COMPU.GEN Back Issue Index

Here is what you missed. Order your back issue today. Cost is $3 per issue for the current or previous volume (i.e., year), $5 per issue for volumes prior to those. The current issue is not available. Back issues are only available to members. If the desired back issue is out of stock, then a new one will be printed in the form of letter-size pages stapled together.

Instead of a paper copy, how about a CD containing many issues for about the cost of one paper copy ($5 per CD)? Three CDs are available (members only).

CD #1: 1988-93 (not keyword indexed)

CD #2: 1994-99 (not keyword indexed)

CD #3: 2000-03 (keyword indexed) plus selected 1990's articles

Note: Both CD's and paper back issues can be purchased at the monthly meeting. CGSSD does not offer a mail order service. To ensure that what you want will be available at the next meeting, contact the back issues volunteer (e-mail address can be found in the newsletter's list of volunteers).

December 2003
(Vol. 16, Nbr. 4) Preserving Your Research; President's Message; CGSSD's 2004 Board; Newsletter Staff Positions Available;Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - The Best of the Free Web Sites; New on the Net; Genetic Genealogy; Cyndi's List; Publish or Perish; Data CD Format; CGSSD's 2nd Treasurer, Donald N. Van Epps Passes Away; May 2004 NGS Conference Pre-meeting; New FHL Director; New Switzerland CD; Do I Really Need to Know This?; Possible Acrobat 6-COMPU.GEN CD Compatibility Issue; Is It Time to Upgrade?; Microsoft Dropping Mac IE Support; Look What ou've Missed.

September 2003
(Vol. 16, Nbr. 3) Digitizing Home Movies; President's Message; Elections!; Look What You've Missed; Thanks to Rick Hanson; CSGA Annual Meeting; 2003 Family History Fair; Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - Internet Scams; New on the Net; Important Genealogy News; DNA Uses and Misuses; Is It Time to Upgrade?; Do I Really Need to Know This? - Marriage Dates;

June 2003
(Vol. 16, Nbr. 2) Who Owns Genealogy? Cousins and Copyright; President's Message; Member Survey Form; Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - New and Updated Web Sites; New on the Net; Genealogy in the News - MyFamily aquires Genealogy.com, 123Genealogy; Genealogy scam is back; American Folklife Center, Lib of Congress; Wisconsin name index, Access to Texas records endangered, Irish famine info, Political watchers wanted, Family History Month, New free newsletter (The Jenialogy Newsletter); Do I Really Need to Know This? - Spam blockers, Acrobat Reader, UPS; The Paper Chase - What Did I do with that Letter?; Mother's Day Salute; Is it Time to Upgrade?

March 2003
(Vol. 16, Nbr. 1) PDF for Genealogists (Creating PDF files); President's Message; Look What You've Missed (Jan, Feb meetings); Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - New and Updated Web Sites; New on the Net; PDF Files and Genealogy; What's New on FamilySearch.org; Amazon.com; Reunion 8; Do I Really Need to Know This? - Disk drive recovery sites; Is it Time to Upgrade?

December 2002
(Vol. 15, Nbr. 4) Genealogy Cds - Where to Try Them; President's Message; Look What You've Missed (Sept, Oct, Nov meetings); Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - New and Updated Web Sites; New on the Net; New Ellis Island search web site; Family History Radio; Library of Congress chat room; Do I Really Need to Know This? - destroying your DVD drive; Is it Time to Upgrade; Annual index.

September 2002
(Vol. 15, Nbr. 3) Genealogy Fraud and Deceit; President's Message; Help Wanted: COMPU.GEN Editor; Look What You've Missed (June, July, August meetings); Change Service Requested; Elections; Is It Time to Upgrade?; Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - New on the Net; More Genealogy-Internet News; Census Research on the Internet; Current News; Genealogy Software News; Do I Really Need to Know This?; Book Binding Machine Available at Meetings.

June 2002
(Vol. 15, Nbr. 2) Genealogy in the New Times - Has the Future Arrived; President's Message; Look What You've Missed (March, April, May meetings); Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - Genealogy Clip Art and Graphics; New on the Net; Computer Genealogy in the news; Scanner Technology Basics - A Primer for Genealogists; DVD formats; PrintToPDF software; The Cost of Leaving the Computer Turned On 24 Hours a Day; Is It Time to Upgrade.

March 2002
(Vol. 15, Nbr. 1) AniMap Plus Version 2.5; President's Message; Look What You've Missed (Jan, Feb meetings); CGSSD 2001 annual reports - financial & membership; Recently Received Publications (library report); Current Events and Announcements (government shuts down web sites, GENTECH & NGS merge, E-books, SAR Patriot Index to contain photos); Lindy's Links - Writing and Publishing Your Family History; New on the Net; Best Genealogy Software; Free Look-up Sites; SSDI Search Tip; Social Security Index - RootsWeb vs. Ancestry; Genealogical Helper gets a Makeover; Inkjet Printer Cartridges (refilling); Is It Time to Upgrade.

December 2001
(Vol. 14, Nbr. 4) Image catalog software (list and description); Scholar's Aid (review); President's Message; Past meetings; Past Presidents list; News (World Tree, WorldConnect, Ancestry.com, new collection for UK and Ireland, Family Tree SuperTools, Bygones); Volunteer Profiles - Donna Przecha; 1930 Census Update; Complete U.S. Census Scanned; Library Report; Lindy's Links - Holiday Wish List; New on the Net; Travel and the Internet; GENTECH 2002 newsletter; U.S. GenWeb Project; Family Tree Maker - a usage example; Free genealogy software (Windows); Is It time to Upgrade; PAF Companion 5.1; Help for Tired Eyes; Annual index.

September 2001
(Vol. 14, Nbr. 3) PAF for Palm OS; President's Message; 1880 Census; Genelines; Photo Scanning web sites; Genealogy search sites; Daughters of the American Revolution; Profusion web site; Ancestry.com; Social Security Administration fees; NGS newsletter award; Elections; CD fungus; Genealogy scam alert; Family History Center news; Volunteer Profiles - Gary Hoffman, Rick Hanson; Library Report; Lindy's Links (Women in History); New on the Net; Relative a member of Congress?; ProQuest aquires Heritage Quest (news); Cleveland Digital Library; PAF 5; ISP comparison; Computer Care (tips); Prove you're not insane (web site); Is It time to Upgrade.

June 2001
(Vol. 14, Nbr. 2) Ellis Island on the Web; President's Message; COMPU.GEN Wins Competition; PuttingCOMPU.GEN on CD; AOL Problem - Or Not; FamilySearchTraining Video; Book Binding Machine Available at Meetings; Volunteer Profiles - Joe & Sandy Miller, Lance Dohe, Louise Guilbault; Library Report; Old Time Job Quiz; Lindy's Links - 20 Best Sites to Bookmark; New on the Net; Additional Web Site Tips from Linda Tate; 1900 U.S. Census for Online Searching at www.Genealogy.com; DocAble - PDF Comes to Portables; GECCOM Estimator; GedStar; Urban Legends, Viruses and Spam; Become a Certified Genealogist; Is it Time to Upgrade; Ten Years Ago; Ellis Island Web Site Problems.

March 2001
(Vol. 14, Nbr. 1) Family Tree Maker 8 (review); Personal Ancestral File 5 (review); President's Message; Writing Articles for COMPU.GEN; Putting COMPU.GEN on CD; Year 2000 Annual Financial Report; Library Report; Volunteer Profiles - Bonnie Flick, Charlote Zaino; Lindy's Links - Chicago; New on the Net; Eight Myths of Genealogy; Creating Your Own Web Site Part 2; Subscription Genealogy Databases; Macintosh Includes Built-in CD/CVD Drive; All My Ancestors are in the Palm of my Hand; Protection from Utilities (USPs); Servicing and Refilling Inkjet Cartridges; Is It Time to Upgrade; Genealogy Fraud Web Site.

December 2000
(Vol. 13, Nbr. 4) Binding Your Family History Book: Affordable Hardback Covers are Here; President's Message; Election Results; Putting COMPU.GEN on CD; What's New at CGSSD's Web Site; Library Report; Profile of the New CGSSD Board - Jack Nichols, Jerry Oen, Carl Tatina, Ron Zeunges; The Year 2000 Annual Meeting; Lindy's Links - Creating Your Own Web Site Part 1; New on the Net; Genealogy in the News; Free Online Storage; Is It Time to Upgrade; Macintosh Family Tree Maker Free Support Ending; Genealogy in the News; Annual Index; Correction: Sept. 2000 Issue.

