{"id":5306,"date":"2025-08-04T12:29:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/?p=5306"},"modified":"2025-11-29T14:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:03:55","slug":"how-to-digitize-document-your-family-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/how-to-digitize-document-your-family-history\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Digitize &amp; Document Your Family History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FREE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley, CA, September 20, 2026<strong>, 2PM &#8211; 4PM <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Dougherty-Promo-Graphic-cropped-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Dougherty-Promo-Graphic-cropped-1.jpg 714w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Dougherty-Promo-Graphic-cropped-1-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>What You Will Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Utilize AI for oral history, scanning, photo restoration, and management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore case studies for weaving family sagas with multimedia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discover free resources and best practices for legacy preservation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn tools for creating a digital family heritage library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How To Digitize &amp; Document Your Family History&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Dive into a realm where physical artifacts meet virtual storytelling. This session immerses you in the art of utilizing artificial intelligence for oral history creation, scanning, photo restoration, photo management, movie making and storytelling. Explore real-life case studies illustrating how to intricately weave your family&#8217;s saga using multimedia methodologies. Discover invaluable free resources and best practices to preserve your family\u2019s legacy. By session end, you\u2019ll learn about tools and techniques to create a digital family heritage library, that will be a timeless treasure for generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About The Speaker: Ron Chan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ron is a seasoned lecturer on family history documentation best practices, &nbsp;captivating audiences worldwide at genealogy workshops and libraries across the San Francisco Bay Area. As a published genealogy author, he has a passion for storytelling and teaches innovative technologies to bring ancestral tales to life. Ron is the Founder and Executive Director of the Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group, dedicated to preserving ancestral stories. He is also a co-founder of the Chinese American GI Project, ensuring that veterans&#8217; legacies are not lost, forgotten, or ignored. Ron shares with you how to capture and share family struggles of the past so future generations can embrace, remember, and learn from those who came before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seminar Patron Feedback <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Very pertinent and interesting information. Optics very nice. Personal story. Made it very relatable.\u201d&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cInspirational! Technically wonderful.\u201d&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWell delivered, comprehensive, heartfelt sharing of personal stories, links, and resources.\u201d&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThis is exactly what I was looking for my family stories.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Great ideas and tools for writing and displaying history \/ story telling\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cComprehensive, intelligently presented, touching, very impressive!\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cVery organized and inspiring. All materials were accessible and easy to understand. Hard for me not to cry\u2026 So personal.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018Thorough, practical, personal,&nbsp;methodically prepared.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a>\u201cComprehensive, intelligently presented, touching, very impressive!&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a>\u201cPresenter was very well organized, engaging, good teacher\/educator qualities and communication.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREE Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley, CA, September 20, 2026, 2PM &#8211; 4PM What You Will Learn Abstract How To Digitize &amp; Document Your Family History&nbsp;Dive into a realm where physical artifacts meet virtual storytelling. This session immerses you in the art of utilizing artificial intelligence for oral history creation, scanning, photo &#8230; <a title=\"How To Digitize &amp; Document Your Family History\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/how-to-digitize-document-your-family-history\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How To Digitize &amp; Document Your Family History\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-com-ann-et-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5306"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5850,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5306\/revisions\/5850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}