[DM-MUG] Tuesday Nights Meeting.

[Ray Bowler]

We had a full house for the meeting last night. Victoria started 
things by offering books, magazines and old CDs to anyone who would 
take them. Then Holly introduced Teresa Liewer, President of the Iowa 
Genealogical Society to speak about how to use the internet to 
research your ancestors.

  A handout  ( see about.com and do a search on genealoogy software 
mac ) listed programs and reviews:

	GEDICOM
	Gene
	Genscribe
	Heredis Mac X
	Mac Family Tree
	Personal Ancestral File
	Reunion
	Sparrowhawk

A second handout was of websites for genealogy * indicates she 
demonstrated this one:

	 * www.familysearch.org
	 * www.usgenweb.com
	 * www.rootsweb.com
	 * iowawpagraves.org
	 * www.genealogybank.com
	   www.glorecords.blm.gov Mentioned)
	 * www.ancestry.com
	   www.cyndislist.com (links to over 263,000 genealogical websites)
	  * www.pldminfo.org (Des Moines Public Library with links to 
Heritage Quest for free. Iowa 
						          residents 
should be able to get a DM library card to access this)
	    www.lib.byu.edu/fhc

A must resource for Iowa research is the Iowa Genealogical Society 
library at 628 East Grand Ave. across the street from the State 
Histoical Library. For more info www.iowagenealogy.org. They have 
classes for people wishing to learn about research.

We all thank Teresa for her exciting presentation.


-- 
Ray Bowler

rbowler.home.mchsi.com