Genealogy HowTo - A Recipe for a Great Family Reunion
   By Karen Clifford, AG, FUGA
Summer is Here! This month's focus is on how to best share and save all the family information you gather at your reunions. Helpful hints, How to's, and much more.

Just for Fun - Click Here for Genealogy Humor
   ***Who says my family is worthless? Have you priced nuts lately?

Reviews - The New York Times July 1, 2001 news article
"The Search for the Family Tree Moves to the Web"   

Site FAQs - Submit/Update Family Tree FAQ
  

• What is a GEDCOM?
• How do I create a GEDCOM?
• Do I have to pay a fee have my GEDCOM on the MyTrees.com site?
• Do you put my data on CDs and sell it?
• How can I view the GEDCOM I have uploaded?
• How do I update my whole GEDCOM file with a larger file?
• Do I have to take the living people out of my GEDCOM?
• How do I see if my GEDCOM has been uploaded?
• When I do a search why isn't data from my file included in the results?
• How do I upload a GEDCOM if I am using WebTV?
• How big does my GEDCOM file have to be to get a free month?

Your Stories - Finding My Missing Adopted Sister at MyTrees.com   
Written By Leisa Winders

Upcoming Events - Click Here for Upcoming Genealogical Events across the US and Europe-
  

• 23-27 July 2001, St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Summer Camp II presented by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. For more information visit http://www.libertynet.org/~gspa/AdvSummCamp.htm, call 215-545-0391, or email: gsppa@aol.com.

• 26-28 July 2001, Lufkin, Texas: The Fifth Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference will feature 24 different class sessions in three different subject matter tracks. Enrollees may pick one of any three sessions being offered at any time period. Limited overnight accommodations are available in the college athletic dorm, nearby motels, or RV spaces are at the Pitser Garrison Civic Center in Lufkin. Write Angelina College Division of Community Services and Development, Attn: Genealogy Conference, P.O. Box 1768, Lufkin, TX 75902-1768; call (936) 633-5206; or email fkanke@angelina.cc.tx.us.

• 26-28 July 2001, San Antonio, Texas: The annual reunion of the Pennington Research Association. For more information contact Flo Readiger at flomae@Swbell.net.

• 26-29 July 2001, Ft. Wayne, Indiana: The Parke Society will hold its annual Convocation. The group will tour and do research in the Allen County Public Library and tour the Lincoln Museum. For further information and registration, please contact Convocation Registration via email: chupper@cts.com or Cynthia Hupper, trustee & publicity chair, The Parke Society, (858) 672-3627.

• 31 July - August 3, 2001 Provo, UT: BYU's 2001 Genealogy and Family History Conference" to be held in the Conference Center on the BYU campus Center on BYU's campus. Faculty will include many lecturers from the Family History Department in Salt Lake City, BYU, and other places in the country. Curt B. Witcher, president of the National Genealogical Society, is one of the presenters. In 2000, nearly 450 people attended the conference and over 150 people ordered the syllabus materials provided by each presenter. For more information about this conference, check BYU; or write BYU Conferences and Workshops, 136 Harman Continuing Education Building, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602; or call (801) 378-4853.