Sunday, July 10, 2011

"Wikis for Genealogy Collaboration" at NSDCGS COGG Meeting on Tuesday, 12 July

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The Computer Oriented Genealogy Group Meeting (COGG), of the North San Diego County Genealogical Society (NSDCGS), is on Tuesday, 12 July from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Carlsbad City Council Chambers (1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad CA 92008), and is open to the public.

Randy Seaver will present "Wikis for Genealogy Collaboration." 

The program synopsis and Randy's biography:

"What is a wiki, and why do I care?   A wiki is a website that permits easy creation and editing of interlinked web pages using a markup language or WYSIWYG text editor. Wiki software is used to create collaborative and community websites, corporate intranets and knowledge management systems. The origin of the word: “Wiki-wiki” in Hawaii means something quick and fast. The best online example is Wikipedia – the online collaborative encyclopedia.

"In this presentation, Randy will show and demonstrate some of the currently available wikis for genealogy that permit collaboration on genealogy information and family trees. The benefits and drawbacks of contributing to, and participating in, collaborative efforts will be discussed.

"Randy Seaver is a native San Diegan, a graduate of San Diego State University in Aerospace Engineering, and a retired aerodynamics engineer with a 38-year career at Rohr/Goodrich in Chula Vista. His ancestry is mainly colonial New England and Upper Atlantic, with some colonial German, French and Dutch forbears, and several 19th-century English immigrants.

"Randy’s activities include serving the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (former President, currently Newsletter Editor and Research Chairman); speaking occasionally to Southern California societies, libraries and groups; teaching Beginning Computer Genealogy senior adult classes at OASIS; and writing the Genealogy 2.0 column for the FGS’s FORUM Magazine. He is a member of NGS, NEHGS, SDGS, and CGSSD, and blogs daily about genealogy subjects at Genea-Musings, The Geneaholic, and the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe."

If you live in North County, and want to meet me live and in person, or just want to know about Wikis for Genealogy, please come to this meeting.

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