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. November 16 Monthly CAGGNI Presentation:Safeguarding Your Family History for Now and the Future: Considerations and Techniques for Backing Up Your Research by Eric Vavra
10:00 a.m. CT Saturday, 16 November 2024 Hybrid event – Zoom and Arlington Heights Memorial Library Genealogists invest significant time, money, and passionate effort into the pursuit of connecting with their family history. However, enough focus is frequently not given to protecting their physical and digital files, precious artifacts, and research conclusions. Unfortunately, this too often results in the potential destruction of materials forever or ineffective attempts to reconstruct years of lost work. We will review methods to identify and mitigate risks to preserve your findings and enable a genealogical legacy. Eric Vavra has combined his experience in Information Technology and interest in solving the mysteries of his family history to become an avid Genealogist. He combines traditional research approaches with technology to discover and explore his roots. His educational background and professional career as a global delivery consultant provide him with a uniquely diverse set of skills useful for genealogy. He strives to share his knowledge to assist others in their journey as Genealogists.
For more info and to register: Safeguarding Your Family History for Now and the Future: Considerations and Techniques for Backing Up Your Research
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 2024. 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.