You have probably heard about the resources available at the Washington DC FamilySearch Center (FSC) in Kensington and the multitude of records available for research from FamilySearch online and other databases available at the FSC. Have you actually used them? This is your chance to learn by doing. There will be no formal presentation in May. Instead come to the FSC and use a step by step guide to these resources with help available to answer questions.
To give you plenty of time and to get you home before dark, we will start at 4:30pm with a half-hour orientation, followed by three one hour sessions. A light supper will be provided. The address is: 10000 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, MD 20895. Enter the Center from the lower parking lot on the left side of the building.
MEETING INFORMATION
1.
Register in advance for a FamilySearch free account and bring your user name and password. Register here:
https://www.familysearch.org/ . If you already have an account, bring your user name and password so you can login at the FSC.
2. If you have a laptop, bring it. You will be able to download an app to access the FamilySearch Premium websites directly on your laptop!
3. Meeting Agenda
There will be three sessions, each lasting one hour. We will be divided into three groups, and each group will rotate through the sessions.
· Scanners. Learn how to preserve your photos, documents and books using: ScanSnap, Flat-Bed, Book, Slides.
· FamilySearch Tree: Discover if your ancestors are already in the Tree, and if not, how to add them. Learn about automatic record hints, and adding documents, photos, stories and audio files to your ancestor’s Memory Page.
· FamilySearch Full-Text Search & Simple Search: FamilySearch can “read” every word in old documents! Learn how to find your ancestors in records that are not name indexed.
Please register for this meeting by filling out
this form.
Contact Lorraine Minor for questions or additional information at events@mocogensoc.org
We look forward to seeing you on May 27.
