Seminar: Digitize & Document Your Family History

Various South Bay libraries will be hosting a free two-hour seminar on the subject of "How To Digitize & Document Your Family History."

Location/Date/Time:

• Fremont Library      2400 Stevenson Blvd, Fremont, March 16, 11AM – 1PM
• Saratoga Library       13650 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, April 14, 1PM – 3PM
• Los Altos Library       13 S San Antonio Rd, Los Altos, April 27, 11AM – 1PM
• Cupertino Library      10800 Torre Ave, Cupertino, May 4, 11AM – 1PM
• Milpitas Library          160 N Main St, Milpitas, May 12, 11AM – 1PM

How To Digitize & Document Your Family History

This session takes you into the physical and virtual world on how to build a multimedia family library. It will demonstrate and teach “how to” create family history using artificial intelligence to write and create oral history, scan and restore photos, reveal free/cost effective multimedia conversion resources, storytelling guidelines, movie making, and present a digital family history book. You will walk away knowing key resources, best practices, and tips on how to create your own family legacy.

About the Speaker: Ron Chan

Ron has lectured internationally on the principals of documenting family history at Genealogy Workshops, presenting and teaching how to create novel and compelling ways to bring family history to life. He is Founder and Executive Director of the Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group, whose mission is to share, educate and tell the story and struggles of the past, so future generations may know their roots. Ron is a CHCP Advisory Board member and is on CHCP's Oral History Project.