VGS Latest News & Tips: 15 Apr 2015

Meeting Reminder - Tomorrow, April 16:

New England Genealogy SIG Meeting

Noon in the New Smyrna Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center.

A Phonetic Secret Weapon:

Jen Baldwin, Mocavo
Within the world of family history, all of us are eventually faced with the challenge of reading sloppy handwriting. Whether we discover it on a census record, documentation of a birth, or a lengthy property deed, record keeping has never been known to be an arena of clear, concise writing and perfect spelling. Deciphering the writing is one challenge, but there are times when the handwriting makes finding your ancestor a challenge because it is spelled phonetically.
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FREE Access to Fold3 Civil War Collection:

Fold3.com
Through the end of April you can have FREE access to the Civil War Records collection at Fold3.
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FamilySearch.org News:

FamilySearch is pleased to announce that the following genealogy sites Fast Foto Game, Match Game, Missing Parents, Research Indicators For Decendents, Research Indicators For Your Relatives, and Tree Hints For Your Relatives and Kinpoint are now certified by FamilySearch.
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Teach Yourself and Others: New Online Training Now Available:

FamilySearch.org
Several new classes have been added to the FamilySearch Learning Center. These new classes include:
Selected Video from RootsTech 2015 Conference
How to Use Family Tree
Using FamilySearch
German Research Help Classes
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This Day in History:

15 Apr 1955: McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of great franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.

15 Apr 1947: Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.

15 Apr 1755: Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.