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Special Meeting Sat. Apr 26 ~ 10:00 AM til Noon

[pullquote]Open to anyone interested in genealogy.[/pullquote] Share your best information about how you found your ancestor and/or your brick wall, resources you used and what you found.

ALSO… We will have a short course on Excel. Using Excel to build a timeline and
> How to sort information by date, event or source.

PLUS… Also NARA OPA (Online Public Access) & how to use it with the census to locate ancestors, & the power of “Control F ” in research.

Meeting will be held at the Nichols Library in Gadsden at 1 Cabot Ave. Map to library.

Heartbleed Bug: Checklist on what sites have been patched

Heartbleed bug: Check which sites have been patched – A compiled list of the top 100 sites across the Web, and checked to see if the Heartbleed bug was patched. Be aware that such a list will be updated as more information is available.

Did Ya Miss The Swap Meet?

Geez! How COULD you do that! It was amazing. It was fun. And YOU missed it!

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Well — so did I. Your NEAGS Site Admin — ME — missed it. My excuse is … you ready? Sick, sick, sick. Trust me! No one would have wanted me there.

But from everything I have heard and read — this was one NOT to be missed. From the Dinner Theater night to the Saturday event. Well, drat! Snif & Boo hoo!

Bet you feel exactly the same way I do … that is, if you missed it too.

Topics for Sat, Mar 22nd Ancestor Swap Meet

Morning session: Step-by-Step: Locating Your Civil War Ancestors Using a record-based approach, learn to find the basic records of your Civil War Ancestor. A review of basic military records will be presented by following a solider throughout all available records, including Pensions (online and textual). Afternoon session 1: Local Records & Manuscripts By examining a… Read More »

What IS a Genealogy Swap Meet?

The “Swap Meet” provides LEARNING opportunities. People who love to do genealogy also LOVE to share genealogy. The “Swap Meet” is NEAGS’ way of SHARING information & knowledge not only to our community but state-wide for a day of focused activity. The “Swap Meet” is a way of MEETING new people who have like interests — perhaps in the… Read More »