A8 Monday, November 29, 2021 — DAILY REPUBLIC
Week From Page A3 artist manager and entrepreneur. Williams is the founder of LYDO Life with the acronym standing for Live Your Day Overcoming. He is an advocate for those in wheelchairs and other disabilities like himself. Register with the Solano Office of Education on its website, solanocoe.net, or on its Facebook page. Joanna NowakPalmer, 707-646-7608, jnowak@solanocoe. net, and Rebecca Floyd, 707-646-7602, rfloyd@solanocoe.net, are the event coordinators.
Genealogy group to talk focus groups The Solano County Genealogy Society will hear from Ron Arons, who will present “Sex, Lies, and Genealogical Tape” at the next meeting of the society. The virtual presentation begins at 11 a.m. Saturday. This presentation focuses on how to use “ i nd iv idu a l-fo c u s e d ” genealogy to one’s advantage instead of focusing on collecting names, dates and locations to expand one’s family tree, researching one individual at a time, providing a different and, arguably, much more satisfying experience, according to a press release for the talk. Arons will demonstrate how he discovered the sordid and salacious details of one of his ancestors, certainly the black sheep of the family. He will include how to collect as many different records as possible, and the unexpected benefits of this approach. Arons has an eclectic background. He’s a
former high-tech marketing executive, an expert on researching criminals, a data visualization maven and an author of three genealogy-oriented books. He’s also had an article published in the peerreviewed journal, The American Genealogist. He won a Hackman Research Grant award from the New York State Archives and also appeared on the PBS series, “The Jewish Americans.” Having spent more than 20 years researching his family, Arons has traced his roots back to Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Belarus, Lithuania and England. He has given more than 500 presentations across the country and internationally. Arons earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Guests are welcome to attend this free event. If interested, send an email to the society at scgs@ scgsca.org no later than 4 p.m. Friday and request an invitation. More information on the event can be found on the society’s webpage at www.scgsca.org.
historical and genealogical societies around the world, working to support their members as they use Family Tree Maker. Olsen is a graduate of Brigham Young University and holds a bachelor’s degree in family history with a Spanish records emphasis. He has been working in the genealogy industry since 2007. Bring questions to discuss the Family Tree Maker programs along with other products like Charting Companion and Family Book Creator. Both are plugs-ins that can help you create charts, graphs and books. Program participants will also learn how to make additional finds with their DNA test results. The creators of these partner products will join the group to answer questions directly. The Zoom presentation will be made remotely. If you would like to attend, send an email to president@gsvb.org no later than 4 p.m. Dec. 1 and request a Zoom invitation. More information on the event can be found on the Genealogy Society of Vallejo-Benicia’s website at www.gsvb. org and on the group’s Facebook page.
Society presents talk on family tree program 2 gov’t meetings on week’s schedule The Genealogy Society
of Vallejo-Benicia will give a presentation online for the next meeting on the Family Tree Maker software program. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday. Join the live discussion and question-and-answer session to answer all your questions about Family Tree Maker, the latest version, updates, features and more. This is an interactive session with Mark Olsen, who is the Family Tree Maker Ambassador to
Two government meetings will take place this week. They are open to the public. They are: n Suisun City Council, special meeting, 5 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd. Info: www. suisun.com/government/ city-council. n Rio Vista City Council, special meeting, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, City Hall, 1 Main St. Info: www.riovistacity.com/ city-council.
