INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Indian River Genealogical Society is pleased to announce the program topic for the regular monthly meeting on Feb. 9. The meeting is to be held in the first floor meeting room at the Indian River County Main Library, 1600 21st Street, Vero Beach.
The business meeting convenes at 9:30 a.m., followed by light refreshments and the program. This meeting is free and open to the public.
Donna Moughty, a Professional Genealogist and former Regional Manager for Apple Computer, has been conducting family research for more than 20 years. She teaches and lectures on a variety of subjects including Internet, Irish research and computer topics locally and at national conferences and institutes. In addition, she provides consultations, research assistance and training.
Moughty attended the National Institute for Genealogical Research at the National Archives, and the Third and Fourth Irish Genealogical Congress in Ireland, the Salt Lake Institute-Irish Research and the Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University where she was an instructor for the Irish course in 2011.
She is a member of Association of Professional Genealogist and the Genealogical Speakers Guild. She takes groups to Ireland each October to research. Her weekly genealogy blog can be found at www.moughty.com.
The subject of Moughty’s lecture is “There’s an App for That!” It is amazing how far technology has brought genealogists. It has been a catalyst to bring millions of people into the field of genealogy.
In an article in September of 2012 from Bloomberg Businessweek, genealogy ranks second as the most searched topic on the Internet. Today, small devices such as the iPhone and iPad, as well as their various competitors are more powerful and connected than the computers used 10 years ago.
Moughty will discuss hardware and getting the right fit, what’s included, genealogy apps, organization and general productivity.