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Computer Interest Group (CIG) |
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The Computer Interest Group (CIG), a special interest group of the Colorado Genealogical Society (CGS), operates under the charter issued to the Colorado Genealogical Society by the State of Colorado. The CGS-CIG meets on the second Monday of every month. The CIG now holds its meetings at Christ the King Lutheran Church in southwest Denver, where the CGS starting holding its meetings last June. Here is a map to the CIG meeting place. Stageside chats are held beginning at 7:00 p.m., followed by a short business meeting. On alternate months, there will either be a presented program following the business meeting, or the members will adjourn into workshops. The CGS-CIG library offers periodicals and books available for checkout, discounted price, and an extensive selection of shareware, freeware, and demonstration software for $1.00 per disk.
13 October 2008 Online Book Publication - Making a Fabulous Holiday Gift Sandy will talk about what you need to make an online book, demonstrate how to produce a book, and describe the various online programs that are available for you to produce a book. Saturday, 1 November 2008. Special Event! Fall CIG Symposium Mark Saturday, November 1, 2008 on your calendars for an all-day session on Enhancing Your Use of Computers and Software for Genealogy and Family History. The Symposium will help you make the best use of computer resources in your research and documentation of your families’ histories. The Symposium will be held at our regular meeting site at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2300 S. Patton Court, Denver, Colorado. Registration will be from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Sessions will be run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A sloppy joe lunch will be available for a donation of $5. The first morning session will begin with panelists who have special knowledge of the genealogy software programs You will be able to see what each program is able to do and ask the panelists questions. Genealogy programs to be presented include: Legacy, Family Tree Maker, Roots Magic, The Master Genealogist, and Reunion for Mac. Two concurrent sessions will follow the genealogy software panel:
The afternoon will start with each of the genealogy software panelists doing a beginning session of their specific program. These sessions will allow you to see the Legacy, Family Tree Maker, Roots Magic, The Master Genealogist, and Reunion for Mac programs in more depth. The afternoon will conclude with a session on Top Genealogy websites. The cost for the all-day Symposium is $5 for members and $10 for non-members. Please join us on November 1 for this very interesting and fun day. There will be door prizes. Mail the registration form by October 21. You may also RSVP to Sandy Ronayne at sandyronayne@comcast.net after October 21. Here is a Symposium agenda and Registration Form. 10 November 2008 Workshop Sessions Workshop sessions on genealogy software or topics including:
Prepared by CIG Librarian John Blair, linked below are three resource files concerning availability of genealogy software. These files are in Adobe pdf format, and require use of the free Adobe Reader program to view and print: Genealogy Database Programs and Vendors Genealogy Software Research Tools and Vendors Genealogy Software Utilities and Vendors
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