings.php?nm=20

Sunday, October 15, 2017 Presenter: Lisa Louise Cooke, genealogist, author and producer of genealogy related videos and podcasts

Location: Jewish Community Center Social Hall, 350 S. Dahlia St, Denver Time: 8:00 am until 3:30 pm

In Memory The Colorado genealogy community was saddened by the recent death of Pamela Smith, past president and treasurer of the Colorado Genealogical Society, and past president of the Colorado (and also National) Palatines to America. Pam died on August 29, 2017. Her service was held on September 7 in Englewood, Colorado.

Scrapbooking Your Memories A few members have expressed interest in starting a group that would meet to do family history and genealogy scrapbooking. If this interest you, please email Lynette Dick at [email protected] or Lori Collins at [email protected]

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17 September 16, 2017 1:30 pm Program Meeting “Resources in Your Local Family History Library” Speaker: Brian Palmer

October 21, 2017 1:30 pm Specialty Workshop Meeting

November 18, 2017 1:30 pm Software Workshop Meeting

No Meeting December January 20, 2017 1:30 pm Program Meeting Contact Us “Family Search” Speaker: Cina Johnson [email protected]

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Software Workshop Meeting

Sat. November 18, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. Welcome to our 2017 genealogy meetings at the Sessions: Central Denver Public Library, Family Tree Maker 14th & Broadway,

Legacy Family Tree 7th Floor Meeting Room RootsMagic Reunion for Mac In This Issue Legacy Family Tree • From the President

• - Program Meeting CIG CGS Spring Seminar • About Our Seminar Speaker

Sat. January 20, 2018 @ 1:30 p.m. • It’s All Relative “The Many Resources of Family Search” • RootsMagic Speaker: Cina Johnson • Legacy 9 Family Tree

• Family Tree Maker • Computer Viruses

No Meeting in December • AncestryDNA

• Have a great Holiday! Reunion 11 for Mac • WikiTree

• Linda’s Library Corner

• DNA Workshop

• Historic Map Works

The mission of the Computer From the President Interest Group: To inform and update members as well as the larger genealogical Lori Collins community about the use of technology, especially soft- ware computer programs and emerging resources, in genealogical research. Bring a Friend to CIG Welcome to theNovember and December issue of our Newsletter. This is my favorite time of year. It reminds me of my childhood. The air is crisp, and the Have a friend interested smells of the turkey cooking and cookies baking just makes me feel warm in Genealogy? Bring them inside. The holiday lights and music makes this time of year so magical. I’ve to our meetings. also noticed that people seem to be friendlier this time of year. It makes me feel so good. I hope that you feel the same.

Genealogy research has come a long way since in the last century. When I was at the Black History Heritage Festival, I met quite a few people that were just wonderful. But, one woman in particular was amazing to listen to. She is 88 years old. When her husband was alive, they worked together on their family tree. It was so interesting to listen to her. So, it doesn’t matter who you talk to, someone has something neat to talk about.

In Sunday’s coupons, I saw an ad that read: Discover Your Ancestry -Unlock your DNA for answers! It also says:

DETERMINE Your Ancestor’s Origins FIND Your Modern Population Matches PERSONALIZED Results and Report

The company is called HomeDNA .

Their website says it is easy, affordable and makes at-home genetic testing accessible. What I found to be interesting is that they have tests for Pets, Yes, Diahan Southard Pets! The tests for Pets is: Mixed Breed Dog Identification DNA test and Life CGS/CIG Spring Seminar Plan, Cat DNA Health Screen and Life Plan and Dog DNA Health Screen and Saturday, April 18, 2018 Life Plan.

For the human DNA test, they also have Healthy Weight, Skin Care, Joint Care, Paternity and Vitagene Health Report and Ancestry. I do not know a lot about this new business and how they compare with 23andMe, Ancestry, MyHeritage, Family Tree DNA and the rest. I think time will tell if this company will make it. As long as their testing proves to be as good as the rest, then it could become a great competitor. Check their website for pricing. If you try one of these tests, please let us know how it works for you.

I hope that I will see you at our next meeting on November 18 . We will have a short business meeting and then go into our Program Workshops.

