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Online “How to…?”

 

Short, monthly, members only, internet sessions February to November.

These short sessions, an hour max, are aimed at gaining practical experience of the topic in the comfort of your own home along the lines of:

Where / how / why / when / what /who  do/does I/we/you * do ….?

*with no apologies, but many thanks to Rudyard Kipling

Any difficulties encountered can usually be sorted using the screen sharing  facility offered.

Pre-registration is required, the link will be sent in the covering email for the monthly newsletter. Alternately, register your interest using the Contact Form above, entering “How to” as the subject.

The topic for each session will be announced in the newsletter, which is sent to all and available on our website at Newsletters

First Mon of the month, 8pm, Feb thru Nov, unless advertised otherwise.

If you haven’t used Zoom before please mention this in your registration request so we can get you connected.

 

 Posted by on 30 September 2020 at 3:47 pm

  23 Responses to “Online “How to…?””

  1. Monday 3 April 2023 8pm online members only, 1 hour max session: WikiTree Sourcer
    Hints on using this handy browser extension to easily add well sourced profiles to WikiTree, or further research them.

    Pre-registration link will be sent in the covering email with your newsletter (if you lose it, use the Contact us form above).

  2. Monday 6 Mar 2023 “Ancestry ThruLines” 8-9pm
    The link to join this will be sent in the newsletter email
    A session on Ancestry ThruLines was requested as a topic at the Feb DNA session. There is background reading available in the Feb newsletter.

  3. Monday 6 Feb 2023 “Here is the news”
    8-9pm – pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above,. The link will be sent in the newsletter email)
    As the theme for the January monthly meetings is “Here is the news”, we’ll focus on finding newspaper items on assorted sites: FindMyPast’s access to the British Newspapers collection available on our computers at the APFHC, and, for NZSG members, the Gale collection.

  4. 1st Oct 2022: FamilySearch:
    How to quickly find a relevant record set to more finely target your search AND/OR access the browse-able images that are not yet indexed.
    Members only, free.
    2-3pm – pre-registration required – the link to register was in the covering email with your Sept newsletter, or you can use the Contact Us form above.

  5. Our next monthly Zoom session is Sat 6th Aug 2022
    2-3pm – pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above)
    Members only. Free.
    In keeping with the new FamilyTreeDNA yDNA Discover tool that will be the presentation topic later in the month for the DNA group, this will focus on:

    How to find a relevant Haplogroup

    “But I’m female” – not a problem
    “But I haven’t tested”– not a problem.
    Register and learn more about why this is important, and fascinating, for your DNA analyses.
    Share your tips and techniques for any of this.

  6. 2 Jul 2022
    Zoom 2pm – 45 mins.
    “Scottish Kirk Session records”
    Free, members only.
    Pre-registration required.
    Please do so by replying to your newsletter email or by using the Contact Form above.

    You are welcome to register and attend to contribute your tips / questions, or to simply listen.

    • Hi Lorna – I see this comes up with my od email address when I logged in. Add me to zoom list please..
      Thanks Sonia

  7. 4 Jun 2022
    Zoom 2pm – 45 mins.
    “Family Search tips and techniques”
    Free, members only.
    Pre-registration required.
    Please do so by replying to your newsletter email or by using the Contact Form above.

    You are welcome to register and attend to contribute your tips / questions, or to simply listen.

  8. 7th May 2022 “Let’s explore FamilyTreeMaker”
    2pm – 2:40pm – pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above)
    Members only
    Short session on the one of the main genealogy software programs. Available for Windows or Mac.
    https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/
    We’ll be covering other available programs for keeping track of your family history and research later in
    the year. Each have their strengths, and weaknesses.
    You are welcome to register to either contribute or simply listen.

  9. 2nd April 2022 “Why explore TheGenealogist?”
    2pm – 2:40pm – pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above)
    Members only
    The Genealogist is on our computers at the APFHC,
    Why? Let’s find out.
    What’s your favourite feature?
    You are welcome to register to either contribute or simply listen.

