Using Google's MyMaps as a Research and Analysis Tool
Cari A. Taplin, CG
Learn to use Google's "My Maps" as a research and analysis tool including how to create custom maps, tips for genealogical applications, and real-life examples. This workshop includes interactive in-class exercises to walk students through the creation of custom maps, drawing shapes, dropping and labeling pins, measurement tools, adding photos, and more.
Pre-requisites: Please create a Google account and/or know your login information prior to class. We will not have time to go over how to set up an account in class. This is the page to sign up for a new account: https://accounts.google.com. The process is simple; you can read more about it here: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/56256?hl=en.
Days/times: Two sessions will be available from which to choose on Tuesday, January 19, 2021; from 8:30 to 12:00 noon and from 1:30 to 5:00 pm, Mountain Standard Time.
Registration is open to anyone currently registered for SLIG 2021 or the SLIG Academy for Professionals 2021. See additional details about SLIG Extended events at slig.ugagenealogy.org.
Cari is related to Roy Rogers. Or at least that's what her family told her. As a result, finding her true heritage has been her focus since the year 2000. She is a native of Wood County, Ohio but now lives in Longmont, Colorado. Cari holds the Certified Genealogist credential and has served in a wide variety of volunteer and leadership positions for state, local, and national societies.
She currently serves as the Secretary for the Association for Professional Genealogists (APG) and as the President of the Lone Star Chapter of APG. As the owner of GenealogyPANTS, she provides speaking services. Cari's personal research focuses on midwestern and Great Lakes states. When she's not working on her genealogy, she is a wife and mother of two teenagers.
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