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Tuesday, January 26
Ancestry.com #4 - Ancestry.com Workshop  (On-line)
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Zoom course sponsored by Raleigh Senior Tech Ed
This workshop is open to anyone who has a current Ancestry.com account, has some experience with Ancestry.com or has taken Ancestry.com #2 & #3. The workshop is presented as a forum to promote best practices, address students' questions, issues, problems and/or suggestions about using the Ancestry.com web site. Topics raised by students will be discussed in class. Students can bring their own devices or use a school PC.  Instructor will lead the class with a demonstration of students’ topic and/or students can demonstrate.
Fee: $10
 
Visit their website:  www.raleighseniorteched.org/schedule/:  online registration & fee payment through PayPal or credit/debit card; or mailed check.


Monday, February 1
Organizing Your Genealogy Stuff  (On-line)
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Zoom course sponsored by Raleigh Senior Tech Ed
This session will suggest various tools and techniques to help organize the digital and manual “pile” of information generated by genealogy research, including color-coding systems, numbering systems, file naming, basic recording forms, beginning the family tree, organizing manual and digital files, inventorying artifacts, local resources, and much, much more.
Fee: $10
 
Visit their website:  www.raleighseniorteched.org/schedule/:  online registration & fee payment through PayPal or credit/debit card; or mailed check.


Tuesday, February 2
Ancestry.com #5 - Making Sense of Your Ancestry DNA  (On-line)
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Zoom course sponsored by Raleigh Senior Tech Ed
This seminar is intended for students who have had their DNA tested by Ancestry.com.  It will benefit students who either have an Ancestry tree linked to their test results, or have just had their DNA test completed and do not yet have a tree.  Users without a tree can view their DNA results without having to pay for an Ancestry subscription. Students who already have a tree on Ancestry will already have an account.  Subjects of seminar will cover ethnicity results, DNA match lists and techniques to find matched people in those lists. Instructor will demonstrate.  Q/A included in class. 
Fee: $10
 
Visit their website:  www.raleighseniorteched.org/schedule/:  online registration & fee payment through PayPal or credit/debit card; or mailed check.


Monday, February 22
Citing your Genealogy Sources  (On-line)
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Zoom course sponsored by Raleigh Senior Tech Ed
In real estate it's "Location - location - location". In genealogy research, its "Documentation - documentation - documentation".  This workshop will dscribe what genealgy sources are, the need to cite the sources used as documentation for genealgy research, and how to format properly the various citations, including web-based sources.
Fee: $10
 
Visit their website:  www.raleighseniorteched.org/schedule/:  online registration & fee payment through PayPal or credit/debit card; or mailed check.


Friday, February 26
More Libraries and Archives for Genealogists  (On-line)
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Zoom course sponsored by Raleigh Senior Tech Ed
The variety of libraries and archives that are available by visiting in person or online can give genealogists a wealth of information to document their research. Each will have distinct types of records that can supply proofs for your research, background for your written family history, or clues to where to search next.
Fee: $10
 
Visit their website:  www.raleighseniorteched.org/schedule/:  online registration & fee payment through PayPal or credit/debit card; or mailed check.