PGS Events for the Week of 28 February to 5 March 2016

Monday, 29-Feb-2016 at 6:00 PM--Family Tree Maker 2012/2014 Basics--Part 5, Smith. Local History Room, Largo Library.

Tuesday, 1-Mar-2016 at 6:00 PM--ANCESTRY FAMILY TREES – Part 1. Publishing your tree on Ancestry.com can be a great way to share your research with others, as well as to provide a backup for your work. This presentation covers how to start a family tree on Ancestry.com, and how to maintain it. That includes working with people, events, images, and sources. Summers, Local History Room, Largo Library.

Tuesday, 1-Mar-2016 at 7:00 PM--Google Your Family Tree. Bryan, Tarpon Springs Public Library.

Wednesday, 2-Mar-2016 at 1:00 PM--England & Wales Genealogy--How to access the civil parish records of birth/christening/marriage/burials. Pearson, Local History Room, Largo Library.

Thursday, 3-Mar-2016 at 10:30 AM--Library Catalog Searching for Genealogists – Libraries are a great place for finding genealogy resources. This class will show you how to find libraries and archives that can help you in your search, how to get the most from catalog searches, and discover other helpful resources available through online catalogs. Fortin, Local History Room, Largo Library.

Friday, 4-Mar-2016 at 10:00 AM--Franco-American Discussion Group. Geographic areas include: Europe (primarily France, but not limited to France)-Eastern Canada (primarily Quebec, some Ontario, but including the Acadians of the Maritime Provinces)-USA (Central North America and New England, also Louisiana and the surrounding Southern states). This will be the last meeting of the season; will resume in November. Grandmaison, Local History Room, Largo Library.

Saturday, 5-Mar-2016 at 10:00 AM--Family Tree Maker User Group--Questions & Answers and Demonstration of how to use the Family Tree Maker genealogical database software. Just in case you haven’t heard, this software will continue to be supported by another company.   Hosmer/Bryan, Local History Room, Largo Library.

Other items of interest:

Mark your calendars for 12 March at 1:00 PM. PGS presents a mini-seminar on England and Wales Genealogy by Liz Pearson. Two lectures: “Counties of England and Wales, 1065 to Present”  and” Locating and Accessing Records.” Free and open to the public.Note the time is 1:00 p.m.—some earlier material indicated 11:00 a.m.