Colonial America SIG - 9 Aug 2025

Colonial America SIG - 9 Aug 2025

The Colonial SIG explores America during the Colonial Period. Past meetings have focused on individual colonies (Rhode Island, Virginia, etc.), conflicts such as the French and Indian Wars and Bacon's Rebellion, the Indian Slave Trade, land transactions, and much more.

Today's Topic: Using the Internet in 2025 to Aid Colonial Reseach

CAGGNI member John Stryker will tell some anecdotes about some of his ancestors (mostly Colonial) while demonstrating some Internet research techniques which you may not have thought of before.

John is retired from being Distinguished Professor and Chair of Computer Technologies and Information Systems at Oakton College in Des Plaines. He has been a member of CAGGNI since 2008 and is a member of the CAGGNI technology team. John speaks at CAGGNI and other groups, including this annual feature on technology. He holds a B.S. in Actuarial Science from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in Computer Science from Northeastern Illinois University.

SIG Lead: Mary Hoyer.

Mary has led or co-led the Colonial SIG since its inception in 2019.

CAGGNI SIGs are for members only. 

Meeting Style: The Colonial SIG is Zoom only. Remote joiners can join using the link for the Colonial SIG on the Zoom Links page. You will need to be logged in. When Zooming, please ensure your full name is visible. You may need to use the Rename function (at the upper right of the window where your face appears) if your full name is not shown.