Saturday, February 28, 2015

PGS Educational Events for the Week of 1-7 March 2015

Monday, 2-Mar-15 at 9:30 AM--Memorial Park Cemetery Canvass—9:30-11:30 AM. Meet at the south parking lot at 5750 49th Street N (intersection of 49th St. N. and 54th Ave, west side). Bring your digital camera and sun protection. Water and other refreshments will be provided. Wear your PGS shirt if you have one. Please RSVP to Debbie Schuler: deborah.e.schuler@hotmail.com, (727) 470-9967. Memorial Park Cemetery, 5750 49th St N, St. Pete
 
Monday, 2-Mar-15 at 2:00 PM--The Swedish Research Interest Class will look at several of the databases that provide helpful hints on vocabulary, history, customs, and some transcriptions of vital records.  Gwen Stuler will provide a handout and introduce a web site that provides answers to individual queries.   Anbytarforum -  (http://aforum.genealogi.se). Charest, LH Room, Largo Library.
 
Monday, 2-Mar-15 at 6:00 PM--Family Tree Maker 2012/2014 Basics--Part 6. Smith, LH Room, Largo Library.
 
Tuesday, 3-Mar-15 at 6:00 PM--GENEALOGY PHOTOS: ORGANIZING, MANAGING AND ENHANCING -- This class will demonstrate how to organize and manage your digital genealogy photos so they can be easily found and how to enhance their appearance. This includes cropping, straightening, one-touch fix, removing blemishes, adding captions and text to the photo, making a collage, and much more. All this can be done using Picasa, the powerful free program from Google. Bryan, LH Room, Largo Library.
 
Wednesday, 4-Mar-15 at 10:00 AM--Ancestry.com--Level 1…Basic search techniques for getting the most from this huge collection of databases. Bryan, LH Room, Largo Library.
 
Saturday, 7-Mar-15 at 10:00 AM--Family Tree Maker User Group--Questions & Answers and Demonstration of how to use the Family Tree Maker genealogical database software. Hosmer/Bryan, Jenkins C, Largo Library.

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