“IMAGING WORKSHOP FOR GENEALOGISTS” IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 29 The East Texas Genealogical Society and the Tyler Family History Center will conduct a FREE imaging workshop, Saturday, March 29, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1617 Shiloh Road, in Tyler, TX. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. with sessions lasting until 2:00 p.m. Finger foods and drinks will be provided. The workshop will cover the fundamentals genealogists need to know about using scanners and digital cameras. It will be basic enough for beginners, with tips and tricks for the more advanced users. “If you’ve been thinking about purchasing a digital camera but are confused by all the strange terminology; or, if you need help getting better scans or restoring photos, this workshop is for you,” Beverly Odom, workshop coordinator said. Workshop topics will include: basic terminology, hardware/software considerations, scanners vs. cameras vs. film scanners, line art and OCR, preparing photos for web pages, beginning photo restoration, cataloging and storing photographs on your computer, and storage considerations. The workshop will end with break-out sessions covering PAF5/Legacy, Family Tree Marker, and Master Genealogist software programs, and Internet genealogy research. Professional genealogists, Bill Dow and Jeri Steele, will be the featured speakers. Bill has extensive research experience in New York, Illinois, Scotland, and England. He has been working seriously on his genealogy for over 25 years. Jeri specializes in North and East Texas records. She is secretary of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and Membership Director of the North Texas PC Users Group. She has been working on her research for over 20 years. If you have additional questions about the workshop, call Beverly Odom at 903-825-3790 or Jane Lewis at 903-894-6027; or send an email to [email protected] Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald, President of East Texas Genealogical Society