Webinar Series Autumn & Fall 2021 – Technology Tools for Your Study We welcome John Cardinal, a returning presenter, and Patti Hobbs as speakers for our Autumn/Fall series. You can view John’s earlier webinars HERE and see details of both speakers further down this page Technology Tools for Your Study looks to be an interesting series that will inspire Guild members and genealogists alike as to how they can publish and preserve their research. The series comprises the following: 03 November 2021 *NEW DATE* ORA – Templates John Cardinal Awaiting Recording and Handout 10 November 2021 Zotero: A Versatile Research Tool for Genealogists Patti Lee Hobbs Recording and Handout available 01 December 2021 ORA – Templates Auto Type John Cardinal BOOK HERE About the webinars: 7.30pm GMT. Attendance to the webinars is available to both members and to non-members. Attendance is FREE of charge though you do need to register, using the links shown. The webinars will each last around an hour, including time for questions and will be at: ORA – Online Repository Assistant John Cardinal will build on the webinar he delivered during the summer, when he demonstrated ORA, the Online Repository Assistant, a browser extension for the most popular Windows browsers. ORA supercharges your browser to automate data entry when extracting data from online repositories. The first presentation in November will be on ORA using Templates and the second presentation in December will be on ORA using Auto Type. Zotero: A Versatile Research Tool for Genealogists Patti Lee Hobbs will be talking about Zotero—open-source software developed specifically for researchers—is noted for its easy ability to capture source information to use in citations whether from websites, books, or electronic files. It’s as easy as a click of a button or adding an ISBN. But it does more. Extensive notes for each source can be created and files or links to files can be attached. Zotero will even automatically outline component parts of electronic files making it easy to find specific information easily. Electronic files can be “checked out” to a reading device and checked back in importing all highlighting and notes added by the reader. This webinar will demonstrate the research advantages Zotero offers genealogists. About the Presenters: John Cardinal is a technologist with over forty years of experience developing software and managing software development projects. Early in his career he crafted solutions for customer information systems and applications, and is one of two primary designers of the first business applications to use super-computer technology. He has been interested in genealogy since 1990 and is the author of several genealogy programs including GedSite, Gedcom Publisher, ORA, and Second Site. He is the founder or co-founder of several businesses, most recently, Family History Hosting, a web hosting service for genealogists and family historians. You can watch John’s earlier presentations HERE Patti Lee Hobbs, CG lives in rural southwest Missouri and is blessed to have ancestors from many geographical locations. She serves on the editorial board for the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and is trustee for both the Board for Certification of Genealogists and the BCG Education Fund. Patti is the coordinator for the week-long courses “Genetics for Genealogists: Beginning DNA” at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) and “DNA Fundamentals for Genealogy” at the Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR). Her article “DNA Identifies a Father for Rachel Lee of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania” was published in the March 2017 issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, and she is a contributing author of Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies.