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The WhollyGenes fourth annual cruise and conference is scheduled for Oct. 26-Nov. 2. Bob Velke, president of WhollyGenes, is the developer of The Master Genealogist, a genealogy database software program.

The educational and fun-filled voyage to the Eastern Caribbean will include opportunities to learn about genealogical research methods, tools and technologies from noted speakers and authorities in those fields.

Speakers will include Elizabeth Shown Mills, former editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly; Barbara Vines Little, Virginia research expert; John Grenham, Irish genealogist; and John Tidford, British genealogist and author.

Genealogist and military expert Craig Scott, "Cyndi's List” creator and online research expert Cyndi Howell, Tony Burroughs and Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak will also present lectures.

"The Master Genealogist” lectures will be presented by Bob Velke, John Cardinal, Lee Hoffman, Phil DeSilva and Ken Riggins.

All speakers will be available for scheduled sessions with individuals and breakfast meetings with groups. A special shore excursion in St. Thomas is being planned for those who may be interested in the genealogical resources of the Caribbean.

The Caribbean Princess will leave the port of New York and travel to St. Kitts and Antigua, West Indies, and then to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

For more information and to obtain a registration form for the conference and cruise, go to www.whollygenes.com or call (800) 377-9383 and press "8.”

The Computer Club of Oklahoma City's Genealogy Study Group meeting will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at 3000 United Founders Blvd., Suite 201.

The program will be a demonstration of Windows Vista and other utility software programs, including True Image 11, Easycleaner-2, AD-Aware-SE and Nero-7.

At 11 a.m., following the regular meeting, The Master Genealogist or Legacy genealogy database software programs will be discussed

The Genealogy Study Group is dedicated to helping family history researchers use computers to assist in the search, research, organization, management and publication of information about their family history. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, e-mail Roy at rwall69@sbcglobal.net, Jim at sladej@swbell.net or go online to www.ccokc.org for additional information and a map.

If you have a question, event, idea or an experience you wish to share, e-mail Sharon Burns at sburns@oklahoman.com.