September 2000
(Vol. 13, Nbr. 3) The Use and Abuses of Online Genealogy; Online Auctions and Genealogy; President's Message; Nominations; New COMPU.GEN Advertising Policy and Rates; Putting COMPU.GEN on CD; CGSSD & Family History Fair; Please Check Your COMPU.GEN Mailing Label; What's New at CGSSD's Web Site; Lindy's Links - Volunteers on the Web; New on the Net; Genealogy and the Internet in the News; Tips for Using the California Birth and Death Indexes; Search Engine Tip - Using Wild Cards; Genealogical Standards Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages on the Internet; Utilities for the Discriminating Computer Genealogist; Is It Time to Upgrade; Try Out the FHC's New Toy (ImageMouse); A Scanner for Genealogists; Making a Web Page using Family Tree Maker; Finding the Last Modification Date in PAF 4; Newly Revised Family History Documentation Guidelines; New PAF Documentation Guidelines; The Millennium Time Capsule ‹Family History Archive.Ê

June 2000
(Vol. 13, Nbr. 2) Publishing Your Genealogy Book, the COMPU.GEN Way; President's Message; Nominating Committee; What's New at CGSSD's Web Site; CGSSD Membership Status; 1999 Annual Financial Report; Lindy's Links - Researching in the Western United States; New on the Net; National Geographic Maps on CD; Family Tree Maker Version 7.5 (review); Personal Ancestral File 4 (review); Windows 2000 for You (review); Reunion 7 New Features and Changers; Legacy3.0 New Features and Changes; Is It Time to Upgrade.

March 2000
(Vol. 13, Nbr. 1) Genelines 1.2P (review); President's Message; CGSSD Needs You; CGSSD 1999 Awards of Appreciation for Years of Service; Lindy's Links - General, Unique or Unusual Mailing Lists; Is It Time to Upgrade; San Diego Genealogical Society Library Open to the Public; Taking the Duplication out of Publishing (Macintosh); Ultimate Family Tree Tip; Telephone Area codes and Toll Calls Tip; Customizing Sources (The Master Genealogist); PAF Interest Group (questions and answers); Should You Buy a DVD Player With Your Next Computer; CGSSD Members Interviewed by the San Diego Union; Legacy 2.0 (review); Collaborative genealogy software; Hope for unidentified pictures; GEDitCOM 2.2 for the Macintosh; Creating Repositories in TMG v4.0 (The Master Genealogist); GENTECH2000 (conference notes); Family Tree Maker 7.0 (review).

December 1999
(Vol. 12, Nbr. 4) New Millennium is Coming; President's Message; Minutes from Annual Meeting; New PAF Group Leader; From the Editor; Library Report; Lindy's Links - British Isles (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales); New on the Net; Source Citations; Digital Cameras; Maps; PAF, LDS and FHC Mail Lists; Year 2000 Memento; Annual Index.

September 1999
(Vol. 12, Nbr. 3) Data Storage Prospects for the Long Term; President's Message; Nominations for 2000 Term; Library Report; Lindy's Links - The American West; New on the Net; Genealogical Search Engines and Indices; Preserve Your Genealogy with Pedigree Resource File; Interest Groups - Family Tree Maker, Macintosh, Personal Ancestor File, The Master Genealogist; ‹Generations - Find Your RootÊ Radio Broadcast.

June 1999
(Vol. 12, Nbr. 2) Do You Own What You Upload (copyright issues); President's Message; Richard Wilson Seminar Announcement; Web Site Development (CGSSD web site); Library Report; Lindy's Link - historic paths and trails sites; New on the Net; New on RootsWeb; USGenWeb Success Story; Genealogies on CD from ALT Publishing; Tips for Using www.FamilySearch.com; Census ViewCDs; Zeroing in on ZIP Drives; Global Positioning System - End of Week and Y2K Rollover Problems; Why the New Minnenium Doesn't Start on January 1, 2000; TMG: How to do a report for all lines in a database.

March 1999
(Vol. 12, Nbr. 1) New LDS Web Site; President's Message; Annual Financial Statement; Letters; Library Report; Lindy' Links - Libraries Online; New on the Net - DAR Library Catalog, National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC), City Directories Online, Historical United States Census Data Browser, Cemetary Junction Directory of U.S. Cemeteries, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; Legacy Interest Group; PAF/Ancestral Quest Interest Group; In Memoriam - Bill Kerr, Carl Pooley; Copyrights and WIPO - Why We Should Worry; Experiences Using World Family Tree; More on CDs, Copyrights and Privacy; Periodical Source Index (PERSI) the Easy Way; Reunion 6 for the Macintosh; Ancestral Quest 3.0; FTM's Family Finder Report; Genealogy Report in the Master Genealogist; TIME Magazine Does Cover Story on Family History.

December 1998
(Vol. 11, Nbr. 4) Ellis Isand Records Being Digitized; President's Message; Minutes of the Annual Meeting; New on Our Web Site; Library Report; Scanner Selection Tip; COMDEX and APCUG 1998; Tips for Computing Abroad; FamilySearch News; Lindy's Links - Passenger and Ship Lists; New on the Net; Family Tree Maker Interest Group; Personal Ancestral File Interest Group; Genealogy Mega Sites; Being Dragged, Kicking and Screaming ... (technology commentary); More TMG Sources; Legacy Family Tree 2.0; New Web Site for Family Home Pages Provides Security; Annual Index.

September 1998
(Vol. 11, Nbr. 3) Documentation Methodology & Genealogy Software; President's Message; CGSSD Web Site Report; Library Report; New Products - PAF Companion 2.0; Lindy's Links - Native American Resources; Online Genealogy Class - Student's Personal Experience; Review - Family Tree Maker 5.0; Review - Generations Deluxe (Reunion for Windows); Current Versions of Leading Genealogy Software; The Master Genealogist - TMG Sources; Another Documentation Option - Oberon's Citation 7 (Family History Research & Writing Tool); Genealogy CDs Update.

June 1998
(Vol. 11, Nbr. 2) GEDCOM: The Next Generation; President's Message; CGSSD web site report; Library report; Book reviews - 'Netting Your Ancestors, Genealogical Research on the Internet,' 'Genealogy for Dummies;' Lindy's Links - cemeteries and funeral homes; FamilySearch News; Ancestral Quest, Will it take you into Cyberspace in the 21st Century?; Family Heritage Deluxe review; The Master Genealogist - How to Highlight All of Your Direct Ancestors in TMG; Names in TMG; TMG Mail Tips; Personal Ancestral File - PAF 3.0 Tips; Genealogy CDs - Who's Got What.

March 1998
(Vol. 11, Nbr. 1) Producing a hard-bound family history book using today's technology tools; President's Message; CGSSD web site report; New on-line classes from S.D. Community College; Library Report; Book reviews - 'Searching for Cyber Roots,' 'The Internet for Genealogists: A Beginners Guide' and a list of others; Lindy's Links - U.S. GenWeb and related projects; An Alternative to Search Engines - The WebRing; FamilySearch 2.25 upgrade review; Ultimate Family Tree 2.5 review; Memories for Windows 2.0 review; The Master Genealogist 3.5 announcement; AOL and cache; Cache, cookies and hidden files; Clickbook 2.0 review; Ask the Experts - importing GEDCOM, passing along research when faced with uninterested relatives, HTML editors, new version of Windows, Indian records in Maryland; More Tips - accented characters in e-mail, life expectancy of CD-ROM disks.

December 1997
(Vol. 10, Nbr. 4) Scanner technology tutorial; President's Message; Library Report; Lindy's Links - land records; Annual meeting minutes; Local training classes; FamilySearch News - available CDs; COMDEX Fall'97 report; Moving from ROOTS III to The Master Genealogist tutorial; TMG's Linear Ahnentafel Report; The Ahnentafel Numbering System; Family Tree Maker 4.0 review; PAF Companion review; PAF Pal review; Ancestral Quest - new version 2.1 features; Ask the Experts - AOL preferences, sending attachments using Netscape, solving crashes in Windows 3.1 & 95, importing GEDCOM; Index for volume 10 (1997).

September 1997
(Vol. 10, Nbr. 3) Computer virus false alarms; President's Message; Civil War project completed; Letters; FamilySearch News - available records; Library Report; Lindy's Links - royal & noble families, other notable sites; Searching Newspapers on the Internet; Free on-line training from Spectrum Virtual Univ.; Master Genealogist 3.0 for Windows review; New PAF 3.0 utilities news; Ask the Experts - compressed files, Nova Scotia cemetery records, cookie files; GENTECH98 conference schedule.

