The Genealogy Interest Group (GIG) meets on the 2nd Friday of each month from 2 – 4 pm.
Information about GIG:
GIG member names go onto a SeniorNet mailing list, so that you can be kept in touch with activities such as researching your ancestry using the Internet and genealogy software. SeniorNet Motueka provides magazines and books from our own in-house Library to help you.
There is a free Genealogy programme online entitled “Brother’s Keeper” which is a good way of recording your family’s details and keeping them private, as opposed to those Family Trees apps which are widely available on websites.
Writing a chapter or two about one’s life or memories and sharing it with the group is always entertaining and enjoyable.
Some topics for Friday GIG sessions could include:
- Introduction to basic and free Internet search sites – FamilySearch, FreeBMD, GENUKI, OPC sites, etc.
- Search techniques, cross matching references to build the picture and confirm data.
- Using pay and subscription sites – Ancestry.com, Findmypast, The Genealogist, Scotland’s People etc.
- Using Mailing Lists.
- Writing family history/stories – options and examples
Email Ann Bassford to know more about the Friday afternoon group.