“How to Become an Awesome Newspaper Researcher”
Kenneth R. Marks
2/13/21
Categories: RR, IR
Talk Abstract:
These will be detailed discussions of tips and techniques for performing online newspaper research and how to improve search results. These tips will provide more and better quality search results and show an introduction to The Ancestor Hunt website.
Speaker Bio:
ABOUT KENNETH R. MARKS: He is retired from a 35-year career as a software executive, including working at The Boeing Company, NASA Headquarters, and as a C level executive at several software companies. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Southern California, and California State University, graduated with a BS degree in Mathematics in 1968. He spends many hours with The Ancestor Hunt website, as well as researching his own ancestors posting the results on two family history websites when he has time: http://www.marksology.com/ and https://www.braunhart.com/ . The Ancestor Hunt webpage, created in 2012, is a very popular and helpful website with lots of information. He can be reached at kenmarksology@gmail.com, @marksology on Twitter, or via his Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/TheAncestorHunt.
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NOTICE:
This presentation is part of a set of over 400 presentations on genealogy and family history produced by "UVTAGG: The Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group".
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