June 1997
(Vol. 10, Nbr. 2) New Internet domain name for CGSSD; President's Message; Civil War project status; San Diego Historical Society needs help; CGSSD's e-mail list; Library Report; Book review - 'Internet for Genealogists, A Beginner's Guide;' Lindy's Links - databases, on-line catalogs, used books, localities, misc. sites, corrections; Corel Family Tree Suite review; Personal Ancestral File 3.0 review; Family Tree Maker (for PowerMac) review; Palladium news - tech. support for ROOTS products, new Ultimate Family Tree release news; CD-ROM review - GenRef CD-ROMs (Soc. Security death list, Vital Records Assistant, Encyclopedia of U.S. Counties); Downloading files from the Internet.

March 1997
(Vol. 10, Nbr. 1) GENTECH97 conference notes; President's Message; CGSSD financial report; Library Report; Civil War project & CGSSD; Linda's Links - town info, new links site, National Archives, Civil War generals, correction; Family Origins 5.0 for Windows (2 reviews); Family Atlas for Windows review; PAF 3.0 - new features; PAF for the Macintosh - questions & answers.

December 1996
(Vol. 9, Nbr. 4) Brother's Keeper for Windows - tricks with the tree of Descendants; President's Message; Meet the President - Lance Dohe; Annual meeting minutes; Library Report; Family Tree Maker for Windows 3.4 review; Searchable Databases on the Internet - U.S. history, military sites, sites that have moved; Index for volumes 8 (1995) and 9 (1996).

September 1996
(Vol. 9, Nbr. 3) Privacy on the GenWeb; President's Message; Library Report; Ordering info for Wade Hone's book on land records; How to cite your sources using any genealogical software (tutorial); Family History Composer (Macintosh) review; Internet sites - surname databases, state archives/libraries, state historical societies, other sites; Eudora 2.2 (Windows) review; Possible Alteration of Records Copied from Ancestral File to FamilySearch; Windows PAF Tips - creating an icon for Personal Ancestral File in Windows 95, speeding up 'Family Records Data Check' and 'Check/Repair' (Windows 95 & 3.x), Cannon & HP printer problems; Mac PAF Tips - transferring data from PAF 2.11 to 2.3.1, 12-inch monitor display problem, multiple-page pedigree using 6 generations per page.

June 1996
(Vol. 9, Nbr. 2) CGSSD BBS is history; President's Message; Genealogy BBSs in San Diego area; 9 viable genealogy software packages (web sites & tech. support); CGSSD's mentor program - list of names & numbers; Library Report; PAF 2.31 for Mac review; Highlights of National Genealogical Society's computer lectures at Nashville; Selecting a Windows genealogy program; Modems and serial ports; FamilySearch questions and answers - Social Security death index; PAF Tips - problems with notes feature and their solution.

March 1996
(Vol. 9, Nbr. 1) Windows genealogy software, a critical review; President's Message; San Diego's new family history radio talk show; Library Report; CGSSD mentor program; In a Perfect World... (request for participation); FamilySearch Q&A - introduction; Country ALPHA-3 short form codes; PAF Tips - shelling to DOS in RDF; PC/Mac & Mac/PC PAF file conversion; Product Updates - Brother's Keeper for Windows, Ancestral Quest 2.0; New Product Announcement - PAF*Mate (Windows 3.1), Family Gathering CD. Description of 'Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter;' Modem selection; Family Origins for Windows 4.1a review.

September/December 1995
(Vol. 8, Nbrs. 3 & 4) CGSSD Expands Coverage on the Internet; President's Message; CGSSD at the Computer Expo; CGSSD Mac Users Can Now Shop the User Group Store; Visual Roots First Look (review); Documentation Notes: Planning Ahead (entering notes into PAF); Roots IV - Application Notes 8 - 13 from COMMSOFT (continued); Reflection on DATA - The Balance between Quality and Quantity; Editors Notes (validating research results).

March/June 1995
(Vol. 8, Nbrs. 1 & 2) Windows and PAF; President's Message; CGSSD is on the Internet; Running Multiple Copies of PAF; Book review - 'Genealogy On-line;' Roots IV - Application Notes 5 - 7 from COMMSOFT; How Macintosh Users Can Exchange Genealogical Data with Other Computer Systems using Diskettes; CD-ROM Library Update; GenWeb Update (news); The Family Historian BBS review; ASCII-Print Pro review; CGSSD member roster.

December 1994
(Vol. 7, Nbr. 4) CGSSD Donates CD-ROMs to the San Diego FHC; President's Message; Meet the New Board Members; Announcing ... CGSSD Logo Contest; Library Report; Metrolink to the LAPL (Los Angeles Public Library access); Success in Acquiring Federal Land Records; CGSSD CD-ROM inventory; Using CD-ROMs (tips and omissions); Roots III - Roots Potpourri; Roots IV - Application Notes 1 - 4 from COMMSOFT; Changed and New Features in PAF 2.31; Utilities for PAF; Index to Volume 7 (1994).

September 1994
(Vol. 7, Nbr. 3) Introducing GenWeb, the Virtual Future of Genealogy Research; President's Message; CD-ROM and Computerized Databases (tutorial); CZECHitOut! Checks Out (Czech/English translation program review); CGSSD mentors list; Library Report; New products - 'The Farmer's Plotter' (Mac), 'Gen-Cards' (IBM), 'Gen-Trees' (IBM), 'Not a Problem' (IBM/PAF); PAF news - PAF 2.3.1 beta testing; PAF 2.3 user's guide.

June 1994
(Vol. 7, Nbr. 2) Catch a Blue Wave (FidoNet browser review); President's Message; Writing a Family History (tutorial); The Latest Word from Salt Lake (PAF 2.3 news); PAF 2.3 Work-arounds; Census CD-ROMs Now at the National Archives; Roots IV version 1.1 review; Sign of the Times (Roots IV versus III); Library Report.

March 1994
(Vol. 7, Nbr. 1) Salt Lake Support Unit Gets a New Name and Location (PAF/FamilySearch news); President's Message; Correction; Personal Family File (PAF) release 2.3 for MS-DOS upgrade availability; PAF 2.3 review; Roots IV review; NAMECLEAN update; Library Report; Reunion for the Macintosh review.

December 1993
(Vol. 6, Nbr. 4) Personal Ancestral File 2.3 is Announced (news); President's Message; Meet the New Board; PIF your PAF (running PAF in Windows); Running Other Programs with PAF in the Windows Environment; On-line Access to Land Records; Roots IV: Roles; Roots IV: Preliminary Reports (installation and performance); Check for Viruses in Your ZIP Files; Shareware update - AHNDES 2.1, LOCASE 2.0, NAMECLEAN 1.2, NOTECLEAN 1.2 RECLAIM 3.2, Birthdays & Anniversaries for PAF 1.4; Index to Volume 6 (1993).

September 1993
(Vol. 6, Nbr. 3) Surfing the Internet (tutorial); President's Message; Library Report; Back issues of COMPU.GEN; Melvyl Catalog Command Mode Basics (searching the UCSD MELVYL on-line catalog); Dumpster Diving into the Past using Melvyl; Carlsbad City Library On-line Catalog; Carlsbad Library Catalog Tips; Utilities News and Reviews.

June 1993
(Vol. 6, Nbr. 2) The Importance of Information about Information (documenting sources tips); News of the Family Historian (BBS); San Diego Computer Fair; Library Report; Window to the World (on-line access tips); Calendars (tutorial); Using Foreign Characters and Diacritical Marks (tips); Roots III - Roots Users Want to Know (questions and answers); Roots IV announcement; PAF/IBM - HotNotes 2.2 and NoteTool 4.0 reviews; Letters.

March 1993
(Vol. 6, Nbr. 1) GENTECH Conference Highlights; President's Message; Library Report; MacRoots II review; Managing Research Notes Part 3 - Scraps (research notes program review); Roots III - Running ROOTS III as a Standard Windows Application; PAF Utilities News and Reviews - FR_PRINT, EDITPAF, NOTETOOL 4.0, Resource Links database, PAF Utilities for the Mac.

December 1992
(Vol. 5, Nbr. 4) President's Message; Family Historian BBS Update; Managing Research Notes Part 2 - Research Data Filer (database program review); FamilySearch software update; PAF Information from FamilySearch Support (news and tips); GEN-BOOK 2.0 review; Brother's Keeper 5.1 review; Correction - Roots III article; Roots III - Potpourri (tips); Roots III - Tips from the COMMSOFT RUG Newsletter; Civil War Soldiers System (new records preservation project); CD-ROMs - German phone books, Pennsylvania genealogical catalog; Letters; San Diego Computer Fair; Index to volume 5 (1992); CGSSD membership roster.

