genealogical society
photography
Picture this: It's you and your spouse or guest at
the annual Photography Group Holiday Pot Luck.
Our holiday party will be held on Dec. 9, our usual
second Monday of the month meeting day, at the Sun
Lakes North Clubhouse. The fun starts at 6 pm. Bring
something, preferably food,to share either in a dish, in
a pot or in a box; and BYOB — whatever that means.
No need to bring photographs since everyone will
be eating and you don't want sticky fingers on your
pictures. So to reiterate, our Photo Group Holiday
Pot Luck, 6 pm, Dec. 9, North Clubhouse. For further
party or Photo Group information contact Steve
Felber at 769-6898.
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We were fortunate to have two
speakers for our October meeting.
Our first speaker, Fred Hawkins,
gave us an overview of a series
of six talks that would benefit
beginners to pros. He shared some
stories with us and handed out
a colored fan chart that makes
it easy to see at a glance where
you are missing information. The
different colors represent different
lines on your tree.
Our second speaker, Mick
Altmyer, returned to strengthen
what we had learned at our
August meeting. He reiterated
that RootsMagic works well with
Family Search, Remember there is
no meeting in December,
Four members of our Society
attended Novemberfest, 2013 in
Highland. The theme: "Everyone
has a Story;" Jean Wilcox Hibben,
PhD,MA,CGsm, was the keynote
speaker. After the address, you
were able to choose three seminars
to attend. Offered were two
sessions each of FamilySearch.org
intro to Family Tree, Ancestry.com,
and Beginning Genealogy Basics.
One session of FamilySearch.org
Records Search; Future Trends:
Highlights from RootsTech 2013,
Creating Stories from Stats;
Putting together a Genealogy
Adventure; Who is That? Why
did My Ancestors Associate with
Apparent Strangers? and Dead
Men (and Women) do Tell Tales.
We had a great learning experience.
Sun Lakes Genealogy Society
Officers will be elected and
installed at the meeting on Jan. 22.
Annual membership is only $15
per family. Info., Ann, 769-5955 or
Jerry, 845-7850.
