Tuesday, March 24, 2015

VGS Latest News & Tips: 24 Mar 2015

Meeting Reminder - Tomorrow, March 25:

Brick Wall SIG Meeting
8:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center.

Meeting Reminder - Tomorrow, March 25:

General Monthly Meeting
Gary Smith, guest speaker.
10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center.

Collecting Sharing Information for Known Relationships:

Blaine Bettinger needs your help! He writes "I’m trying to gather data about the ranges of DNA shared by known relatives. How much DNA do you share with your sister? your brother? your second cousin? While it is possible to predict approximately how much DNA you share with a close relative, the actual numbers vary more than you might think."
Read more and to participate...

Use Evernote as a Read-It-Later Service: 

A Chrome Extension for Evernote, named Clearly, lets you read your favorite content on the Web distraction free. No ads!  A simple to use browser add-on for web browsers, Evernote Clearly removes unwanted advertisements, navigation bars, and other distractions with a single click, leaving only the content you care about in a clean, easy to read format. You can save it to Evernote and read it at your convenience. 
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Findmypast’s New Search Navigation:

They wrote: "It’s now much quicker and easier to search the family history records at Findmypast, thanks to improvements we’ve made to the search navigation. We’ve put together this handy guide to highlight the changes and help you get started."
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Irish Genealogical Records in the 17th-19th Centuries - free webinar by Judy Wight now online until March 25th.

Watch the webinar...



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