September 1992
(Vol. 5, Nbr. 3) President's Message; Managing Research Notes Part 1 - Managing Your Data using WordPerfect 5.0/5.1; PAF/IBM Tips - Printer Switch Codes for International Languages; PAF/MAC - GEDcompanion Rescues PAF for the Mac; Roots III Genealogy Format Reports in WordPerfect - Changing Margins and Columns (tutorial); Roots III Potpourri (tips); FamilySearch announcement; A Set of Utilities and 1920 Census Help (reviews); PAF/IBM - Help for PAF Notes; San Diego Computer Fair; CGSSD's Ancestor Database; New Phone Number for CGSSD's BBS.

June 1992
(Vol. 5, Nbr. 2) President's Message; CGSSD's mentor program; Family Historian BBS news; Recent Advances in the Distribution of Genealogical Source Data Using CD-ROM Technology; Tips from PAF Support; Roots III - Learning Experiences; Roots III Potpourri (tips); Stacker (hard drive compression utility) review.

March 1992
(Vol. 5, Nbr. 1) President's Message; Tiny Tafels and the Tafel Matching System; Who's Got What (database) review; DESCEND review; Employment History Available from Social Security; Installing Bother's Keeper Files; Taking the Burden out of Bulletin Boards - Using Offline Readers on the Apple Macintosh; Roots III - WordPerfect Formatting; Roots III Potpourri; PAF - Importing GEDCOM Files: Caution!

December 1991
(Vol. 4, Nbr. 4) President's Message; Correspondence Confessions of a Harried Genealogist; BBS - Message Scanning; Sky Index (index creation program) review; Roots III - Maidens and Widows; Roots III - Grouping; Roots III - More Update News; Roots III - Potpourri; PAF - Setting Up a PAF Database; Brother's Keeper - Modifying the Tree of Descendants; CGSSD Ancestor Database; DOS 5.0 Tip; Letters; Index to Volume 4 (1991).

September 1991
(Vol. 4, Nbr. 3) President's Message; First Impressions (from a new member); Roots III - Data Entry and Documentation; Printing Your Book with PAF; Family Roots 1.5 for the Mac (review); New Shareware for PAF IBM; Accessing the 'Library without Walls' (UCSD on-line catalogs ROGER and MELVYL); Family Historian's Complete File Listing (BBS).

June 1991
(Vol. 4, Nbr. 2) President's Message; BBS Bits (tips); DROPLINE Menus; Research Sources in PAF Family Records; Mailing Labels from the Genealogical Program; Roots III Update; CGSSD Ancestor Database News.

March 1991
(Vol. 4, Nbr. 1) President's Message; Ancestral File - Progress or Problem (PAF); Library Report; Roots III - R3FixSum (utility) review; FamilySearch - Mac Users Can Play Too; FYI from Computer Magazines; PhoneFile on CompuServe; PAF Bug-Fix Disks - What's New; PAF Q&A; Batch Files and the PAF '-D' Option; SESAME announcement; Roots Potpourri;

December 1990
(Vol. 3, Nbr. 4) President's Message; GIPSI - Using IGI GEDCOM Files; Roots Potpourri; My Favorite Chart - Brother's Keeper Tree of Descendants; Printing Box Charts Using GEDCOM Files; Obtaining Data on the Family Historian BBS; CGSSD Ancestral Database Exceeds 100,000; CGSSD BBS files list; Merging Roots Databases; PAF Disk Doctors; Do You Need Help (help from local volunteers).

September 1990
(Vol. 3, Nbr. 3) President's Message; Editor's Message; CGSSD Members Ancestral Database; Kinship: Its All Relative; Database Cousins; Cambridge Statistical Research Assoc., Inc. (death master file); Tiny Bits (computer technology tips); New Magazine for the PC Novice; Others Say - Genealogical Computing magazine; Prodigy (on-line service); PAF Tips; To Shell or Not to Shell (DOS); PNAMES: R3 review; Roots III Potpourri; Enhanced LaserJet Family Group Sheets for Roots III; Roots III - Splitting your Database; Editing a ROOTS III Index.

June 1990
(Vol. 3, Nbr. 2) President's Message; Family Historians BBS update; GEDCOMing Your Data; To & From PAF with GEDCOM; To & From Family Roots with GEDCOM; To & From Roots III using GEDCOM; Notes - PAF to Roots III; Overdocumentation; Ancestral File now on CD-ROM; Tom King, Our New V.P.; PAF Tips.
March 1990
(Vol. 3, Nbr. 1) President's Message; Editor's Message; Prerecording Your Projection Panel Presentation; Housekeeping with ROOTS III; ROOTS Potpourri; A Member Shares Her 'Preparing to Publish' Experiences; Logging on to a Bulletin Board System; Bulletin Board Corner; List of Genealogy Bulletin Board Systems; Meet the Tate Family.

December 1989
(Vol. 2, Nbr. 4) Editor's Message; Copy the Record, Don't 'Cop' It; Family Roots group; PAF 2.2 for MS-DOS; PAF - New Shareware Program: Family Records Utility (FRU); DataPerfect as a Genealogy Database; ROOTS update; ROOTS Potpourri; ROOTS - What Can You Do with Flags? German Translating Software Reviews - Learn German, German Assistant; Index to volumes 1 & 2 (1988-89).

September 1989
(Vol. 2, Nbr. 3) President's Message; Announcements - Software Exchange Program, ROOTS III, MACPAF; Newsletter SOS; Your President: Larry Hoppis; Your Secretary: John Stewart; DOS Tutor review; PAF classes; Duplication and Distribution of Software (copyright note); Magnetic Media Protection; ROOTS Writer Macros; Roots Potpourri; PAF; Adoptees; Ancestral Chart Exchanges; Using NEWKEY (review); Library; Diskette Facts.

June 1989
(Vol. 2, Nbr. 2) President's Message; Editor's Message; Salt Lake Publishes IGI & AF on CD-ROM; Computer Edge'89; CGSSD Database; Products; New Software Club for Genealogists; PAF - Managing Research Notes with Research Data Filer (review); ROOTS III Install Program (tutorial); Roots Writer Formatting; ROOTS Potpourri; Telecommunications (discusses use of Tiny-Tafel); DOS Tip.

March 1989
(Vol. 2, Nbr. 1) President's Message; CGSSD Library; BBS; Mac PAF; More About SuperKey; PAF - Genealogical Information Exchange (GIE); ROOTS III: Search and Grouping; ROOTS Potpourri; ROOTS III: Split (creating a new database from an existing database); WordPerfect Macros for PAF Users; WordPerfect Update; Computer Magazines.

December 1988
(Vol. 1, Nbr. 4) President's Message; Jean Richardson: Secretary; Edith Moon Wertz: Corresponding Secretary; Docindex (text indexing program); Family History Library (at Salt Lake); PAF (tips and techniques); Using SuperKey & PAF; Batch Files for PAF; Estimating Dates; ROOTS III; Long Lost Cousins; ROOTS Writer; Shareware; Tiny Tafel; Telecommunications - Genealogical and Historical Societies of the United States Computer Interest Genealogical Societies; ROOTS Seminars; Letters.

September 1988
(Vol. 1, Nbr. 3) President's Message; Editor's Message; Joan Lowrey: President; Robert E. Commins: Vice President; Ancestral File; Donald N. Van Epps: Treasurer; Programming (modifying PAF using BASIC); PAF.DAT; ROOTS III; WordPerfect; Macintosh PAF Delay; Telecommunications (part 3); BBS; Books (about computers); Letters.

June 1988
(Vol. 1, Nbr. 2) President's Message; Editor's Message; Upgrades; PAF 2.1 review; ROOTS III review; PAF utility program PAFAIDE review; Projects (work in progress); Ahnentafel Numbering; GEDCOM announcement; WordPerfect Users Group; Indexing (creating and maintaining one); Telecommunications (part 2); Seminars and Classes; Beginning PAF Classes by Joan Lowrey; CGSSD incorporation status; LDS temple abbreviations; Letters.