I want to WISH all of you Happy Holidays and I hope that if you are traveling, you Thursday, have safe travels. See you in January when Cina Johnson will speak on November 23, 2017 FamilySearch.

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Upcoming CIG Program:

Saturday, November 18, 2017 from 1:30 -3:30 p.m.

Software Workshop Meeting

Upcoming CGS Program:

Saturday, Diahan Southard, Molecular Genealogist and Founder of “Your DNA Guide” November 18, 2017 from 10am -12 noon

“Pueblo’s Working CIG & CGS Spring Seminar Class Foundation”: Saturday, April 14, 2018 Pueblo During the 1920s The Colorado Genealogical Society and the Computer Interest by James Walsh Group are excited to present Diahan Southard as our speaker at the joint CGS and CIG Spring Seminar, Saturday, April 14, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The seminar will be held in the Lower Level

Conference Room at the Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., in Downtown Denver. ********************** Diahan will present four programs on genetic genealogy:

Both the Colorado Ge- • Five Tips to Make Sense of Your DNA Testing nealogy Society and • Making Y -DNA and mtDNA Part of Your Family History the Computer Interest • Three Powerful Ways to Find Your Best Matches • Group are meeting in A Day Out With Your DNA the 7th Floor Confer- Cost: Materials Fee $35. ence Room at the main Denver Public Library Register begins November 18. Download a flyer here. in downtown Denver on Diahan will also present a special workshop “Connecting Your DNA the 3rd Saturday of Matches” on Friday, 13 April 2018, 2 -4:30 pm, at Denver Public each month (excluding Library. This hands -on workshop will help you analyze your DNA December, July and results. After her lecture, attendees will complete a case study August. using a 10 page workbook. Cost $25. includes workbook. Registration for this workshop is limited to 40 attendees. ******************* *Registration will be through Diahan's web site also beginning on November 18. 3 4

Upcoming CIG Programs: CIG email addresses:

[email protected] Saturday, November 18, 2017 1:30pm Software Workshop Meeting [email protected] RootsMagic [email protected] Family Tree Maker Legacy Family Tree Reunion for Mac Legacy Family Tree

Saturday, January 20. 2018 1:30pm – July 1, 2017 October 31, 2017 “The Many Resources of Family Search” Income $ 42.72 Speaker: Cina Johnson Expenses ($236.55) Cina will continue her morning talk to Total ($193.83) CGS, bringing us up -to -date on the newest features and how to efficiently use Family Search.

Time to Renew!

Membership renewals will be sent out Upcoming CGS

soon. Renew online at Programs: https://cigcolorado.org/onlineJoin.php Saturday, November 18, 2017, 10 am “Pueblo’s Working Class Foundation” Speaker: James Walsh

Based upon census data from

1920 and the coal miners' strike Happy Hanukkah Happy of 1927 -8, James will look at specific ethnic communities in Pueblo and surrounding mining camps, immigration patterns, and worker resistance and solidarity.

Saturday, January 20, 2018, 10 am Speaker: Cina Johnson

Cina will bring you up -to -date on the newest features and how to efficiently use Family Search. Cina will continue her presentation at the CIG Happy Holidays from CIG meeting at 1:30pm.

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Introducing Our Seminar Speaker It’s All Relative

from Karen Tobo

Diahan Southard

After getting bitten by the DNA bug as a high school student, Diahan went on to study at Brigham Young University where she earned a This month, the hilarious author A. J. Jacobs has Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology. She worked released his latest book, It's All Relative: before and after graduation for the Sorenson Adventures Up and Down the World Family Tree. Molecular Genealogy Foundation, one of the It all started with an email from an eighth cousin in first efforts to create a correlated genetic and Israel, and culminated with thousands of cousins genealogical database. meeting in New York to sing "We Are Family" and Growing up with the budding genetic genealogy learn about their heritage. If your own relatives industry lead her to her current position as Your enjoyed his earlier book, The Year of Living DNA Guide, where she provides personalized, Biblically and Drop Dead Healthy, try gifting them interactive experiences to assist individuals and a copy to see if his madcap adventures families in interpreting their genetic results in the discovering massive online trees and planning the context of their genealogical information. That Global Family Reunion will encourage them to means she can take you step by step through give your favorite hobby another look. No time to any kind of DNA test in a way that you will visit A. J. in New York or catch the book tour? understand, and even enjoy! Try asking CIG member Karen Tobo to sign the She has been pleased to lecture in many areas bottom of page 285, where she appears in the including both national and local conferences, Acknowledgements section for her work from hundreds to handfuls. You will walk away connecting cousins in advance of the big reunion. from an interaction with her feeling like she is fun, upbeat, and full of energy. You might also be surprised to leave feeling that you really can do this DNA thing! This is because she has a passion for genetic genealogy, a genuine love for people, and a gift for making the technical understandable.

Diahan is the author of several quick guides on genetic genealogy, a regular contributor to Genealogy Gems , featured writer for Family Tree Magazine, regular contributor to Genealogy Today, as well as many other small writing engagements.

You can follow Diahan on Twitter at @DNAdiahan. You may also contact her via

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RootsMagic

By Lori Collins

Hopefully by now, you have all heard of the Ancestry TreeShare and WebHints. Have any of the RootsMagic users, used it yet? You’re in luck if you belong to CIG’s RootsMagic Workshop because we will be going over it on November 18. If you haven’t tried it, I hope that you will at least look at it and give it a try. Make sure you have the update of 7.5.0.0. This will bring you to the addition of Ancestry and WebHints update. For users of RootsMagic, just go to the Internet tab and go to where it says TreeShare. It will ask you to sign into Ancestry (if you have an account). If you do, it will ask you to download an Ancestry Member Tree to your RootsMagic program or you can upload your RootsMagic tree to a new Ancestry Member Tree.

There is a lot of help available to us for getting all of this done. There are tutorial videos and a Help section that will give you a lot of help. The name of the video is called “Getting Started with TreeShare and WebHints for Ancestry”. It is located on RootsMagic TV YouTube channel.

The reason that I decided to write about this again is with the Holidays coming, what better time is there then to get with family and work on your genealogy. Maybe you can give your Aunt or cousin a RootsMagic program. Then you would have more people and resources that would be working on the same family line.

I hope that this will help you out and will give you more avenues to follow.

Calendars Mugs Christmas is a wonderful time to remember loved ones with personal gifts using Family Photos . Coasters Many of these can be done on your home printer. Office supply stores have a Stationary variety of papers for these uses. Walgreens, Shutterfly and Vista Print are Ornaments among companies that will make these for you. Photo cubes Magnets Photo Greeting Cards

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Legacy Family Tree “IntelliMurder”

Taken from Legacyfamilytree.com

The Legacy Staff affectionately calls the Advanced Set Living tool "IntelliMurder." You can access it by going to Tools > Advanced Set Living .

Legacy will go through your file and kill off people that are most assuredly dead. The default is set at 120 years old or older but you can tweak this as needed. Legacy already kills some people for you even if they don't have death dates. If you have entered a birth date that puts them older than what you have set in Customize > Options > Data Entry > Option 2.3 , Legacy will change them to deceased.

IntelliMurder goes a step further. If you have not entered a birth date Legacy will use the surround- ing people and other information to determine if the person should be dead.

Why is this so important? If you do any sort of export and use privacy options to privatize living people you will end up privatizing people from the 1700s that weren't automatically marked as de- ceased. Also, if you add people to FamilySearch and they are dead but still marked as living, no one can see these people except for you.

When you run the Advanced Set Living, a Search List will be created listing everyone who was killed off so you can always double check.

Michele Simmons Lewis, CG ® ,Legacy Family Tree team at MyHeritage

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Family Tree Maker and Source Citations By David Nelson

