PRA Board of Directors Meeting

There will be a PRA Board meeting on Saturday, May 18, 2012 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PST. The meeting will be online using GoToWebinar software.

All PRA Members are welcome to attend.  If you did not receive your invitation via a message, you can use the invitation below to join our meeting.

If you have any items you want placed on the agenda, please send them to me soon.

Thank you for your support and help.

PRA Board Meeting

Join us for a Webinar on May 18

Join us for our Board Meeting.  This is the second Board meeting for 2013.

Title:
PRA Board Meeting

Date:
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Time:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Mac®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.6 or newer

Mobile attendees
Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/537258008

PRA Research Project in London Ready to Begin

The PRA is getting ready to start on a special research project in London, England.  We will start looking for a qualified genealogist in London who will do our research.  We will have specific goals and milestones to help us evaluate the progress of our research.

Some questions for the genealogy community.
1.  Has anybody had experience using a professional genealogist in London and if yes, was it a positive one?
2.  How do you measure or determine if the work was of value and achieved what you wanted?
3.  Did you use a contract?
4.  How do you pay for the services?
Any help is very much appreciated as is any other comments or suggestions.

We have a PRA Member who lives in London who will manage the project and do much of the recruitment and selection of a genealogist.

A major announcement from The Digital Public Library of America! From Dick Eastman's blog.

The Digital Public Library of America will launch on April 18 and 19 according to an announcement in Dick Eastman’s online newsletter.

This is a major effort to “.. bring all the holdings of American’s research libraries, archives, and museums available to all Americans, and eventually to everyone in the world, online and free of charge.”

Click here to read Dick’s newsletter and this article.

Handout & Other Links from RootsTech 2013 Presentations

Here are some links to the handouts and other resources that were shared with us at RootsTech 2013 held at Salt Lake City, Utah from 3/21/13- 3/23/13.
For more information and other perspectives, I suggest the reader check out the following websites and blogs.

• Official RootsTech 2013 website: http://RootsTech.org –There are many resources on this website including video streaming of many of the keynote speeches and presentations.
• Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers.com: http://geneabloggers.com/
• Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings: http://www.geneamusings.com/

Session Syllabi available at: http://rootstech.org/downloads:  This is a large file and comes in a zip format.  Each day’s presentations are in that day’s folder.  Excellent resource!
“MindTap” - http://www.cengage.com/mindtap/ - for educating people. It is a personalized learning experience available to teachers and students.
50 Google Searches Every Genealogist Needs to Know – Barry J. Ewell founder of MyGenShare.com and College Professor.  Handouts available by sending an e-mail to Barry J. Ewell {bj57barry@gmail.com} with RootsTech 2013 in the subject line.  He will send you three messages with tons of links and information.  One of the messages contains the link to the presentation I attended.  To help, here is a link to that presentation. - https://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJoM25EQ0MzS3J2bk1UQw Note:  This link contains four (4) presentations.  Barry added to his last message the following invitation.
If you have friends or associates that would like a copy of the free resources, have them do the following:
Send email: bj57barry@gmail.com
Subject Line: RootsTech 2013

Deadline for requests is Friday, April 5, 2013.
FamilyTree DNA presentation: 
http://www.relativeroots.net/downloads/ and look for IGG-handout.pdf. – Also, see Session Syllabi for session information and for handout information.
Mom It Forward Media (http://momitforward.com/)
Google Newspapers for genealogy research at http://news.google.com/newspapers
Do Your E-Book Right: Self-Publishing Secrets for the Family Historian – Lisa A. Alzo
http://www.lisaalzo.com/ - Look in the upper right corner for box titled “Conference Handouts”. Also, see Session Syllabi for session information and for handout information
FamilySearch Family Tree:  https://familysearch.org/tree/