March 1988
(Vol. 1, Nbr. 1) President's Message; Editor's Message; PAF or ROOTS II (a comparison); PAF (helpful hints); ROOTS II Start-up; BBS usage (tips and cautions); Projects (ongoing); Resource (file backup tips); New Developments - Software (DOS 3.3, ROOTS III, PAF, WordPerfect 5.0); Basics (PC purchase recommendations, tips, computer classes); Books & Libraries - 'Collecting Dead Relatives;' Telecommunications (part 1); Dropline Pedigree Charts.

December 2003 (Vol. 16, Nbr. 4)	Preserving Your Research; President's Message; CGSSD's 2004 Board; Newsletter Staff Positions Available;Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - The Best of the Free Web Sites; New on the Net; Genetic Genealogy; Cyndi's List; Publish or Perish; Data CD Format; CGSSD's 2nd Treasurer, Donald N. Van Epps Passes Away; May 2004 NGS Conference Pre-meeting; New FHL Director; New Switzerland CD; Do I Really Need to Know This?; Possible Acrobat 6-COMPU.GEN CD Compatibility Issue; Is It Time to Upgrade?; Microsoft Dropping Mac IE Support; Look What ou've Missed.
September 2003 (Vol. 16, Nbr. 3)	Digitizing Home Movies; President's Message; Elections!; Look What You've Missed; Thanks to Rick Hanson; CSGA Annual Meeting; 2003 Family History Fair; Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - Internet Scams; New on the Net; Important Genealogy News; DNA Uses and Misuses; Is It Time to Upgrade?; Do I Really Need to Know This? - Marriage Dates;
June 2003 (Vol. 16, Nbr. 2)	Who Owns Genealogy? Cousins and Copyright; President's Message; Member Survey Form; Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - New and Updated Web Sites; New on the Net; Genealogy in the News - MyFamily aquires Genealogy.com, 123Genealogy; Genealogy scam is back; American Folklife Center, Lib of Congress; Wisconsin name index, Access to Texas records endangered, Irish famine info, Political watchers wanted, Family History Month, New free newsletter (The Jenialogy Newsletter); Do I Really Need to Know This? - Spam blockers, Acrobat Reader, UPS; The Paper Chase - What Did I do with that Letter?; Mother's Day Salute; Is it Time to Upgrade?
March 2003 (Vol. 16, Nbr. 1)	PDF for Genealogists (Creating PDF files); President's Message; Look What You've Missed (Jan, Feb meetings); Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - New and Updated Web Sites; New on the Net; PDF Files and Genealogy; What's New on FamilySearch.org; Amazon.com; Reunion 8; Do I Really Need to Know This? - Disk drive recovery sites; Is it Time to Upgrade?
December 2002 (Vol. 15, Nbr. 4)	Genealogy Cds - Where to Try Them; President's Message; Look What You've Missed (Sept, Oct, Nov meetings); Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - New and Updated Web Sites; New on the Net; New Ellis Island search web site; Family History Radio; Library of Congress chat room; Do I Really Need to Know This? - destroying your DVD drive; Is it Time to Upgrade; Annual index.
September 2002 (Vol. 15, Nbr. 3)	Genealogy Fraud and Deceit; President's Message; Help Wanted: COMPU.GEN Editor; Look What You've Missed (June, July, August meetings); Change Service Requested; Elections; Is It Time to Upgrade?; Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - New on the Net; More Genealogy-Internet News; Census Research on the Internet; Current News; Genealogy Software News; Do I Really Need to Know This?; Book Binding Machine Available at Meetings.
June 2002 (Vol. 15, Nbr. 2)	Genealogy in the New Times - Has the Future Arrived; President's Message; Look What You've Missed (March, April, May meetings); Recently Received Publications (library report); Lindy's Links - Genealogy Clip Art and Graphics; New on the Net; Computer Genealogy in the news; Scanner Technology Basics - A Primer for Genealogists; DVD formats; PrintToPDF software; The Cost of Leaving the Computer Turned On 24 Hours a Day; Is It Time to Upgrade.
March 2002 (Vol. 15, Nbr. 1)	AniMap Plus Version 2.5; President's Message; Look What You've Missed (Jan, Feb meetings); CGSSD 2001 annual reports - financial & membership; Recently Received Publications (library report); Current Events and Announcements (government shuts down web sites, GENTECH & NGS merge, E-books, SAR Patriot Index to contain photos); Lindy's Links - Writing and Publishing Your Family History; New on the Net; Best Genealogy Software; Free Look-up Sites; SSDI Search Tip; Social Security Index - RootsWeb vs. Ancestry; Genealogical Helper gets a Makeover; Inkjet Printer Cartridges (refilling); Is It Time to Upgrade.
December 2001 (Vol. 14, Nbr. 4)	Image catalog software (list and description); Scholar's Aid (review); President's Message; Past meetings; Past Presidents list; News (World Tree, WorldConnect, Ancestry.com, new collection for UK and Ireland, Family Tree SuperTools, Bygones); Volunteer Profiles - Donna Przecha; 1930 Census Update; Complete U.S. Census Scanned; Library Report; Lindy's Links - Holiday Wish List; New on the Net; Travel and the Internet; GENTECH 2002 newsletter; U.S. GenWeb Project; Family Tree Maker - a usage example; Free genealogy software (Windows); Is It time to Upgrade; PAF Companion 5.1; Help for Tired Eyes; Annual index.
September 2001 (Vol. 14, Nbr. 3)	PAF for Palm OS; President's Message; 1880 Census; Genelines; Photo Scanning web sites; Genealogy search sites; Daughters of the American Revolution; Profusion web site; Ancestry.com; Social Security Administration fees; NGS newsletter award; Elections; CD fungus; Genealogy scam alert; Family History Center news; Volunteer Profiles - Gary Hoffman, Rick Hanson; Library Report; Lindy's Links (Women in History); New on the Net; Relative a member of Congress?; ProQuest aquires Heritage Quest (news); Cleveland Digital Library; PAF 5; ISP comparison; Computer Care (tips); Prove you're not insane (web site); Is It time to Upgrade.
June 2001 (Vol. 14, Nbr. 2)	Ellis Island on the Web; President's Message; COMPU.GEN Wins Competition; PuttingCOMPU.GEN on CD; AOL Problem - Or Not; FamilySearchTraining Video; Book Binding Machine Available at Meetings; Volunteer Profiles - Joe & Sandy Miller, Lance Dohe, Louise Guilbault; Library Report; Old Time Job Quiz; Lindy's Links - 20 Best Sites to Bookmark; New on the Net; Additional Web Site Tips from Linda Tate; 1900 U.S. Census for Online Searching at www.Genealogy.com; DocAble - PDF Comes to Portables; GECCOM Estimator; GedStar; Urban Legends, Viruses and Spam; Become a Certified Genealogist; Is it Time to Upgrade; Ten Years Ago; Ellis Island Web Site Problems.
March 2001 (Vol. 14, Nbr. 1)	Family Tree Maker 8 (review); Personal Ancestral File 5 (review); President's Message; Writing Articles for COMPU.GEN; Putting COMPU.GEN on CD; Year 2000 Annual Financial Report; Library Report; Volunteer Profiles - Bonnie Flick, Charlote Zaino; Lindy's Links - Chicago; New on the Net; Eight Myths of Genealogy; Creating Your Own Web Site Part 2; Subscription Genealogy Databases; Macintosh Includes Built-in CD/CVD Drive; All My Ancestors are in the Palm of my Hand; Protection from Utilities (USPs); Servicing and Refilling Inkjet Cartridges; Is It Time to Upgrade; Genealogy Fraud Web Site.
December 2000 (Vol. 13, Nbr. 4)	Binding Your Family History Book: Affordable Hardback Covers are Here; President's Message; Election Results; Putting COMPU.GEN on CD; What's New at CGSSD's Web Site; Library Report; Profile of the New CGSSD Board - Jack Nichols, Jerry Oen, Carl Tatina, Ron Zeunges; The Year 2000 Annual Meeting; Lindy's Links - Creating Your Own Web Site Part 1; New on the Net; Genealogy in the News; Free Online Storage; Is It Time to Upgrade; Macintosh Family Tree Maker Free Support Ending; Genealogy in the News; Annual Index; Correction: Sept. 2000 Issue.
