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'''"Working with Old Family Photos":''' Friday, March 8 at 9 am. FamilySearch.org and its newly certified affiliates allow users to attach photos and stories to individuals in your pedigree. Learn how to restore old photos, colorize black and white images, work in layers, use transparency, modify lighting, and use other techniques to enhance images of your family with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Feel free to bring your own laptop with Photoshop or Elements loaded and a practice image, if you like.<br> | '''"Working with Old Family Photos":''' Friday, March 8 at 9 am. FamilySearch.org and its newly certified affiliates allow users to attach photos and stories to individuals in your pedigree. Learn how to restore old photos, colorize black and white images, work in layers, use transparency, modify lighting, and use other techniques to enhance images of your family with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Feel free to bring your own laptop with Photoshop or Elements loaded and a practice image, if you like.<br> | ||
'''"The FHC Portal -- Free Access to Subscription Web Sites at the FHC"''': Friday, March 29 at 1 pm. Tour the subscription web sites available for free use at the Lodi Family History Center. Learn what you can find on Newspaper Archives, 19th Century British Library Newspapers, Genealogy Bank, Godfrey Memorial Library, Ancestry.com, Fold3, Heritage Quest, World VItal Records, FindMyPast, HistoricMapWorks, and other great web sites.<br> | '''“Locating Your Ancestors with Land Records -- BLM, GoogleEarth, HistoricMapWorks & Animap”: '''Wednesday, March 13 at 7 pm for the Nevada County Genealogical Society. Call for location details. A quick review of the use of land records in genealogical research and a tour of useful websites, including BLM's new map feature, USGS map overlays of PLSS data (township and range grids) on GoogleEarth satellite maps, what can be on HistoricMapWorks, and using Animap to plot your ancestors' homesteads.<br> | ||
'''“Locating Your Ancestors with Land Records -- BLM, GoogleEarth, HistoricMapWorks & Animap”: '''Tuesday, March 19 at 1-3 pm for the Davis Genealogy Club. Call for location details. A quick review of the use of land records in genealogical research and a tour of useful websites, including BLM's new map feature, USGS map overlays of PLSS data (township and range grids) on GoogleEarth satellite maps, what can be on HistoricMapWorks, and using Animap to plot your ancestors' homesteads.<br> | |||
'''"The FHC Portal -- Free Access to Subscription Web Sites at the FHC"''': Friday, March 29 at 1 pm. Tour the subscription web sites available for free use at the Lodi Family History Center. Learn what you can find on Newspaper Archives, 19th Century British Library Newspapers, Genealogy Bank, Godfrey Memorial Library, Ancestry.com, Fold3, Heritage Quest, World VItal Records, FindMyPast, HistoricMapWorks, and other great web sites.<br> | |||
'''Lodi FHC Staff Meeting''', Friday, March 29 at 6:30-9 pm. Demonstration of new certified affiliate web sites and more on land records web sites. | |||
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