Seminar: Digitize & Document Your Family History

The Castro Valley Library will be hosting a FREE seminar on the subject: Digitize & Document Your Family History.

Location/Date/Time

• Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley, Sept 20, Sunday, 2 – 4 PM

Summary

• Utilize AI for oral history, scanning, photo restoration, and management
• Explore case studies for weaving family sagas with multimedia
• Discover free resources and best practices for legacy preservation
• Learn tools for creating a digital family heritage library

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’s saga using multimedia methodologies. Discover invaluable free resources and best practices to preserve your family’s legacy. By session end, you’ll learn about tools and techniques to create a digital family heritage library, that will be a timeless treasure for generations to come.

About The Speaker: Ron Chan

Ron is a seasoned lecturer on family history documentation best practices, 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’ legacies are not lost, forgotten, or ignored. As a CHCP Advisory Board Member, Ron is a contributor to CHCP's Oral History Project. 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.