We were sorry to hear our speaker was called out to care for a family member. Yes Family comes first.
We had 6 attendees, and a very interesting and lively discussion on three topics.
Susi talked about Descendant Charts and what they are and what they do.
A Descendant chart is a family group sheet with parents listed and children and then you do a chart for each child and their children color coding them for each child. Then when you are attempting to remember which child belongs to whom you can check the chart and find that Mary and Jack are children of Tom and Jeanne. Then you chart Mary and Jack's family children and their partners. So that will help you track your grandchildren and great grandchildren as the family grows.
We also talked about software that tracks or doesn't track modern day world. Of course, this happened many years ago also. But Shirley's new Reunion upgrade shows, parents, step parents, non marital parents and many new features. She demonstrated some of the new features. Comparing this to RootsMagic and MyHeritage.com and discussed Ancestry.com.
We also discussed DNA and GedMatch. Bethel did a great explanation and showed us some of the features of GedMatch.
The nice thing was two other people sat and listened and actually asked a couple of questions and I gave them a Family Group Sheet to see and maybe use.
Missed Clayton B not being there tonight.
Our Speaker will be there for September instead.