The release of FTM2017 (FTM3, Mac) includes templates defined by Elizabeth Shown Mills in her 2007 book “Evidence Explained”. Our November 18 th Family Tree Maker workshop meeting will include a look at adding source citations using the Mill’s templates and other citation guides. While we can agree on the need for source citations for each fact, making the actual entries often needs help. Ancestry.com users merging data often rely on an automated source citation. The automated citations are helpful and easy to add to the user data base. I have found my source list growing with multiple copies of census citations, fortunately the duplicates can be merged. Other citation systems are often used and mixed in in addition to the Mill’s guides for example “The Chicago Manuel of Style”. The objective of citations is always to let the reader of our family history research know where we obtained a data fact and where the reader might go to verify the data. The basics are always the same: who created or authored the data, title of the source data set or document, where the source data was created and where it can be found, when was the data created, and information on the format of the source media such as electronic files, book, letters, etc. Some of the sources are readily accessible by the public, other sources are in private collections and largely unavailable to family researchers. Time is the enemy of some data, headstones weather, ink fades and paper deteriorates. Accounts of facts and stories may be in narrative text. Original sources are replaced with abstracts and secondary derivatives. The citation should capture these kinds of data, so the reader can assess data validity and to find and view the data. I favor Keith Riggle as a reviewer for FTM. He notes little change in FTM core functions and cites four improvements at http://genealogytools.com/family -tree -maker -2017 -review/ : 1. Integration of searches on FamilySearch (FS): Searches have produced new leads and the source citation created in FTM turns out to be multiple citations, some noting a vague “data contributed by members”. 2. FamilySync: This replaces TreeSync which now syncs multiple copies of one Ancestry tree and is faster and after being initiated works in the background. 3. Color Coding: This is a new feature that enables you to assign up to four different colors to a person and their ancestors, and can also be used for filtered lists. 4. Photo Darkroom: This feature in the Media workspace has three levels for darkening faded black and white photos. Separate settings are covered under Advanced Settings for Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness. The updated Companion Guide describes Darkroom use. The Riggle review also describes seven changes moving toward compliance with GEDCOM 5.5.1 and the review is followed by over 140 reader comments, many with helpful insights. I hope we can share our issues and solutions at the November 18 workshop meeting. Bring yours.

8 9 Can You Block Computer Viruses?

By Lori Collins I know we all remember the WannaCry virus. That virus affected over 200,000 computers in about 150 countries. When the persons who made this virus infected your computer, they wanted payment in Bitcoins. Bitcoins are a cryptocurrency and digital payment system called the first decentralized digital currency that work without a central repository or single administrator 1. At the current time, Bitcoins were untraceable.

As I was reading about all of this, the article said that a couple months before the virus happened, Microsoft had come out with an update that would have blocked the virus from attacking your computer. But, many people ignored the update.

To better prepare yourself for another bad virus, they offer a few ideas:

1. Have a good anti -virus software program installed on your computer and make sure it is updated.

2. Back up your important files to an external drive or put them on a USB drive or some other remote storage place.

3. Do not click on links that are sent to you or open any attachments that you do not know where they came from. One way hackers gain control of your computer is through an at- tachment in your email account. A way to not be tempted to open it, is to delete them right away. Just remember, if you do not know who the email is from. then DELETE, DELETE, DELETE.

4. Make sure the Windows software that came with your computer was purchased through a reputable licensed retailer, and you register it with Microsoft immediately.

1Wikipedia source page from Google’s search

Ancestry Adds Options to Share or to Not Share DNA Information Ancestry has announced a new update to its popular DNA service: an option to share DNA information or to keep the information private. In a statement released recently, the company states: "Customers can now decide if they want to have access to the list of people they may be related to and be shown as a potential family member for other customers with whom they share DNA. While connecting family is one of the main benefits of our service, we also recognize that not everyone is open to discovering their extended family."

9 10 Find Feature

by Nancy Ratay

Our next Reunion meeting is November 18, so I hope to see some of you then. Bring your questions. With sporadic turnouts I have not been preparing a specific topic for our workshop. If you have something that you really need help with please feel free to email me with the question before the workshop. Then I will be sure to have materials about it. My email is: nratay@ng -tek.com . I have already been asked about setting up the Reunion link to ReunionTouch ($9.99 at the app store) which we can discuss and demonstrate at the meeting. You have to have a Dropbox account to do this. It is free for up to 2G of data. I really haven’t had a problem with storing quite a bit on Dropbox. I have over 17,000 people in my database. Even with photos the file is only 83M.

Now to the Find Feature. We use (or should be using) a find function in many applications. You can often use it in a searchable pdf to locate a specific word, surname or place. The Find Feature in Reunion can be equally helpful. As an example I have several times asked it to locate all the people born, married or died in a certain location.

