Seattle Genealogical Society Saturday, 21 Oct 2017 Dick Eastman….one of 's 2017 Fall Seminar Doors open at 8:00 a.m. biggest names will be Seattle Genealogical Society’s featured speaker for our 2017 Fall Welcome at 9:00 a.m. Registration Form Seminar.

Registration deadline: 15 Oct 2017 9:15 Going Nearly Paperless - How to Get Started Dick is the author This presentation will focus on organizing your of Eastman's Online genealogy materials in a manner to quickly and Genealogy Newsletter, ______easily find your research notes, photocopies, the leading newsletter pictures, and much more. These lessons presented for genealogy news Name will also apply to most other activities in life. This and technology tips as ______presentation will also discuss long-term well as an preservation. Life without paper is great! Mailing Address internationally renowned 10:30 Break speaker on the broad array ______of topics he covers in his newsletter. City, State & Zip Code 11:00 Genealogy Searches on Google - extracting “Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter” the most genealogy information possible from (EOGN) covers genealogy news, as well as ______everyone's favorite search engine. NOTE: There will be no hand-outs for this talk. Audience issues of technology, privacy, digital rights, and Phone # members need only to remember one thing: up-to- access as they relate to genealogy. Through his date information is always available newsletter, Dick share technology “finds” that at http://www.google.com. The PowerPoint slides can help both new and seasoned genealogists, as Email well as dethroning the scams and shams that can will be available online. the unwary astray. Today more than 75,000 12:15 Lunch people read his newsletter and benefit from his Seminar Fees: reviews and tutorials. SGS Member $55 ______1:15 The Organized Genealogist - A look at various ($65 after 15 Oct) methods of organizing record keeping by use of Dick has been honing his vision of the future to Non-Member $65 ______digital techniques. This talk focuses on converting improve our picture of the past for the last 35 ($75 after 15 Oct) paper-based record keeping to all digital records, years. In the mid- 1980’s he proposed a and preserving the digital records for many more genealogy forum: a move by which he built a Lunch Options $12 years than is possible with paper, and making sure community of family historians over the next 14 that information in those publications can be easily years. At the same time, he preached the Roast Beef, cheddar on como roll ______searched and retrieved. benefits of technology to an even wider audience Santa Fe Wrap, chicken/spinach tortilla ______of genealogists, including national and Turkey and Havarti Wrap ______2:30 Break international genealogical organizations, and of Gluten Free Veggie Salad ______(Lunch includes fruit, chips, and cookie) 2:45 Using Online Genealogy Programs - (The course, GENTECH, an organization that helped Next Generation, , OneGreatFamily.com, him to spread his message. Mail your check(S) and completed form(s) or Werelate.org, WikiTree, FamilySearch, etc.) Dick’s dedication to clear writing and register online: instead of a program installed in your own independent opinion has made him and his Seattle Genealogical Society computer. periodical a sought-after source of information, PO Box 15329 commentary, and discussion for twenty years. Seattle, WA 98115-0329 4:00 Adjourn Fairview Christian School 844 NE 78th St., Seattle, WA

(Parking Entrance located off of 79th St.) Directions: From the North: Take I-5 South to Exit 172. Take ramp to N. 85th St. toward NE 80th St. Bear left onto NE 80th St. Turn right onto 8th Ave NE. Turn left onto NE 79th St. From the South: Take I-5 North to Exit 171. Follow Fall Seminar the ramp right for WA-522 East/ Lake City Way, NE. Turn sharp left onto NE 80thSt. Turn left onto "Becoming a More Roosevelt Way NE. Turn right onto NE 79th St. Organized and Effective Genealogist"

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http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org 0329 or call SGS - Dick Eastman! (206) 522-8658 21 Oct 2017 Come prepared for the SGS Book Sale ! 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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