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This lecture discusses what records of genealogical value exist documenting the primary military conflicts of the 20th century, specifically WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Learn who would appear in these records and what they reveal. We will also talk about non-official sources of information that may provide clues to persons who served or were related to service personnel during those conflicts.

October 5, 2024 (1st Saturday of the month)

Group discussion on FamilySearch's AI search tool

For October's meeting we want to try something a little different from standard presentations. We have found that our members gain real value from our occasional group discussions where we put the chairs in a circle rather than in rows. Our President has asked our members to work with the new tool from FamilySearch to see whether we can find more information on our ancestors, their families and lives. Please do take a look at it and come and tell us what you found and how you found it.

Back at RootsTech in February, FamilySearch demonstrated this new tool, which is still under development, but usable. They've used artificial intelligence to transcribe old handwritten documents and make them fully text searchable, thus largely eliminating the need for painstaking indexing of the names contained in those documents. You can see a description of the tool here: https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text. Do watch the video and scroll down to see a list of the digitized data sets. Items 1 and 3 should provide material of interest to most of us. Try those and see what you can find!

More on the October Challenge- https://www.stauggensoc.org/october-challenge

November 9, 2024

The Internet Archive: A Genealogist's Dream Collection

Taneya Y. Koonce will bring her "The Internet Archive: A Genealogist’s Dream Collection” presentation to SAGS. She will be presenting on Zoom and a link to join will be sent to our members before the meeting.

The Internet Archive is available at archive.org. The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, the Archive provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public. Their mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge.

Taneya Koonce, an active blogger and participant in the genealogy & family history field. Conducting genealogy and family history research has been her passion since 2005. She has an avid interest in technology, historical newspaper research, digital photo & file organization, technology, and genetic genealogy. Her website is https://taneyakoonce.com. Taneya is also listed on the Association of Professional Genealogists website.

December 14, 2024

General Meeting

As we usually do in December, this is a time for the members to get together, talk genealogy with their fellow researchers and enjoy a potluck lunch.

The Society will provide a meat, drinks and paper goods.

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