September 2000 (Vol. 13, Nbr. 3)	The Use and Abuses of Online Genealogy; Online Auctions and Genealogy; President's Message; Nominations; New COMPU.GEN Advertising Policy and Rates; Putting COMPU.GEN on CD; CGSSD & Family History Fair; Please Check Your COMPU.GEN Mailing Label; What's New at CGSSD's Web Site; Lindy's Links - Volunteers on the Web; New on the Net; Genealogy and the Internet in the News; Tips for Using the California Birth and Death Indexes; Search Engine Tip - Using Wild Cards; Genealogical Standards Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages on the Internet; Utilities for the Discriminating Computer Genealogist; Is It Time to Upgrade; Try Out the FHC's New Toy (ImageMouse); A Scanner for Genealogists; Making a Web Page using Family Tree Maker; Finding the Last Modification Date in PAF 4; Newly Revised Family History Documentation Guidelines; New PAF Documentation Guidelines; The Millennium Time Capsule ‹Family History Archive.Ê
June 2000 (Vol. 13, Nbr. 2)	Publishing Your Genealogy Book, the COMPU.GEN Way; President's Message; Nominating Committee; What's New at CGSSD's Web Site; CGSSD Membership Status; 1999 Annual Financial Report; Lindy's Links - Researching in the Western United States; New on the Net; National Geographic Maps on CD; Family Tree Maker Version 7.5 (review); Personal Ancestral File 4 (review); Windows 2000 for You (review); Reunion 7 New Features and Changers; Legacy3.0 New Features and Changes; Is It Time to Upgrade.
March 2000 (Vol. 13, Nbr. 1)	Genelines 1.2P (review); President's Message; CGSSD Needs You; CGSSD 1999 Awards of Appreciation for Years of Service; Lindy's Links - General, Unique or Unusual Mailing Lists; Is It Time to Upgrade; San Diego Genealogical Society Library Open to the Public; Taking the Duplication out of Publishing (Macintosh); Ultimate Family Tree Tip; Telephone Area codes and Toll Calls Tip; Customizing Sources (The Master Genealogist); PAF Interest Group (questions and answers); Should You Buy a DVD Player With Your Next Computer; CGSSD Members Interviewed by the San Diego Union; Legacy 2.0 (review); Collaborative genealogy software; Hope for unidentified pictures; GEDitCOM 2.2 for the Macintosh; Creating Repositories in TMG v4.0 (The Master Genealogist); GENTECH2000 (conference notes); Family Tree Maker 7.0 (review).
December 1999 (Vol. 12, Nbr. 4)	New Millennium is Coming; President's Message; Minutes from Annual Meeting; New PAF Group Leader; From the Editor; Library Report; Lindy's Links - British Isles (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales); New on the Net; Source Citations; Digital Cameras; Maps; PAF, LDS and FHC Mail Lists; Year 2000 Memento; Annual Index.
September 1999 (Vol. 12, Nbr. 3)	Data Storage Prospects for the Long Term; President's Message; Nominations for 2000 Term; Library Report; Lindy's Links - The American West; New on the Net; Genealogical Search Engines and Indices; Preserve Your Genealogy with Pedigree Resource File; Interest Groups - Family Tree Maker, Macintosh, Personal Ancestor File, The Master Genealogist; ‹Generations - Find Your RootÊ Radio Broadcast.
June 1999 (Vol. 12, Nbr. 2)	Do You Own What You Upload (copyright issues); President's Message; Richard Wilson Seminar Announcement; Web Site Development (CGSSD web site); Library Report; Lindy's Link - historic paths and trails sites; New on the Net; New on RootsWeb; USGenWeb Success Story; Genealogies on CD from ALT Publishing; Tips for Using www.FamilySearch.com; Census ViewCDs; Zeroing in on ZIP Drives; Global Positioning System - End of Week and Y2K Rollover Problems; Why the New Minnenium Doesn't Start on January 1, 2000; TMG: How to do a report for all lines in a database.
March 1999 (Vol. 12, Nbr. 1)	New LDS Web Site; President's Message; Annual Financial Statement; Letters; Library Report; Lindy' Links - Libraries Online; New on the Net - DAR Library Catalog, National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC), City Directories Online, Historical United States Census Data Browser, Cemetary Junction Directory of U.S. Cemeteries, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; Legacy Interest Group; PAF/Ancestral Quest Interest Group; In Memoriam - Bill Kerr, Carl Pooley; Copyrights and WIPO - Why We Should Worry; Experiences Using World Family Tree; More on CDs, Copyrights and Privacy; Periodical Source Index (PERSI) the Easy Way; Reunion 6 for the Macintosh; Ancestral Quest 3.0; FTM's Family Finder Report; Genealogy Report in the Master Genealogist; TIME Magazine Does Cover Story on Family History.
December 1998 (Vol. 11, Nbr. 4)	Ellis Isand Records Being Digitized; President's Message; Minutes of the Annual Meeting; New on Our Web Site; Library Report; Scanner Selection Tip; COMDEX and APCUG 1998; Tips for Computing Abroad; FamilySearch News; Lindy's Links - Passenger and Ship Lists; New on the Net; Family Tree Maker Interest Group; Personal Ancestral File Interest Group; Genealogy Mega Sites; Being Dragged, Kicking and Screaming ... (technology commentary); More TMG Sources; Legacy Family Tree 2.0; New Web Site for Family Home Pages Provides Security; Annual Index.
September 1998 (Vol. 11, Nbr. 3)	Documentation Methodology & Genealogy Software; President's Message; CGSSD Web Site Report; Library Report; New Products - PAF Companion 2.0; Lindy's Links - Native American Resources; Online Genealogy Class - Student's Personal Experience; Review - Family Tree Maker 5.0; Review - Generations Deluxe (Reunion for Windows); Current Versions of Leading Genealogy Software; The Master Genealogist - TMG Sources; Another Documentation Option - Oberon's Citation 7 (Family History Research & Writing Tool); Genealogy CDs Update.
June 1998 (Vol. 11, Nbr. 2)	GEDCOM: The Next Generation; President's Message; CGSSD web site report; Library report; Book reviews - 'Netting Your Ancestors, Genealogical Research on the Internet,' 'Genealogy for Dummies;' Lindy's Links - cemeteries and funeral homes; FamilySearch News; Ancestral Quest, Will it take you into Cyberspace in the 21st Century?; Family Heritage Deluxe review; The Master Genealogist - How to Highlight All of Your Direct Ancestors in TMG; Names in TMG; TMG Mail Tips; Personal Ancestral File - PAF 3.0 Tips; Genealogy CDs - Who's Got What.
March 1998 (Vol. 11, Nbr. 1)	Producing a hard-bound family history book using today's technology tools; President's Message; CGSSD web site report; New on-line classes from S.D. Community College; Library Report; Book reviews - 'Searching for Cyber Roots,' 'The Internet for Genealogists: A Beginners Guide' and a list of others; Lindy's Links - U.S. GenWeb and related projects; An Alternative to Search Engines - The WebRing; FamilySearch 2.25 upgrade review; Ultimate Family Tree 2.5 review; Memories for Windows 2.0 review; The Master Genealogist 3.5 announcement; AOL and cache; Cache, cookies and hidden files; Clickbook 2.0 review; Ask the Experts - importing GEDCOM, passing along research when faced with uninterested relatives, HTML editors, new version of Windows, Indian records in Maryland; More Tips - accented characters in e-mail, life expectancy of CD-ROM disks.
December 1997 (Vol. 10, Nbr. 4)	Scanner technology tutorial; President's Message; Library Report; Lindy's Links - land records; Annual meeting minutes; Local training classes; FamilySearch News - available CDs; COMDEX Fall'97 report; Moving from ROOTS III to The Master Genealogist tutorial; TMG's Linear Ahnentafel Report; The Ahnentafel Numbering System; Family Tree Maker 4.0 review; PAF Companion review; PAF Pal review; Ancestral Quest - new version 2.1 features; Ask the Experts - AOL preferences, sending attachments using Netscape, solving crashes in Windows 3.1 & 95, importing GEDCOM; Index for volume 10 (1997).
September 1997 (Vol. 10, Nbr. 3)	Computer virus false alarms; President's Message; Civil War project completed; Letters; FamilySearch News - available records; Library Report; Lindy's Links - royal & noble families, other notable sites; Searching Newspapers on the Internet; Free on-line training from Spectrum Virtual Univ.; Master Genealogist 3.0 for Windows review; New PAF 3.0 utilities news; Ask the Experts - compressed files, Nova Scotia cemetery records, cookie files; GENTECH98 conference schedule.
