Happy New Year! 2020 was a challenging year for all of us, but we made it through and we have a new year ahead of us. Join us for our first meeting in 2021 on Saturday, January 16.
An Introduction to Evernote
Bob Black will be our first speaker with the short class An Introduction to Evernote. Bob briefly mentioned Evernote back in August 2020 during his Mobile Apps for Genealogists presentation. In this talk, he will go into more detail on how to put Evernote to work for you in your genealogy research.
Bob Black retired in 2015 after a 38-year career in healthcare human resources. He has been volunteering at the Family History Center since 2011 and served as Director from 2014 until early 2019. He currently serves as the PCGS Vice President. He has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Brigham Young University. When not working on family history, he works two days a week at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple on Ina and Skyline and spends as much time as he can with his wife, six children, and eleven grandchildren.
Ins and Outs of Indexes – Keys to Unlock Probates, Deeds and More
Mary Kircher Roddy, CG®, is our featured guest speaker with Ins and Outs of Indexes – Keys to Unlock Probates, Deeds and More. Indexes for county records can be the key to finding deeds, probates and more. As FamilySearch continues to digitize and make available more and more records, it’s crucial to be familiar with the different indexing systems and how to use them. After this lecture, when you run across a new index you haven’t seen before, you’ll have the skills to decipher how to use it.
Mary Kircher Roddy, CG®, grew up in San Rafael, California. She earned a Bachelor degree in Liberal Studies from The University of California, Riverside in 1982 and a Master in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas in 1984. She earned a certificate in Genealogy and Family History at the University of Washington in 2005. She was credentialed by the Board for Certification of Genealogists® in 2019, Certificate No. 1113.*
Mary became interested in genealogy in 2000 in anticipation of a sabbatical in Ireland where her husband was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Limerick. She was sure she would complete all her Irish genealogy while her husband taught at UL and her children attended Monaleen school. Fifteen years later, the genealogy is still a work in progress. But the trip to Ireland awakened something deep in her Celtic bloodlines, the Irish tradition of the Seanachi, the storytellers and historians of yore.
Mary frequently lectures around the Seattle area. Her husband’s most recent sabbatical brought them to Sydney, Australia and while he taught at the University of Western Sydney, Mary spent her time swapping research strategies and methodologies with the genealogists at the Botany Bay Family History Society. She is a member of the Seattle Genealogical Society, the Association of Professional Genealogists, and the National Genealogical Society.
Our monthly meetings are from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Arizona time (MST). They are free and open to members and non-members alike. However, participants in our virtual Zoom meetings are required to register in advance. After registering, the registrant will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The link to register for the January 16 meeting is https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sdeqgrDksHtYbguNGVSpqcnCGN7yNZXQS.
The handouts for both lectures are available to PCGS members only on our website in the Secure Download area and the recording of the meeting will be available to members only under Videos: Monthly Meetings area. Not a member? Go to our website’s Join/Renew page and see how easy it is to join online!
DISCLAIMER: We are limited to 100 participants, but Zoom does not stop approving registrations when it reaches the 100 mark. A successful registration does not guarantee a seat in the meeting.
* Certified Genealogist (CG) is a service mark (sm) of the board for Certification of Genealogists® conferred to associates who consistently meet ethical and competency standards in accord with peer-reviewed evaluations every five years.
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