Family Health History with Jean Hoffman and John Stoika The U.S. Surgeon General has declared Thanksgiving to be National Family History Day. We can connect over the holiday to discuss and record health problems that may run in the family. Jean will show the Surgeon General's latest web-based Family Health Portrait tool and talk about its importance and ways it may be used. John will discuss the benefits of charting your family's medical history in Family Tree Maker.

Afternoon Computer Fundamentals Genealogy In the Clouds: What Can Cloud Computing Do For Us? with Jean Hoffman "Cloud Computing" - having data and software on the Internet and access through web browsers - has gained ground in genealogy circles. Google is at the forefront of working on the web and its applications include Google Docs and Gmail. There is the genealogy wiki WeRelate and actual genealogy programs that run on the Internet. Other ideas include Library Thing where you can catalog your genealogy books (and all the others). Everything done this way is accessible on any computer anywhere!