June 1997 (Vol. 10, Nbr. 2)	New Internet domain name for CGSSD; President's Message; Civil War project status; San Diego Historical Society needs help; CGSSD's e-mail list; Library Report; Book review - 'Internet for Genealogists, A Beginner's Guide;' Lindy's Links - databases, on-line catalogs, used books, localities, misc. sites, corrections; Corel Family Tree Suite review; Personal Ancestral File 3.0 review; Family Tree Maker (for PowerMac) review; Palladium news - tech. support for ROOTS products, new Ultimate Family Tree release news; CD-ROM review - GenRef CD-ROMs (Soc. Security death list, Vital Records Assistant, Encyclopedia of U.S. Counties); Downloading files from the Internet.
March 1997 (Vol. 10, Nbr. 1)	GENTECH97 conference notes; President's Message; CGSSD financial report; Library Report; Civil War project & CGSSD; Linda's Links - town info, new links site, National Archives, Civil War generals, correction; Family Origins 5.0 for Windows (2 reviews); Family Atlas for Windows review; PAF 3.0 - new features; PAF for the Macintosh - questions & answers.
December 1996 (Vol. 9, Nbr. 4)	Brother's Keeper for Windows - tricks with the tree of Descendants; President's Message; Meet the President - Lance Dohe; Annual meeting minutes; Library Report; Family Tree Maker for Windows 3.4 review; Searchable Databases on the Internet - U.S. history, military sites, sites that have moved; Index for volumes 8 (1995) and 9 (1996).
September 1996 (Vol. 9, Nbr. 3)	Privacy on the GenWeb; President's Message; Library Report; Ordering info for Wade Hone's book on land records; How to cite your sources using any genealogical software (tutorial); Family History Composer (Macintosh) review; Internet sites - surname databases, state archives/libraries, state historical societies, other sites; Eudora 2.2 (Windows) review; Possible Alteration of Records Copied from Ancestral File to FamilySearch; Windows PAF Tips - creating an icon for Personal Ancestral File in Windows 95, speeding up 'Family Records Data Check' and 'Check/Repair' (Windows 95 & 3.x), Cannon & HP printer problems; Mac PAF Tips - transferring data from PAF 2.11 to 2.3.1, 12-inch monitor display problem, multiple-page pedigree using 6 generations per page.
June 1996 (Vol. 9, Nbr. 2)	CGSSD BBS is history; President's Message; Genealogy BBSs in San Diego area; 9 viable genealogy software packages (web sites & tech. support); CGSSD's mentor program - list of names & numbers; Library Report; PAF 2.31 for Mac review; Highlights of National Genealogical Society's computer lectures at Nashville; Selecting a Windows genealogy program; Modems and serial ports; FamilySearch questions and answers - Social Security death index; PAF Tips - problems with notes feature and their solution.
March 1996 (Vol. 9, Nbr. 1)	Windows genealogy software, a critical review; President's Message; San Diego's new family history radio talk show; Library Report; CGSSD mentor program; In a Perfect World... (request for participation); FamilySearch Q&A - introduction; Country ALPHA-3 short form codes; PAF Tips - shelling to DOS in RDF; PC/Mac & Mac/PC PAF file conversion; Product Updates - Brother's Keeper for Windows, Ancestral Quest 2.0; New Product Announcement - PAF*Mate (Windows 3.1), Family Gathering CD. Description of 'Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter;' Modem selection; Family Origins for Windows 4.1a review.
September/December 1995 (Vol. 8, Nbrs. 3 & 4)	CGSSD Expands Coverage on the Internet; President's Message; CGSSD at the Computer Expo; CGSSD Mac Users Can Now Shop the User Group Store; Visual Roots First Look (review); Documentation Notes: Planning Ahead (entering notes into PAF); Roots IV - Application Notes 8 - 13 from COMMSOFT (continued); Reflection on DATA - The Balance between Quality and Quantity; Editors Notes (validating research results).
March/June 1995 (Vol. 8, Nbrs. 1 & 2)	Windows and PAF; President's Message; CGSSD is on the Internet; Running Multiple Copies of PAF; Book review - 'Genealogy On-line;' Roots IV - Application Notes 5 - 7 from COMMSOFT; How Macintosh Users Can Exchange Genealogical Data with Other Computer Systems using Diskettes; CD-ROM Library Update; GenWeb Update (news); The Family Historian BBS review; ASCII-Print Pro review; CGSSD member roster.
December 1994 (Vol. 7, Nbr. 4)	CGSSD Donates CD-ROMs to the San Diego FHC; President's Message; Meet the New Board Members; Announcing ... CGSSD Logo Contest; Library Report; Metrolink to the LAPL (Los Angeles Public Library access); Success in Acquiring Federal Land Records; CGSSD CD-ROM inventory; Using CD-ROMs (tips and omissions); Roots III - Roots Potpourri; Roots IV - Application Notes 1 - 4 from COMMSOFT; Changed and New Features in PAF 2.31; Utilities for PAF; Index to Volume 7 (1994).
September 1994 (Vol. 7, Nbr. 3)	Introducing GenWeb, the Virtual Future of Genealogy Research; President's Message; CD-ROM and Computerized Databases (tutorial); CZECHitOut! Checks Out (Czech/English translation program review); CGSSD mentors list; Library Report; New products - 'The Farmer's Plotter' (Mac), 'Gen-Cards' (IBM), 'Gen-Trees' (IBM), 'Not a Problem' (IBM/PAF); PAF news - PAF 2.3.1 beta testing; PAF 2.3 user's guide.
June 1994 (Vol. 7, Nbr. 2)	Catch a Blue Wave (FidoNet browser review); President's Message; Writing a Family History (tutorial); The Latest Word from Salt Lake (PAF 2.3 news); PAF 2.3 Work-arounds; Census CD-ROMs Now at the National Archives; Roots IV version 1.1 review; Sign of the Times (Roots IV versus III); Library Report.
March 1994 (Vol. 7, Nbr. 1)	Salt Lake Support Unit Gets a New Name and Location (PAF/FamilySearch news); President's Message; Correction; Personal Family File (PAF) release 2.3 for MS-DOS upgrade availability; PAF 2.3 review; Roots IV review; NAMECLEAN update; Library Report; Reunion for the Macintosh review.
December 1993 (Vol. 6, Nbr. 4)	Personal Ancestral File 2.3 is Announced (news); President's Message; Meet the New Board; PIF your PAF (running PAF in Windows); Running Other Programs with PAF in the Windows Environment; On-line Access to Land Records; Roots IV: Roles; Roots IV: Preliminary Reports (installation and performance); Check for Viruses in Your ZIP Files; Shareware update - AHNDES 2.1, LOCASE 2.0, NAMECLEAN 1.2, NOTECLEAN 1.2 RECLAIM 3.2, Birthdays & Anniversaries for PAF 1.4; Index to Volume 6 (1993).
September 1993 (Vol. 6, Nbr. 3)	Surfing the Internet (tutorial); President's Message; Library Report; Back issues of COMPU.GEN; Melvyl Catalog Command Mode Basics (searching the UCSD MELVYL on-line catalog); Dumpster Diving into the Past using Melvyl; Carlsbad City Library On-line Catalog; Carlsbad Library Catalog Tips; Utilities News and Reviews.
June 1993 (Vol. 6, Nbr. 2)	The Importance of Information about Information (documenting sources tips); News of the Family Historian (BBS); San Diego Computer Fair; Library Report; Window to the World (on-line access tips); Calendars (tutorial); Using Foreign Characters and Diacritical Marks (tips); Roots III - Roots Users Want to Know (questions and answers); Roots IV announcement; PAF/IBM - HotNotes 2.2 and NoteTool 4.0 reviews; Letters.
March 1993 (Vol. 6, Nbr. 1)	GENTECH Conference Highlights; President's Message; Library Report; MacRoots II review; Managing Research Notes Part 3 - Scraps (research notes program review); Roots III - Running ROOTS III as a Standard Windows Application; PAF Utilities News and Reviews - FR_PRINT, EDITPAF, NOTETOOL 4.0, Resource Links database, PAF Utilities for the Mac.
