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WEBINAR: Using GOOGLE Maps to share your Family History

  • 18 November 2024
  • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Via Zoom
  • 463

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Show – don’t tell!!

Join Society volunteer Jeff Madsen to explore ways in which you can map your ancestors using Google Maps. This session follows on from the recent Let’s Talk About: Using Maps in Family History.

The webinar will demonstrate how you can use Google Maps to plot where ancestors were born, lived or owned property. Insert images into each location with a description, change the icon or the colour of the icon. Add a layer for each generation. We will also look at tracing a voyage or long forgotten track. Learn how to share your map with other members of your extended family or to be available to the public through your own website.

About the Presenter:

Jeff Madsen has had a long career in Information Technology using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software to prepare maps for Government, private enterprise and family researchers.

It became evident that this Spatial knowledge could be used in genealogical research. Using maps and investigating areas of historical geography would enhance family stories by finding information beyond names and dates.

He has used Google Maps to track voyages to Australia and to plot the locations where his ancestors were born and lived. He has then included these maps in web pages for all to view.




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