Welcome to CAGGNI!February 21 Monthly CAGGNI Presentation:
by David M. McCorkle Saturday, 21 February 2026 Hybrid event - Zoom and Arlington Heights Memorial Library
This lecture demonstrates how to use the Deed Mapper software to plat metes and bounds from your own input as well as from files on their website uploaded by the public. Attendees will learn techniques for combining different plats on a map to build a community. An introduction to metes and bounds and land records in general will be provided, along with using Artificial Intelligence to help with this process. David M. McCorkle is a land records and mapping expert and genealogy lecturer. He has been writing computer software for over 50 years and is now working with Artificial Intelligence tools. He is creator of the free website https://nclandgrants.com/ with over 1.2 million images of original records. He is president of the NC Genealogical Society, and on the board of several other genealogical groups. For more info and to register: Mapping Metes and Bounds with Deed Mapper Software
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CAGGNI (Computer Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois) is a group of amateur genealogists who are committed to effectively using technology and the internet in support of their research activities.
Monthly meeting topics cover a broad range of subjects of interest, including software, tools, techniques and methodologies. Additionally, monthly newsletters, support for computer and genealogy issues and internet surname exposure are among the benefits of membership.
A wide variety of genealogy software packages are used by the members as well online trees and database websites. We are also interested in personal websites, digital photography, handheld apps and other ways to share our family histories.
For questions about the group, comments and suggestions, contact secretary @ caggni.org. To report problems with the website, contact webmaster @ caggni.org.