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SUMMARY:WMGS November Monthly Meeting: Finding Aids and the National Archives
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to welcome nationally known genealogist Craig R. Scott to present  Finding Aids and the National Archives on November 5. \nCraig will guide us through the structure of our National Archives. He’ll also explain how to use finding aids — guides\, indexes\, catalogs\, and more — to navigate its vast\ncollections. \nCraig describes his talk this way: “The National Archives of the United States documents American history from the time of the First Continental Congress. That is a lot of paper\, pictures\, and other things\, so much in fact that it requires organization.” \n“Organization means that there are rules about how things will be filed and how they  can be located once they are stored\,” Craig says. “Finding aids is a term that describes the various publications\, such as guides and indexes\, microfilm catalogs\, reference information papers\, inventories\, preliminary inventories\, special lists\, checklists\, descriptive pamphlets\, and other tools that have been created to assist either the researcher or the archivist in locating records.”
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SUMMARY:WMGS November Training Session - Tech Talk with Dave: Mapping Your Ancestors' Migration
DESCRIPTION:It’s time for another Tech Talk With Dave! In November\, Dave Lapierre will present “Mapping Your Ancestors’ Migration.” This session will expand on the mini-presentation he gave at our September 25 training session. \nDave will show us how to: \n\nUse Google My Maps to create a map with various pinned locations from an\nancestor’s migration\nConnect the various pinned locations\nSave and export a KMZ file from Google My Maps\nImport the KMZ file into Google Earth / Google Earth Pro\nPlay the “tour” in Google Earth / Google Earth Pro\n\nDave will also provide a step-by-step handout with all the directions\, so that we can  map our own ancestors’ migrations and journeys.
URL:https://westmassgen.com/event/wmgs-november-training-session-tech-talk-with-dave-mapping-your-ancestors-migration/
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