December 1992 (Vol. 5, Nbr. 4)	President's Message; Family Historian BBS Update; Managing Research Notes Part 2 - Research Data Filer (database program review); FamilySearch software update; PAF Information from FamilySearch Support (news and tips); GEN-BOOK 2.0 review; Brother's Keeper 5.1 review; Correction - Roots III article; Roots III - Potpourri (tips); Roots III - Tips from the COMMSOFT RUG Newsletter; Civil War Soldiers System (new records preservation project); CD-ROMs - German phone books, Pennsylvania genealogical catalog; Letters; San Diego Computer Fair; Index to volume 5 (1992); CGSSD membership roster.
September 1992 (Vol. 5, Nbr. 3)	President's Message; Managing Research Notes Part 1 - Managing Your Data using WordPerfect 5.0/5.1; PAF/IBM Tips - Printer Switch Codes for International Languages; PAF/MAC - GEDcompanion Rescues PAF for the Mac; Roots III Genealogy Format Reports in WordPerfect - Changing Margins and Columns (tutorial); Roots III Potpourri (tips); FamilySearch announcement; A Set of Utilities and 1920 Census Help (reviews); PAF/IBM - Help for PAF Notes; San Diego Computer Fair; CGSSD's Ancestor Database; New Phone Number for CGSSD's BBS.
June 1992 (Vol. 5, Nbr. 2)	President's Message; CGSSD's mentor program; Family Historian BBS news; Recent Advances in the Distribution of Genealogical Source Data Using CD-ROM Technology; Tips from PAF Support; Roots III - Learning Experiences; Roots III Potpourri (tips); Stacker (hard drive compression utility) review.
March 1992 (Vol. 5, Nbr. 1)	President's Message; Tiny Tafels and the Tafel Matching System; Who's Got What (database) review; DESCEND review; Employment History Available from Social Security; Installing Bother's Keeper Files; Taking the Burden out of Bulletin Boards - Using Offline Readers on the Apple Macintosh; Roots III - WordPerfect Formatting; Roots III Potpourri; PAF - Importing GEDCOM Files: Caution!
December 1991 (Vol. 4, Nbr. 4)	President's Message; Correspondence Confessions of a Harried Genealogist; BBS - Message Scanning; Sky Index (index creation program) review; Roots III - Maidens and Widows; Roots III - Grouping; Roots III - More Update News; Roots III - Potpourri; PAF - Setting Up a PAF Database; Brother's Keeper - Modifying the Tree of Descendants; CGSSD Ancestor Database; DOS 5.0 Tip; Letters; Index to Volume 4 (1991).
September 1991 (Vol. 4, Nbr. 3)	President's Message; First Impressions (from a new member); Roots III - Data Entry and Documentation; Printing Your Book with PAF; Family Roots 1.5 for the Mac (review); New Shareware for PAF IBM; Accessing the 'Library without Walls' (UCSD on-line catalogs ROGER and MELVYL); Family Historian's Complete File Listing (BBS).
June 1991 (Vol. 4, Nbr. 2)	President's Message; BBS Bits (tips); DROPLINE Menus; Research Sources in PAF Family Records; Mailing Labels from the Genealogical Program; Roots III Update; CGSSD Ancestor Database News.
March 1991 (Vol. 4, Nbr. 1)	President's Message; Ancestral File - Progress or Problem (PAF); Library Report; Roots III - R3FixSum (utility) review; FamilySearch - Mac Users Can Play Too; FYI from Computer Magazines; PhoneFile on CompuServe; PAF Bug-Fix Disks - What's New; PAF Q&A; Batch Files and the PAF '-D' Option; SESAME announcement; Roots Potpourri;
December 1990 (Vol. 3, Nbr. 4)	President's Message; GIPSI - Using IGI GEDCOM Files; Roots Potpourri; My Favorite Chart - Brother's Keeper Tree of Descendants; Printing Box Charts Using GEDCOM Files; Obtaining Data on the Family Historian BBS; CGSSD Ancestral Database Exceeds 100,000; CGSSD BBS files list; Merging Roots Databases; PAF Disk Doctors; Do You Need Help (help from local volunteers).
September 1990 (Vol. 3, Nbr. 3)	President's Message; Editor's Message; CGSSD Members Ancestral Database; Kinship: Its All Relative; Database Cousins; Cambridge Statistical Research Assoc., Inc. (death master file); Tiny Bits (computer technology tips); New Magazine for the PC Novice; Others Say - Genealogical Computing magazine; Prodigy (on-line service); PAF Tips; To Shell or Not to Shell (DOS); PNAMES: R3 review; Roots III Potpourri; Enhanced LaserJet Family Group Sheets for Roots III; Roots III - Splitting your Database; Editing a ROOTS III Index.
June 1990 (Vol. 3, Nbr. 2)	President's Message; Family Historians BBS update; GEDCOMing Your Data; To & From PAF with GEDCOM; To & From Family Roots with GEDCOM; To & From Roots III using GEDCOM; Notes - PAF to Roots III; Overdocumentation; Ancestral File now on CD-ROM; Tom King, Our New V.P.; PAF Tips.
March 1990 (Vol. 3, Nbr. 1)	President's Message; Editor's Message; Prerecording Your Projection Panel Presentation; Housekeeping with ROOTS III; ROOTS Potpourri; A Member Shares Her 'Preparing to Publish' Experiences; Logging on to a Bulletin Board System; Bulletin Board Corner; List of Genealogy Bulletin Board Systems; Meet the Tate Family.
December 1989 (Vol. 2, Nbr. 4)	Editor's Message; Copy the Record, Don't 'Cop' It; Family Roots group; PAF 2.2 for MS-DOS; PAF - New Shareware Program: Family Records Utility (FRU); DataPerfect as a Genealogy Database; ROOTS update; ROOTS Potpourri; ROOTS - What Can You Do with Flags? German Translating Software Reviews - Learn German, German Assistant; Index to volumes 1 & 2 (1988-89).
September 1989 (Vol. 2, Nbr. 3)	President's Message; Announcements - Software Exchange Program, ROOTS III, MACPAF; Newsletter SOS; Your President: Larry Hoppis; Your Secretary: John Stewart; DOS Tutor review; PAF classes; Duplication and Distribution of Software (copyright note); Magnetic Media Protection; ROOTS Writer Macros; Roots Potpourri; PAF; Adoptees; Ancestral Chart Exchanges; Using NEWKEY (review); Library; Diskette Facts.
June 1989 (Vol. 2, Nbr. 2)	President's Message; Editor's Message; Salt Lake Publishes IGI & AF on CD-ROM; Computer Edge'89; CGSSD Database; Products; New Software Club for Genealogists; PAF - Managing Research Notes with Research Data Filer (review); ROOTS III Install Program (tutorial); Roots Writer Formatting; ROOTS Potpourri; Telecommunications (discusses use of Tiny-Tafel); DOS Tip.
March 1989 (Vol. 2, Nbr. 1)	President's Message; CGSSD Library; BBS; Mac PAF; More About SuperKey; PAF - Genealogical Information Exchange (GIE); ROOTS III: Search and Grouping; ROOTS Potpourri; ROOTS III: Split (creating a new database from an existing database); WordPerfect Macros for PAF Users; WordPerfect Update; Computer Magazines.
December 1988 (Vol. 1, Nbr. 4)	President's Message; Jean Richardson: Secretary; Edith Moon Wertz: Corresponding Secretary; Docindex (text indexing program); Family History Library (at Salt Lake); PAF (tips and techniques); Using SuperKey & PAF; Batch Files for PAF; Estimating Dates; ROOTS III; Long Lost Cousins; ROOTS Writer; Shareware; Tiny Tafel; Telecommunications - Genealogical and Historical Societies of the United States Computer Interest Genealogical Societies; ROOTS Seminars; Letters.
September 1988 (Vol. 1, Nbr. 3)	President's Message; Editor's Message; Joan Lowrey: President; Robert E. Commins: Vice President; Ancestral File; Donald N. Van Epps: Treasurer; Programming (modifying PAF using BASIC); PAF.DAT; ROOTS III; WordPerfect; Macintosh PAF Delay; Telecommunications (part 3); BBS; Books (about computers); Letters.
June 1988 (Vol. 1, Nbr. 2)	President's Message; Editor's Message; Upgrades; PAF 2.1 review; ROOTS III review; PAF utility program PAFAIDE review; Projects (work in progress); Ahnentafel Numbering; GEDCOM announcement; WordPerfect Users Group; Indexing (creating and maintaining one); Telecommunications (part 2); Seminars and Classes; Beginning PAF Classes by Joan Lowrey; CGSSD incorporation status; LDS temple abbreviations; Letters.
March 1988 (Vol. 1, Nbr. 1)	President's Message; Editor's Message; PAF or ROOTS II (a comparison); PAF (helpful hints); ROOTS II Start-up; BBS usage (tips and cautions); Projects (ongoing); Resource (file backup tips); New Developments - Software (DOS 3.3, ROOTS III, PAF, WordPerfect 5.0); Basics (PC purchase recommendations, tips, computer classes); Books & Libraries - 'Collecting Dead Relatives;' Telecommunications (part 1); Dropline Pedigree Charts.

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