Monday, April 22, 2013

CVGS Meeting on Wednesday, 24 April: Randy Seaver Presents "Searching Ancestry.com Effectively"


 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24th  GENERAL MEETING
from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Randy Seaver– “Searching Ancestry.com Effectively”
At Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street in Chula Vista) Auditorium

Ancestry.com has many wonderful features--a lavish buffet where it is hard to choose what to use and how to use it. Randy will discuss the effective use of such features as the "new" search algorithms, basic or advanced search forms, exact or ranked matches, full names or wild cards, specific or all databases, restricted or whole collection, browsing collections, and site navigation.

Randy Seaver is a native San Diegan. His ancestry is mainly colonial New England and Upper Atlantic, with some colonial German, French and Dutch forebears, and several 19th-century English immigrants. He has been pursuing his elusive ancestors since 1988, and has been online since 1992.


Randy is a former President of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society, and is currently the Newsletter Editor and Research Chair. He speaks to Southern California societies, libraries and groups, and teaches "Beginning Computer Genealogy" adult classes at OASIS. He is a member of NGS, NEHGS, SCGS, SDGS, CGSSD and CVGS. Randy blogs daily about genealogy subjects at Genea-Musings (www.geneamusings.com) and the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe (http://CVGenCafe.blogspot.com). 

There will be a short business meeting before the presentation, led by CVGS President Virginia Taylor.


copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver

1 comment:

Elizabeth Saunders said...

I won't be in Chula Vista, Randy, but nice to see a photo of you diggin' for ancestors!