The Find window looks like the screenshot to the right. On the left are Presets . There are already 23 presets you can click on and they will set up the Conditions box for you. If none of those are what you need, you’ll need to set up conditions yourself. Think of this like an advanced Google search inside the program.

There are many choices in the Conditions window. First is a pop -up listing of all the fields that are available to search. Think of this as a Where to Look . The next column tells us How to Look . This pop -up may change according to what field you are searching (text as opposed to numbers or dates). Is asks for specific matching to a word, number, or words. This will only turn up exact matches. Is not does the opposite. You’ll get all the people that don’t exactly match what you entered. Before and After are useful for dates. Contains is probably the most useful because I know I can’t always remember exactly how I might have entered some data. For instance, you could put in a county name only in the search box for a place if you have a town name like Acquackanonk which is beastly to spell. Doesn’t Contain is the opposite. The next four are other ways of allowing spelling variations. Has Citation is asking for a citation number. When you are looking for other number fields you might also get the choices of equal, greater than or less than.

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(Reunion for Mac continued)

I suggest to begin using this with a simple search or one of their presets. Some of the presets are fun and interesting. As with any of the Reunion functions this can be as complex or as simple as you are ready for. When you are more familiar with searching techniques you can add on the operators and/or.

The bottom third of the Find window has a very useful tool called Find relationship between two people . This could be very useful to you when you’re figuring out DNA relationships if you have both parties entered in your database. Start in the Family View window and navigate to the person you wish to compare. When you go to the Find window that person and their spouse will be listed in the Person 1 and Person 2 fields. Have the People list open on the right side. Go to the person you wish to compare. Click and drag (don’t just click) the name into the other box than the one you wish to compare. Then click Find Relationship button. For instance, I brought in one of my Thusius cousins along with my card, and it told me that we were Half 3C1R and listed the common ancestor. I have done a lot of collateral research so this is often quite useful.

At the very bottom is Find and Replace . Like any word processing program this can search for certain entries and change them to something else. For instance let’s suppose I misspelled that town name above as Akwakanonk. Then I went on and entered more people and used the auto -place fill so I had a lot of people listed with the wrong spelling in their place data. I can enter the misspelling in the box and tell it to change all occurrences of that with Acquackanonk. No searching by hand. There are a couple of other ways to correct this sort of error, but I find it nice to have more than one choice for correcting the database.

Finally, as with all of the windows in Reunion, you will find a ? in the bottom left corner. Clicking on this with the Find window open will take you directly to the Help Manual entry for the Find Window. No need to wonder what it was called in the Table of Contents.

WikiTree — “Do You Triangulate Well?”

From Karen Tobo The DNA project leaders at WikiTree recently announced a new Triangulator badge for genetic genealogists. To be eligible, a member needs to have added the appropriate citations for each parent -child relationship for three or more distant cousins (beyond third cousins) who share a phased segment measuring 11 cM or more back to their shared ancestral couple. It's a novel idea for recognizing those who have learned the concept of DNA segment triangulation to add genetic evidence to support their genealogical conclusions. With a rigorous review process, so

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Linda’s Library Corner

By Linda Hartlaub

I pulled my copy of They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins off my bookshelf and after reading about twenty pages wondered why on earth I hadn’t read this earlier and used this information in the search for my immigrant ancestors (grandparents and great -grandparents). Loretto Dennis Szucs provides an engaging and well -written look at the various documents used to document our immigrants, together with tidbits that may just lead you to sources you never imagined (Did you know that the Poles in Chicago published their own city directories?). Supplemented with numerous photos and charts, this is a book that is crammed with information.

The photographs in the book are useful to acquaint yourself with the various documents that can be found within the naturalization process. Until the Federal Government stand- ardized the naturalization process, many of the local courts created their own processes and forms, resulting in numerous documents with the same name but differing infor- mation. Knowing what the different forms look like is a benefit when scanning through doc- uments with respect to the immigrants and allows the researcher to identify the particular forms that are available and which will be a benefit.

Ms. Szucs includes a Quick Reference (I call it a cheat sheet) on searching for an immi- grant’s origins; a chart on the abbreviations used, sometimes after the fact, on the records; and timelines for both Immigration Records and Naturalization Records (Chapter 5). She also includes an extensive Immigration Chronology from 1562 - 1990 (Appendix A).

