Hello, List Folks - Our friends at the Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State are offering yet another Top Shelf presentation at their February meeting... Below are the details (as sent by Lyn Blyden) Regards, Marge -------- Who: The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State presents What: Genealogy Software: Today and Tomorrow When: Monday, February 9, 2009 . The JGSWS library will be available . WiFi will be available (bring your laptops) Doors open at 7:00 PM Presentation starts promptly at 7:30 PM Where: Auditorium, Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 East Mercer Way Mercer Island WA 98040 About Our Program: There are about two hundred(!) full-featured genealogy software packages available in today's market. This program will help you narrow down your choices to choose the one that's just right for you. We'll look at a few ways to quickly sort the broad feature sets to help you evaluate the programs. You'll walk away with list of criteria to use when selecting genealogy software programs. You will learn current and future trends in online software, genealogical "social networking" and how the use of online sites for genealogy can put you in touch with others researching the same families in the US and internationally. About Our Speaker Dawn Bingaman compiled her first pedigree chart for a Girl Scout project when she was very young. Thirty years later she's still avidly working on her family tree. She is a long-time member of the Seattle Genealogical Society and co-chair of the SGS Computer Interest Group. She has been employed full-time in the information technology field for the past 13 years, and is currently the Director of Information Systems for a private country club. Visit our Web site at: http://www.jgsws.org Free admission for JGSWS members, $5.00 for non-members.