“Saving Internet Information” – May 8, 2013 – Free Educational Genealogy Program

Guests  are Always Welcome! 6:30 p.m. refreshments and social time, 7:00 p.m. genealogy program in Meeting Room A at the Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, Indiana

“Saving Information Found on the Internet and Placing It in our Personal Records” presented by Stan Follis

How to save paragraphs of text, photos or an entire web page using your web browser. Review computer basics, choosing folder locations, naming folders and files. Learn Windows Snipping tool or Print Screen button to select text and images on web pages. Also a brief look at saving web page data and links to OneNote, Evernote, Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer, Family Tree Maker and copyright issues.

Stan Follis is webmaster for Allen IN GenWeb, Social Media Administrator for ACGSI on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and this What’s Going On @ ACGSI Blog.

See our 2012-2013 brochure of Free Educational Genealogy Programs the second Wednesday evening of each month September to May at the Allen County Public Library Meeting Room A.

Our Computer Interest Group meets the third Wednesday evening of each month September to May in Meeting Room B at 7:00 p.m. We have a round table discussion of genealogy computer software and hardware issues from attendee questions. A genealogy related video is often shown after questions are answered.

“Photographers & Photographs of Fort Wayne, 1843-1930” – April 10, 2013 – Free Educational Genealogy Program

Guests  are Always Welcome! 6:30 p.m. refreshments and social time, 7:00 p.m. genealogy program in Meeting Room A at the Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Presented by John Beatty

—A presentation of the many photographers who worked in Fort Wayne, from the early daguerreotypists up until the Great Depression. It will examine what is known about them and show examples of their work.

John D Beatty has been a Reference Librarian & Bibliographer for the ACPL Genealogy Center since 1984. He holds a Master’s in History and Library Science. He has written numerous articles about Fort Wayne history and edited Volume One of “History of Fort Wayne & Allen County” in 2006.

See our 2012-2013 brochure of Free Educational Genealogy Programs the second Wednesday evening of each month September to May at the Allen County Public Library Meeting Room A.

Our Computer Interest Group meets the third Wednesday evening of each month September to May in Meeting Room B at 7:00 p.m. We have a round table discussion of genealogy computer software and hardware issues from attendee questions. A genealogy related video is often shown after questions are answered.