Genealogy Computer Interest Group
A PAF User Group
GenCIG is a registered PAF User Group.
Meetings:
GenCIG meets the third Wednesday of every month
(except December) at the Eva Brook Donly Museum,
109 Norfolk Street South, Simcoe, Ontario,
between 7-9 p.m. Guests are always welcome.
Membership:
Norfolk Historical Society members: $5 per year.
Non-members per meeting admission: $5
Typical
Meeting
Topics:
Using Personal Ancestral File v 2.31
Desktop Publishing your family tree
Scanning Photographs for inclusion in your genealogy
Genealogy on the Internet: Web Sites of interest
Tips and Techniques: Getting the most out of PAF
Introduction to DOS (beginner level)
Introduction to Family Tree Maker
Introduction to Family Origins for Windows
Tour of the Norfolk Historical Society's Archives
Tips and Techniques for documenting sources
GEDCOM for beginners
(moving data between genealogy programs)
GenCIG
Activities:
Building a series of local genealogical databases
Maintaining a list of favorite Genealogy Web Sites
Helping novices get started in Genealogy using a PC
Building a library of genealogy software (shareware)
Building libraries of genealogy data, how-to videos
Collecting family tree databases for others to access
Sponsoring Saturday how-to seminars
Publishing periodic Genealogy by Computer Fact Sheets
Cardiff
Reports:
Family Origins for Windows version 5.0
A Genealogy Software Review
Computing Genealogist Update
May 1997 Issue
