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Computing
Workshops
for Family
Historians
These are full day workshops (10 am to 4 pm)
usually held on a Saturday.
The Internet
can be accessed at any time during open hours.
Experts are normally available on Tuesday evenings and 2nd Sunday
afternoons to answer computer questions.
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To be held on Sat,
22nd Feb 2003
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Details to be
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To be held on Sat,
22nd Mar 2003
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To be held on Sat,
9th Nov 2002
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How to make the
best use of eMail software; share Family History Information; join
Discussion Lists & Newsgroups; protect yourself from viruses; chat
live to new-found cousins worldwide. |
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Family History Programs
Next Workshop: Sat, 26th
October 2002
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Learn how to use a
Family History Program. Demonstration of Personal Ancestral File (PAF)
followed by a hands-on session. Demonstration and discussion of merits
of other programs including: Family Tree Maker, Kith & Kin,
Generations, The Master Genealogist and Family Origins.
For those with little or no previous
experience in the use of Family History programs.
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| Using Data CDs at the Research Centre
Next Workshop: Sat, 30th
November 2002
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Stuck with the
1851 census? Lost in the Vital Records? When did great uncle die in the
Great War? Answers to this sort of question will be given using
'hands-on' sessions. |
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| Scanning
and Manipulating Images
Next Workshop: Sat,
25th January 2003
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Learn all about
scanners and how best to scan in images; edit scanned-in images and use
them in documents and for the lnternet; use OCR software to scan in
text. |
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A Saturday Workshop
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Discover what
makes your machine tick and what all that jargon means; master the
mouse; learn how to save your files and find them again! Use Wordpad
(Windows 95/98 word processing program).
For those with little or no previous computer
experience.
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| Creating
your own Website
A Saturday Workshop
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What is a web-site
and how to create it; learn what HTML is and how it can be written
using simple web-authoring software.
For those with little or no experience of
creating web-sites.
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