Members Show and Tell in-person only

May 7, 2024 7pm

Come celebrate your ancestors by sharing their stories. No slides or fancy presentation material required.  This will be an informal opportunity for members to share family stories and show off heirlooms, photos, mementoes, and more.  Do you have your Civil War ancestor’s military medals? A quilt or sampler from your great-great-grandmother?  Recipes from the old country?  Postcards from a world traveler?  Bring them in and tell us what they mean to your family.  Tell us what got you started on your genealogy journey.  Regale us with the story of your earliest, most famous, or most disgraced ancestor.  Your spouse and kids may never want to hear your family history stories, but your fellow genealogists do!  If you would like to share a story, please email Jill Warzyniak at hrgenealogy8@gmail.com .

Legacy Family Tree overview

April 2, 2024 Gordon Taylor in-person

Mark Olsen, Ambassador for Family Tree Maker

March 5, 2024 7pm    Zoom and in-person

What’s New in Family Tree Maker, and Q&A

Thomas MacEntee January 2, 2024 zoom/in-person

“After You’re Gone: Future Proofing Your Genealogy Research”

Who is Thomas MacEntee?

So, what if I told you that a Baby Boomer guy with a love of punk rock music but also Renaissance Art, somehow “fell” into the technology industry almost 40 years ago, and then left a lucrative career in information technology to pursue his love of family history and genealogy?

And that his passion for tracing his roots began over 45 years ago when he was watching the mini-series Roots on ABC Television at his great-grandparents’ house in February 1977?

While some might think these two elements – technology and historical research – are opposites. The truth is, “tech people” like Thomas are needed to guide today’s genealogists through the maze of options so they can deploy the best apps and devices as they break down those research brick walls.

Thomas MacEntee: author, educator, student, advocate, marketer, storyteller, entrepreneur, and that “genealogy guy” who helps you accomplish your family history goals. 

Having taught over 1,000 in-person and virtual genealogy lectures since 2010, serving on the boards of many genealogical societies, organizing a group of over 1,000 genealogy bloggers, and helping researchers save money on genealogy products and services, Thomas is ready for the next chapter in his professional journey: changing the way genealogists acquire new research skills, motivating researchers to take a chance on new technologies, and improving how family stories and heirlooms are preserved and passed on to the next generations.

Summary: Have you ever considered what will happen to your years of genealogy

research once you’re gone? Learn how to ensure that your hard work carries on.

Description: Through a combination of planning, common sense, and new technologies, we’ll review how to create an action plan for preserving your genealogy research.

Audience Level: Beginner. Handout: 4 pages.

Outline

• ●  The Perils of Inaction: Lost Genealogy
• ●  Basic Planning and Data Successorship
• ●  Working with Societies, Libraries and Archives
• ●  Technology to the Rescue
• ●  Best Practices for Genealogy Future Proofing
• ●  Resource List

After You’re Gone: Future Proofing Your Genealogy Research © 2023, copyright Thomas MacEntee. All rights reserved.

Marilyn Edwards Roberts February 6, 2024 in-person

“Wise Folk in the Colonial South”

Bob Taylor November 7, 2023 zoom/in-person

Introduction to the family history guide

“The Family History Guide is a free website that represents a best-in-class learning environment for family history. Its scope is broad, but its focus is narrow enough to help you achieve your goals, step by step. Whether you’re brand new to family history or a seasoned researcher—or somewhere in between—The Family History Guide can be your difference maker.”

Bob Taylor has been actively doing family history for over 25 years. He has combined his passion for genealogy with his background in instructional design to produce an industry-leading learning resource for family history—The Family History Guide website.

He has authored many online and written learning systems, helping others accelerate learning in technology, music, and family history. And has been a featured presenter five times at the RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City.

Glenn York October 3, 2023 in-person/zoom

“Get More Out of Your DNA Matches with Autoclusters” 

 This presentation will highlight several methods to cluster your DNA matches as well as how to use Autocluster reports (available from GeneticAffairs.com or MyHeritage) to analyze unknown DNA matches. Discover how Autoclusters can you help understand relationships with matches. Other clustering tools will also be briefly introduced.

Glenn has been doing genealogy research for over 35 years. He likes to combine technology and genealogy.  His current focus is on genetic genealogy.  He took his first DNA test in 2005.  He now manages DNA tests with all major testing companies for over 35 different family members.

Glenn’s other research interests include Quaker records throughout North America and Homesteaded in the plains states.

His education includes a bachelor’s degree in Social Science and a Master’s degree in Telecommunications.  He has attended courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) and Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburg (GRIP).

Glenn facilitates the monthly DNA study group for the Larimer County Genealogical Society and the Longmont Genealogical Society.  He is a co-administrator of the BATES Y-DNA surname project at Family Tree DNA.

He is past President of the Larimer County Genealogical Society and the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies delegate to the National Genealogical Society.  He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Genealogical Speakers Guild and many other genealogical and historical societies.  He teaches genealogy classes and volunteers to help people with genealogy research at the Fort Collins Public Library.