  10. 5th Mar 2022: DNA Q&As
    Members only Zoom session 2pm to 3pm
    Your questions answered.
    Pre-registration required (please use the Contact Us form above)

  11. February 5th: 2-3pm
    Topic: 1921 Census for England & Wales
    Members only – free
    Pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above)

  12. The November session has two changes:
    One being a temporary shift to Sunday 7th Nov instead of the scheduled 6th Nov.,
    The other a name change to reflect a slight change of focus for this, and next year’s sessions.
    How to… becomes Why do… (I/we/they insert your pronoun of choice) 🙂

    Sunday 7th November
    2pm – 2:40pm – pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above)
    “Why do I/we/you …. scroll down?”
    Because you never know what you’ll find by doing so!
    Scrolling down will usually put what’s on your screen into context – or find you more family on the same page, or those either side.

  13. Sat 2nd Oct 2021 “How to… create and use a GEDCOM”
    2pm-2:40 pm Members only – pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above)

    What a GEDCOM is, why it is of use and how to create one, plus some of the pitfalls.

    All decent genealogy software offers the ability to create one for use elsewhere, eg to upload an extract of a tree pertinent to a DNA match or to another site for sharing public info online, or transfer to another program that cannot read the original file directly etc.

    How to create one, or select just extracted portions depends rather more on which software, or site, you are using

    Register and attend to either contribute or just listen and learn.

    Background reading at
    https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/GEDCOM

  14. Sat 4th Sep 2021
    Tips and hints about using the GRO Birth and Death index for England and Wales

    2pm 40 min
    Members only Zoom “How to..” session

    https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

    Including how to work around NOT finding the entry you expect.

    These indexes show the mother’s maiden name for births and age at death on entries where these were not included in earlier indexed collections.

  15. 7 Aug 2021 How to jazz up your WikiTree pages.
    2pm – 2:40pm – pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above)
    Tips and hints about formatting a page with headings, using italics / bold / links to other profiles / sources on the page itself.

    Some snippets for helpful pre-reading can be found under the Help menu – often a bewildering amount of Help
    Don’t get confused, just learn little bits as and when necessary for what you are trying to achieve.

  16. 3 Jul 2021 2 – 2:40 pm How to use DNA Clustering tools
    Members only – free
    Pre-registration required – please reply to your newsletter email or use the Contact us link above to register
    Sign in to contribute or just listen
    Read up on clustering beforehand at
    https://www.danaleeds.com/the-leeds-method/
    Given how many clustering tools there are, we will probably focus on the new-ish GEDmatch offering.

  17. 5 Jun 2021 How To: link/unlink people and add /detach sources on the FamilySearch tree.
    2pm – 2:40pm
    Members only
    Pre-registration required – please reply to your newsletter email or use the Contact us form on our website to register
    http://www.kapitigen.org/contact_us/
    Sign in to contribute or just listen
    See also our 26th June session (Paraparaumu Library meeting room) on using FamilySearch to share your tree.

  18. 1 May 2021 2pm 40 min Members only Zoom “How to..” session on grouping your Ancestry DNA Matches.
    Pre-registration required (please use the Contact Us form above)
    Work along on your own computer on your own matches while we explore and share tips and hints, screen sharing if necessary.

  19. 6 Mar 2021 2pm 40 min Members only Zoom “How to..” session on FamilyTreeDNA
    Pre-registration required (please use the Contact Us form above)
    Navigating, and making the most out of, FamilyTreeDNA’s website.
    Work along on your own computer while we explore and share tips and hints.

  20. 6 Feb 2021 2pm 40 min Members only Zoom “How To” session on PapersPast.
    Pre-registration required (please use the Contact Us form above)
    PapersPast is more than just old NZ newspapers and there are many ways to make your searches more effective.
    Work along on your own computer while we explore and share tips and hints.

  21. 7 Nov 2020: “How to register for, and navigate, Family Search”
    2pm – 2:40pm – pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above)
    http://FamilySearch.org is one of the “go-to” sites for genealogy.
    If you’ve never registered (or you have forgotten your login or password) we’ll get you up and running (again), and get you comfortable with the basic navigation to access the wealth of information on the site.
    To register or request your username / password you will need to be able to access to your mail at the time.

  22. 3 Oct 2020: “How To capture what is on your screen”
    2pm – 2:40pm – pre-registration required (you can use the Contact Us form above)
    Tired of scribbling notes in a hurry while researching, leaving out the bits you later realise were important?
    Learn how to take a snapshot of what’s on your screen, rename the file and save it to your computer.
    You can then study it at your leisure later and/or attach to your genealogy program so you can find it again 🙂

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