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Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society
E-Bulletin for March 2004
March 1, 2004
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Summary of Meetings for March 2004: 
·   Family Tree Maker Group - (3/4/2004):  Strategies/New FTM version 11
·   Regular Meeting - (3/9/2004):  Mary Dillon - Researching Civil War 
Ancestors
·   Study Group: (3/18/2004):  To Be Announced
·   The Master Genealogist Group - (3/20/2004):  To Be Announced
·   Computer Interest Group - (3/25/2004):  To Be Announced
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Family Tree Maker Focus Group

Dick Finn, Acting Leader: ftm.group@L-AGS.org
Time: Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 7:30 PM.html 
Location: Livermore Adult Education Facility (formerly the Sonoma Avenue 
School), 543 Sonoma Ave., Livermore.   We will be in Room 8.
For a map to the school, surf to: http://www.L-AGS.org/sonoma

Topics: What should we put in and not put in our FTM files? Should we have 
different files for each major family line?

Please bring your ideas and questions. We also want to talk about Version 11 
of Family Tree Maker again. Those of you who are using it might think about 
what you like and don't like about this new version.

We are primarily a group of Family Tree Maker users (from beginners to
experts) who discuss/share problems and successes and in general help
each other in the use of FTM software. If you have a problem you want
to bring up at the meeting, it will help if you post it in advance to:

                        mailto:ftm.group@l-ags.org

Members owning laptops are requested to bring them to the meeting.
Please bring your FTM manual also.

Guests are welcome at no charge. All persons interested or potentially
interested in Family Tree Maker and related software are invited to
attend. For information on our group please feel free to call Richard
Finn at 925.XXX-XXXX or e-mail him at XXXX@pacbell.net.

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L-AGS March General Meeting 
Time: 7:30pm
Date: March 9, 2004
Place: Temple Beth Emek, College Avenue at M Street
Speaker: Mary Dillon
Topic:  Researching Civil War Ancestors 

Have you ever wondered if your great-grandfather fought in the Civil War? Or 
maybe there are family stories about his service, but you don't know how to 
find the facts. Tonight we'll discuss some basic steps to finding your 
ancestor's Civil War records and see some of the kinds of information that you may 
discover along the way.

Future presentations:

4/13/2004   Judy Person           PERSI and Draper Manuscripts
5/11/2004   Doug Mumma  Using DNA in your genealogy
6/8/2004    Member Sharing  Sharing and fair volunteers
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Study Group
Kay Speaks, Leader
To Be Announced 
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Tri-Valley TMG Users Group
Kay Speaks, Leader
To Be Announced
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Computer Interest Group
Jim Lathrop, Group Leader.
To Be Announced

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Last Call for L-AGS membership dues for 2004: Our calendar year runs January 
to December and renewal dues of $18 (individual membership) and $25 (family 
membership) are being accepted now.  Please give your check to Jane Southwick at 
one of our meetings or mail it to PO Box 901 Livermore, CA 94551. Thank you!