Quinte Branch Tech SIG

From a poll taken at meetings of the Quinte Branch, we found there was sufficient interest to begin a Special Interest Group for Computer/Genealogy Help.

Information Handouts will be posted here from our Tech SIG meetings.

Tech SIG Index

2016 – 2019 Topics by Name
All topics are listed alphabetically by name, including SIG date.

June 2019 Handout
Bookmarks in the Chrome Browser | Saving Online Trees | GEDCOM | Scanning for Genealogists | FamilySearch Bulk Downloads

May 2019 Handout
Tablets Assisting in Research | Thunderbird Message Display Options | Windows Updates for Legacy Systems at FileHippo.com | GedStar Pro for Android users and Families app for Apple users plus Families Sync provide family history data in the field | TinyScanner/Android and Scanner ++/Apple to scan documents with phone or tablet | FamilyTreeMaker charting options

April 2019 Handout
File Associations in Windows | LibreOffice 6.2 | Fonts and Font Libraries | GEDMatch Legacy VS Genesis | Third Party DNA Sites | Genealogy Programs | ZoomPast Genealogy Website

March 2019 Handout
Windows Updates Failing | File Manager Tricks | File Format Conversion | Note Takers | DNA Test Upgrades | How to Clean Out a Computer | DNA Painter | Adding Match Links to Family Tree DNA

February 2019 Meeting was cancelled due to inclement weather

January 2019 Handout
Thunderbird | MOZ Backup | Google Photos | Google Drive | Google Backup & Sync | iDrive | Dr Fone | Find Your Mouse | GEDmatch on Facebook | DNA Relationships

December 2018 Handout
Snipping Tool | One Drive Syncing Issues | Editing Images with Irfanview | Adding Metadata to Images | Cloud Backup | Lost Cousins | Family Tree Analyzer | GEDSTAR PRO | Legacy – Adding Picture & Images | Image Locations on Your Computer | Legacy – Adding Sources & Citations

November 2018 Handout
Family Tree Maker 2017 & Ancestry Syncing | Legacy Issues | SIG Topic Index |

October 2018 Handout
Publishing | Genealogy Programs | Merging Family Files | FT Analyzer | C-Cleaner | DNA GEDmatch 1 to 1 Analysis

September 2018 Handout
Adding email accounts | British Home Children | Genealogy Programs | Charts & Reports | FTM2017 Linking to Ancestry | FTM2017 Support Options | FTM2017 Media Storage | French Canadian Records | Windows Disk Clean Up

June 2018 Handout
Laptop Battery Replacement | Searching Newspapers | Researching records from England | Mailbox Migration (migrating Email) | Checking / verifying your internet speeds | Family Tree Maker 2017 (FTM2017) | Facebook User Groups |

May 2018 Handout
High Speed Internet | Email Distribution Lists | GOOGLE Apps | Hard Drive Enclosures | Default Programs | Family Tree Maker Codes | Merging Family Tree Maker Files | Family Tree Analyzer | Snipping Tool

April 2018 Handout
OS Versions | Hardware Issues/Failures | Backup Plans and Practices | DNA | GEDCOM Usage | Family Tree Maker 2017 (FTM2017) | How to Find and Remove “Zombies” from Your Tree 

March 2018
Meeting cancelled due to venue scheduling conflict

February 2018
Meeting cancelled due to weather

January 2018 Handout
Genealogy Software | Y-DNA Test | DNA DO-OVER | SLC Family History Library | Scanners | Firewalls | Decrapifier | Empty Folder Command | GOOGLE Earth Overlays | Irish Research | Ontario Deaths

December 2017 Handout
FTM 2014 | GOOGLE Translate | Genealogy Programs | Shorthand Symbols | Canadian Privacy Periods | GOOGLE Ads Settings | Webinars

November 2017 Handout
Tech Hints | Copyright and Genealogy | Citing Your Sources | OGS 2018 Membership offer | AncestryDNA Reports | Family Tree Maker 2017

October 2017 Handout
Military Records | Canadian Sources after 1940 | LivingDNA | Local Historical Societies | Pier21, Grosse Isle | Name Variations | Proprietary records, Copyright issues | Getting Started in Family History | Genealogy Programs

September 2017 Handout
AncestryDNA Techniques | New Websites for BMDs | YOUTUBE for Learning

June 2017 Handout
Surge Suppressors | Downloading and Saving an Online Image (Step by Step)

May 2017 Handout
Organizing Email | Y-DNA | Phasing DNA | Frozen Taskbar | Startup and Shutdown Problems | Family Tree DNA Linked Relationships

April 2017 Handout
DNA GEDmatch | DNA Books | Anti-Virus | C-Cleaner | Cloud Storage | Diagnose Windows Connections | Finding DNA Projects | File Folders

March 2017 Handout
DNA Raw Data | DNA Analysis | Using OCR Technology | Publishing |

February 2017 Handout
Email Scams | Snipping Tool | Using Cloud Drives | Installing Older Programs on 64 Bit Computers | The 1939 Register for England & Wales | Genealogy Programs | DNA

January 2017 Handout
English Research | Best Utility Programs for a New Computer | GEDCOMs | Types of DNA

December 2016 Handout
Adding Icons | Running Old Programs on Windows 10 | Shut Down Options | Sorting Spreadsheets | Genealogy Programs | Inserting Pictures in Word | Online Searching

November 2016 Handout
File Management | Backing Up Your Files | File Cleanup

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