Meeting on the first Thursday, the beginners’ group trialled the use of genograms to ‘mind map’ family members on paper when becoming confused by family relationships on their family tree. Deb, Gary, Phil and Mary then reported on progress they have made over the month – with lots of learning shared as a result. New class members Margaret and Peter Poels gave us the chance to check out ancestry.com’s ‘pay per view’ for ‘World’ records, with 10 documents for $10.99 enabling us to find records of Peter’s grandparents in the Netherlands, including the maiden name of a grand-mother Peter hadn’t known. Group members using UK census records enjoyed watching an informative program on the UK Census on You Tube. In April the beginners’ group will again meet on the first Thursday from 1 to 4 and continue one to one sessions by appointment.
Beverley Lee
Beverley Lee