Sunshine Coast Historical and Genealogical Resource Centre Inc CURRENT EVENTS and NEWS AT GSC ..... Genealogy Sunshine Coast WHAT'S ON IN 2012 ? GSC General Meeting Saturday 11 February 2012 Commencing at 9.30 am Guest Speaker Richard Philp will speak on Adoption - his journey to finding 'live' relatives, which is very different to tracing 'dead' relativeS. GSC WORKSHOPS Saturday 25 February 2012 9.30 - 11.30 am -
scanning basics, editing photos and adding them to your family trees. Milli will run through the basics of scanning photos, negatives and slides to keep archival quality copies and to make copies for use with your family trees and genealogy software. It will also cover the basics of photo editing using the freeware software Photo Filtre to clone out those damage spots and restore your photos to their original glory We will also look at Picasa and how to organise and find items in your collection of images and some of the many features of this free program. 1.00-3.00pm Useful Internet sites - some tips and tricks for researching on the best of the websites for family history Bookings essential please Workshops are $5.00 each or $8.00 for both. All monies raised are used to purchase further teaching resources and handbooks for the library. Check out the Adopt A Digger site... If you have a relative or know someone who has family members from the Sunshine Coast area who served in the First World War, come along to find out how to add information to their records to create a more detailed record of their military service and family background. Adding this information ensures that their contribution to our history and our community is not forgotten. GSC BEGINNER CLASSES have been postponed to later in 2012 You can add your name to our mailing list anytime and we will let you know when they will be scheduled. A five week course to help you explore your family history, what type of records are available, where you should look for information
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