Welcome to CAGGNI!SPECIAL ALERT - CAGGNI Events are now at a variety of library venues. In-person attendees should make note of the location of each event. August 16 Monthly CAGGNI Presentation:
by Yvette Hoitink
10:30 a.m. CT Saturday, 16 August 2025 Hybrid event – Zoom and Arlington Heights Memorial Library Hand-written text recognition software can turn manuscripts into searchable transcriptions. Learn how to use these tools and what they can (and cannot) do for you. The presentation includes a demonstration of Transkribus. Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG, QG is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer from the Netherlands. She has a masters degree in Family and Local History and holds the Certified Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials. Yvette has a background in computer science and lectures about research in the Netherlands, methodology, technology, and related topics.
For more info and to register: Handwritten Text Recognition
It's always a great time to join CAGGNI!Join now and you’ll enjoy all the perks of membership, including access to meeting handouts, videos, current and past newsletters, and the online meeting links to CAGGNI Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The program committee has produced an exciting lineup of presentations for 2025. Meetings in the coming year may be in-person only, online only or a combination of both (hybrid). Please note, non-members are charged a $5 guest fee for the Zoom link to regularly scheduled monthly meetings. Per library policy, any guest attending meetings in person at one of our host libraries will be welcome for no charge. Join CAGGNI | Upcoming Events
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CAGGNI (The Computer Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois) is a group of amateur genealogists who are committed to effectively using technology and the internet in support of their research activities.
Monthly meeting topics cover a broad range of subjects of interest, including software, tools, techniques and methodologies. Additionally, monthly newsletters, support for computer and genealogy issues and internet surname exposure are among the benefits of membership.
A wide variety of genealogy software packages are used by the members as well online trees and database websites. We are also interested in personal websites, digital photography, handheld apps and other ways to share our family histories.
For questions about the group, comments and suggestions, contact secretary @ caggni.org. To report problems with the website, contact webmaster @ caggni.org.