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We had 15 eager learners at the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group on Wednesday, July 13th, including one guest and many recently joined members.
Randy discussed the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree briefly, and passed around the printed syllabus. He then demonstrated the new Google Plus feature on Google (www.google.com), and described Circles, the Stream, Notifications, and Hangouts.
Then it was time for the main event - the Legacy Family Tree Webinar on CDROM, featuring Thomas MacEntee on "Google for Genealogists."
In this 75 minute video, Thomas takes the viewer on a whirlwind tour of many of the Google website's major features, including: Advanced Search; Books; Scholar; Images; Picasa; Documents; Calendar, Mail; Sites; Groups; Translate; Transcription; News; Reader; Alerts; Maps; Earth; and Patents.
Thomas used some of his own research to demonstrate the use of some of the features. We stopped the video every so often when one of the attendees had used one of the features effectively. For instance, several attendees had used Google Maps to find the location and street view of ancestral homes, and had used the Translate feature to write letters and read foreign language web pages in English.
The next meeting of the CVGS Research Group will be Wednesday, August 10th at 12 noon in the Conference Room at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 91910). The group will watch another Legacy Family Tree Webinar on CDROM.
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