Genealogy HowTo - Is Your Family History Data at Risk?    There are few things that cause greater stress than finding that your Family History data, which took 25 years to assemble, cannot be accessed due to some computer failure. How can you evaluate if you have sufficient backups of your data? And what is the risk that the backup will also be readable and contain all of your data? There are so many factors to consider when calculating the risks of data loss; computer hardware, computer programs, storage media, virus vulnerability just to name a few.

Ask Us - Aubrey Trivett answers your GEDCOM upload questions.    I'm thinking about uploading my family tree to MyTrees.com, but I have some questions..

1. Why should I upload my GEDCOM to MyTrees.com? We often hear from distressed genealogists who say their computers have crashed and their backup disks are unusable. If they have previously submitted their GEDOM to us, the solution is as easy as downloading a copy of the file. Here at MyTrees.com, we backup every file in our database not once but four times. This insures that no matter what happens, we will always have a copy of your complete file stored on our server.

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Reviews - Larisa R. Schumann reviews the book-    Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors: How to Find and Record your Unique Heritage by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack. Her writing style is friendly, full of personal anecdotes and experiences. Carmack's approach is encouraging for those who may feel hesitant about getting started doing family research.

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• 16 April 2006, New York, NY: New York Genealogy on the Web, the monthly meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society will be held at the Center for Jewish History. The featured speaker will be John Martino, who will speak about volunteer created databases from the Genealogy Federation of Long Island. The program will be free for JGS members, but there will be a $3 fee for non- members at the door. For more information, call (212)294-8301, email info@jgsny.org, or visit http://www.cjh.org/.
• 17 April 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: "The Roots of the Ukrainian Church in Manitoba," a meeting of the East European Genealogical Society. The program will be given by Felix Kuehn. Visitors welcome. For more information, email info@eegsociety.org or visit http://www.eegsociety.org.
• 20 April - 4 May 2006, Toronto, Canada: "Hands-on Early Ontario Land Records," a introductory course sponsored by the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. There will be a $45 fee to attend the class and it will be taught by Jane MacNamara. For more information, call (416)733-2608, email courses@torontofamilyhistory.org, or visit http://www.torontofamilyhistory.org/.
• 21-22 April 2006, Stevens Point, WI: Gene-A-Rama 2006, presented by the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society. The program will feature guest speakers John Konvalink, Jeffrey A. Bockman, and Patricia Keeney Geyh. For more information visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/.
• 22 April 2006, Santa Rosa, CA: The Sonoma County Genealogical Society will host their annual seminar, featuring guest speaker Barbara Vines Little. For more information email Lois Nimmo at LoisNim@sbcglobal.net, call Audrey Phillips at (707)763-4492, or visit http://www.scgs.org/.
• 22 April 2006, Grove, OK: The Grand Lake Ancestor Fair and Seminar of the Delaware County Genealogical Society. Russell P. Baker will be the featured speaker. Mr. Baker will speak on the following topics: "The Over the Mountain Men on research in Tennessee," "The Blue and the Gray covering research on the Civil War," and "Who Blowed up the Church House on church records genealogists should be familiar with." For more information, email dcgsinc@hotmail.com or visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~okdgs/.