Press release
The Rootseekers Genealogical Society are always eager to hear member Bob Stokes give a talk. He and his wife Pat came all the way from the Dallas area so he could tell us about how to use Google Image. Bob got interested in Google Image when his grandson, Keenan, who at the time was studying at the Moscow State University in Russia sent him some pictures of Moscow. The only problem the grandson did not say what the pictures were of.
Bob says its the same thing as face recognition, when the computer looks at the most distinguishing characteristics of the face, the eyes, the nose, the chin, ears and so on. Buildings, rivers, mountains, bridges also have characteristics that can be used in searches. Keenan sent the photos from his phone over the internet to Bob’s pc. Bob goes to Google and in the top right hand corner it says image, he clicks on it and a camera image appears in the search bar indicating that Google is ready to search for an image. Now he has to drag the picture image to the Google search bar. He may get as many as 16 similar images and then its up to him to choose the right one. Bob’s picture turned out be Saint Basil’s Cathedral on Red Square. Most of us have never noticed the Image on the Google search page. This is such an amazing thing and we are so glad the Bob’s shares his knowledge with us.
Bob Stokes has been a faithful member of Rootseekers for 19 years. Bob taught English in Waco and Dallas before his appointment as assistant principle principal of W.W. Samuel and Hillcrest High Schools. He was assistant director of secondary schools and deputy assistant superintendent in charge of all Data Processing Services for the district. In 1982 he received the Premier Principle Award given by the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers and in 1983 the honorary “Keeper of the Dream Award” for his contribution to public education. The Rootseekers 1st V.P. Skip Gustafson gave Bob another award of Appreciation from the Society for all the years of hard work for us.
A principal is our pal. Hence, remember it is spelled ‘principal’ not ‘principle’. Thank you, and you are welcome.