Chapter 6 is an in -depth look at NARA regional offices and the records each office holds. She also breaks down the records by State and which regional NARA office holds which records.

One warning, if you find a source within the book that you think might be helpful to you, be sure to check the bibliography and notes at the end of the chapter you are reading. If it isn’t there, be sure to highlight the source, dog -ear the page, tab it with a sticky note or whatev- er method you choose. Otherwise, you will find yourself muttering I KNOW I saw that refer- ence somewhere in this book! Personal experience.

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(Library Corner continued)

The only real issue I had with the book is that it hasn’t been updat- ed since its original publication. Chapter 7 which deals with internet resources, is woefully outdated. When was the last time you looked at a web page that was located on Geocities? In order to find some of the resources, you will need to resort to a Google search or, per- haps, the use of the Wayback Machine ( http://archive.org/web/ ).

Even though parts of the book are dated and could stand a refresh- er edit, the majority is clearly a benefit to us in researching our im- migrant ancestors.

Loretto Dennis Szucs, They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins , Ancestry Publishing (part of MyFamily.com, Inc., 1998. 292 pages.

Available from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and familyrootspublishing.com (all are priced within fifty cents of each other).

DNA Workshop

By Karen Tobo

An intimate group of CIG members attended the DNA workshop in October. Some of us had heard Blaine Bettinger speak at the LCGS Conference for a Cause, so we discussed his use of GEDmatch's DNA phasing and "evil twin" utilities to weed out false matches among our potential cousins. We discussed one member's use of DNA to research a case of unexpected paternity in recent generations. We viewed another member's new results on AncestryDNA and discussed the limits of autosomal DNA for brick walls that are more than a few generations away. Two members stayed behind to create a new GEDmatch account and upload results from FTDNA for the first time. Would you like your DNA results to be featured in an upcoming workshop? Do you have a burning question about genetic genealogy? Our next workshop meeting will be on Saturday, February 18. Contact CIG member Karen Tobo with your suggestions.

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Favorite Website

Residential Genealogy Online http://www.historicmapworks.com

Would you like to know who lived in your home many years ago? Or perhaps you want to find the home of your ancestors in the 19th century. One online site can help. Historic Map Works has unveiled a way to link people and places throughout history. Historic Map Works is a collection of 19th and early 20th century city, town, and county maps. The detailed maps usually show every building and every street in each city or town. Each single -dwelling home contains the name of the family who resided there, either on or beside the building on the map. Apartment complexes contained the property owner's name. The new site should be of interest to history buffs, genealogy searchers, and real estate agents. Can you imagine the realtor listing the details of a family that used to live in the house being offered for sale? I suspect that amount of detail might increase the sale price! The maps are visible on the web site free of charge while higher quality printed maps are offered for sale. Historic Map Works provides the following description of their site:

Based in Portland Maine, Historic Map Works, LLC is an Internet company formed to create a historic digital map database of North America and the world. Drawing on the largest physical collection of American property atlases of its type, it is our aim to be the single best online destination for map enthusiasts and researchers alike.

In addition to our own atlas collection, we incorporated our scans of the antiquarian world map collection from the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education located at the University of Southern Maine. Combining these collections allows site visitors a vast amount of information spanning several centuries of cartographic information.

Historic Map Works' map collection includes: United States Property Atlases, Antiquarian Maps, Nautical Charts, Birdseye Views, Special Collections (Celestial Maps, Portraits, and other historical images), Directories and other text documents

The vast majority of our database was created by scanning an original map at a high resolution by our team of highly skilled image technicians. After scanning, this team processes out the major imperfections while maintaining the look of an antiquarian map.

Maps are then uploaded and cataloged for viewing on our website. Our technicians geocode each map to a modern map to enable the search by address function. Linking the historic images in our database with geocode data allows visitors to search by modern day address or latitude and longitude coordinates. Other methods to view our maps include browsing by geographic location as well as searching our maps via keywords, town names, makers names, or simply by year.

Prints and giftware are offered for the vast majority of images on our site. A Giclee printing process is used to create the images ordered from our site ensuring an archival print that will remain vibrant for years to come.

The preceding article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2017 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re -published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com .

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