Using Family Tree Maker Software to Record and Share Your Family History

Speaker: Rick Roberts, Co-Founder of Global Genealogy; Publisher of the widely-read online family history magazine The Global Gazette

Benefit from dozens of hints and tips that will help you improve your results using Family Tree Maker. Discover the best techniques for entering information, dealing with conflicting dates and events, how to make professional quality genealogy charts and reports at the click of a mouse, and even how to create a family history book that your family will treasure for generations. Most people use less than 20% of Family Tree Maker's capabilities. Once you know about some of the other capabilities, you can decide which features and options will help you to best record and share your family history using Family Tree Maker. This talk will address pre-FTM 2008 users concerns about the significant changes and improvements in the “new” design of Family Tree Maker.

Save postage : Limited copies of FTM current version for sale at meeting. To reserve a copy, or to request that Rick bring other products for purchase, email rick@globalgenealogy.com . Be sure to reference the YRB OGS Sep 2011 meeting.

The History of Newmarket

Speaker: Wes Playter, President, Newmarket Heritage; Past-president, Newmarket Historical Society; author of Foundations: Heritage Landmarks of Downtown Newmarket and co-owner of Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home

As U.E.L., the Playters have been a part of York Region since the 1784 and Wes himself has been a part of the Newmarket community his whole life. Through his past and current role with Newmarket Heritage, Wes has taken an active role in identifying and researching historical facts about Newmarket and is the author of Foundations: Heritage Landmarks of Downtown Newmarket – a coffee-table book featuring 18 historical landmarks of Downtown Newmarket with proceeds to the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Wes has also helped homeowners research their properties and has published many papers about the history of local families who, generations later, still live in the town. Copies of his book will be available for sale.

How do privacy laws affect funeral homes? What records might they have? How best to approach them? As the third generation in the family business, Wes will provide insight into how we might further our research with funeral home records.

Annual General Meeting and Show 'n' Tell: My Favourite Research Tool

York Region Branch’s AGM will be held at the commencement of our November meeting and include your Branch Council Reports. While these reports will be printed in our February 2012 Ancestors newsletter, be there to hear first hand what your Council has been doing for you during 2011 and a glimpse of our plans for the Branch’s Anniversary Year in 2012.

The Financial Report will be given by our Treasurer Ken Ackles in the early part of 2012 after the Branch’s year-end of December 31. Since there are no elected positions up for election, we will proceed to the Show’n’Tell after our refreshment break.

Our Annual Show’n’Tell provides with not only with a great opportunity to share your favourite or most useful research tool but also the opportunity to actively participate in your Branch! Your favourite research tool can be a book, a website, a software program, a web tool such as the various Google apps, et al.