California Genealogical Society
Organizing the ancestral chart collection
Gene Peck and Anne Robinson
Photographs by Kathryn M. Doyle, 9/18/2008.
Gene Peck and Anne Robinson
Photographs by Kathryn M. Doyle, 9/18/2008.
CGS Computer Committee
(10/14/2008)
Some of the most important volunteer work done at the California Genealogical Society is carried out behind-the-scenes by the members of the Computer Committee: Al Clark, Kathy Watson and Gary Willcuts.
In June of this year the committee conducted a survey of member volunteers to identify problems. Responses were logged and priorities set. The committee created a project work list and assigned one member to oversee each issue.
The committee’s first priority is to create consistency among all the computers. The intent is to set up all of the computer desktops in the same way so that a volunteer can sit down at any computer and find things in the same place. Icons have been set up in a specific order.
Subscription and free databases are now easily accessed by clicking the “Links” button on the bottom right side of the toolbar.
“Links” opens the list of all available databases:
Ancestry
Boston Pilot Missing Friends
CGS Catalog
Customize Links
Family Search
Footnote at the California Genealogical Society
LDS DigFamHists
Lib of Congress Cats
Mid-Atlantic States Archives
NEHGS
New England Records
NewspaperARCHIVE.com
Proquest Historical Newspapers
Rootsweb
VitalSearch-CA
VitalSearch-worldwide
WorldVital Records
Other issues that are being addressed by the committee include performance, training, e-mail, back-up, new software, and setting up all computers for data entry and data access.
Limited Time Offer: Two Free Issues of Everton’s Online Edition
(10/13/2008)
Leland K. Meitzler of Everton Publishers sent this announcement:
Everton is offering access to the two Online Edition issues now available at the site: July-August 2008 and September-October 2008 – absolutely FREE until October 17, 2008.
Simply go to: http://www.everton.com/ and download the issues.
Until October 27, 2008 the $12 annual subscription fee to the Online Edition of the Genealogical Helper will be reduced to $10.00, and the $29.00 annual subscription fee for the hard copy edition of the magazine (includes access to the Online Edition) will be reduced to $25.00.
The Genealogical Helper is widely recognized as having no equal in terms of amount of total content, educational and research information, and lists of organizations, events, and repositories.
The complete magazine is online, and all Web sites listed in either the content or advertisements are hot-linked.
This is a great opportunity for CGS members to take a free look at the publication. The offer expires this Friday.