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The Computer Interest Group (CIG), a special interest group of the Colorado Genealogical Society (CGS), operates under the charter issued to the Colorado Genealogical Society by the State of Colorado. The CGS-CIG meets on the second Monday of every month. The CIG now holds its meetings at Christ the King Lutheran Church in southwest Denver. Here is a map to the CIG meeting place. Program meetings will be held in odd-numbered months (September, November, January, March and May). Beginner's Corner and Workshop meetings will be held in even-numbered months (October, February, April and June). A short business meeting will precede all monthly meetings. No meetings are held in December, July and August.
9 January 2012 KeepYour Computer Humming Art will tell us how to keep our favorite machines up and running for a long time. Learn the common pitfalls that put us in danger of losing our data, and how to prevent disaster. 13 February 2012 Workshop Meeting Workshops on popular genealogy programs, including Legacy, Family Tree Maker, The Master Genealogist, Roots Magic, and Reunion for MAC. 12 March 2012 What is OCR Anyway and Why Should I Care? OCR is the system that allows you to search newspapers and books on the internet among other things. Optical character recognition (OCR) is the translation of scanned print into electronic text. Find out how this works and why you need to know at our program. Also discover how it can help you in organizing your scanned documents and what it means for the future. 9 April 2012 Workshop Meeting Workshops on popular genealogy programs, including Legacy, Family Tree Maker, The Master Genealogist, Roots Magic, and on Scanning and Digital Imaging. 14 May 2012 Cemetery Photography 26
May 2012 Spring Seminar at the Denver Public Library Watch for coming seminar announcement and registration form 11
June 2012 Workshop Meeting Workshops on popular genealogy programs, including Legacy, Family Tree Maker, The Master Genealogist, Roots Magic, and Reunion for MAC .
The Computer Interest Group newsletter is found here. We will provide current and past issues of the CIG Newsletter as Adobe Reader (pdf) files. The most recent issues will be at the top of the list.
Here's another new addition to the CIG page! When available, Adobe Reader (pdf) copies of handouts from CIG programs will be provided here on the website. The most recent handouts will be on top of the list.
March 2010, Basic Tweaks
Linda Jaster Hartlaub has established Facebook group for CIG members and interested persons. Facebook is a leading "social networking" site on the Internet. You will already have to be a Facebook member to access this group site. Joining Facebook is free! Bylaws of the Computer Interest Group CIG Membership Application (html) |
CIG on Facebook