NEOCAG May 2005 Flyer

* * * Visitors Are Always Welcome * * *
Open Public Meeting Second Saturday of the Month

The NorthEast Ohio

Computer-Aided Genealogy Society, Inc.

The NEOCAG Society is an educational organization for people interested in doing genealogical research using electronic means. NEOCAG assists with and sponsors programs concerning electronic genealogy for the general public. We also maintain a web site with surnames that are currently being researched by our members. A quarterly journal is published online for the general public and a monthly update is published for the members
NEOCAG membership and visitors come from the Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit, Lake, and Ashtabula county areas and more.

Saturday May 14, 2005

9:00AM – 12:30PM

435 SOM Center Road; Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143

Jean Hoffman presenting GenSmarts

Presented by Jean Hoffman

Most genealogy software is focused on helping you document what you know about your family. Unfortunately, that's just the tip of the iceberg... there's so much more that you don't know, of course. Aside from search engines and a couple of sites that help you find links between your family and others... there's not much out there that helps you do the legwork.

GenSmarts uses a kind of artificial intelligence that we call "smart objects" - that's where we take the name GenSmarts from. By bringing some virtual life into your existing family history knowledge, and letting it interact with the "smart objects" we created to represent the various historical records and research locations... we create the magic that we call GenSmarts.

Context is worth 100 IQ points - that's the big idea with GenSmarts. There are lots of places where you can read about the types of things you need to do to research your family. Lots of other places you can go to find out where different types of records are available for your searching. But there's nothing that puts this in the context of YOUR ancestors - until now. GenSmarts - learning by example is so much more effective (and fun)

Schedule

9:00 - 9:15	Sign In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refreshments
9:20 - 10:20	Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Haagen
10:20 – 10:30	Announcements
10:45 – 11:30	Computer-Aided Genealogy User Groups Introduction to Computer-Aided Genealogy Improving Your Computer-Aided Genealogy Computing Tools
11:45 – 12:30	Genealogy Software Groups Getting Started – Information on selecting a program The Master Genealogist (TMG) Personal Ancestral File (PAF) & Ancestral Quest Family Tree Maker

The Following Meeting – Saturday May 14, 2005

To Be Determined

Presented by TBD

For Additional Information

Jerry Kliot @ (440) 974-9690 [Lake County]
Cynthia Turk @ (440) 951-0914 [Cuyahoga County]
Cole Waite @ 330-650-0572 [Portage & Summit Counties]