The Computer Interest Group of the Licking County Genealogical Society met in the society's library at 2pm, Sunday, August 15th with 12 persons in attendance. The meeting was lead by LCGS President and Computer Chairperson, Ron Trager. Before holding a roundtable discussion, a video tape titled "Opening New Windows On The World - An Introduction to Computers and The Internet" was presented and viewed by the group. The nearly 45 minute long video was hosted by Richard Anderson from the cast of the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man and is part of the Microsoft Seniors Initiative program. The covered the basics in the following three areas: Computer Hardware, Computer Software and The Internet. For more information about the Microsoft Seniors Initiative program, the video, etc visit http://www.microsoft.com/seniors/ The group also filled out an evaluation form on their impressions of the videos. Topics of the roundtable discussion were: 1. Why LCGS Cig sign-in form has a place for the attendee's e-mail address? The sole purpose of wanting the e-mail address is to send out the notice of the next month's LCGS Cig meeting. 2. A discussion on junk e-mail was held and subscribing to mailing lists. 3. A discussion was held on connecting a computer, an answering machine and a phone to the phone line and what would be the best way to interconnect them. 4. A question was asked about the numbers shown when doing a search on the IGI (International Genealogical Index) at the LDS website at http://www.familysearch.org/ and how to get more information. 5. A member was having a problem when typing an answer to an e-mail - the screen would suddenly close. A discussion about internet providers time limits, key combinations, etc. ensued. 6. A discussion on printers not printing the last line of some e-mail messages from mailing lists. Using the copy and paste options between internet browsers and word processor programs was discussed as a work-around. 7. A question about adding user information to printouts in Family Tree Maker was asked. Some solutions were discussed. 8. It was announced that Ancestry has the Knox County, Ohio Vital Records database available for free searches for the next few days. 9. A question was asked about the how long the LCGS Cig group has existed and about programs that we have. The LCGS Cig has been in existence for at least 9 years and the normal format is a roundtable discussion. -- Bill Johns, member of Licking County (Ohio) Genealogical Society, Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Visit the Licking County Genealogical Society Web Site at: http://newark.lib.oh.us/pub_lcgs_web/index.html, E-Mail: lcgs1@juno.com Visit the Licking County USGenWeb site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohlickin/ Visit my Home Page at: http://pages.prodigy.net/billjohns/index.htm and also at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/h/William-A-Johns/index.html