Today: April 8, 2015
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at
the Chula Vista Recreation Center.
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center.
The VGS Scrapbook Project Update:
For the past 23 years, the Historian(s) of The Villages Genealogical Society have been busy maintaining scrapbooks of society news, pictures and other memorabilia. They have become difficult to maintain and to be placed on display at meetings. For the past several weeks, we have been in the process of digitizing the important pieces from these books and they are now available in our website's photo gallery. The scrapbook collection contains 303 images in 4 albums. Now anyone can enjoy viewing our momentous from home and at their leisure.Ancestry Gave Me A New DNA Ancestor – And It’s Wrong:
Shared by DNAeXplained"Today, Ancestry assigns you to DNA Circles based on a combination of your DNA results and your tree, based on common ancestors shown in trees of matching individuals."
"And, in my case, they are wrong. Unquestionably wrong. What I hate the most about this situation is if you’re not a genetic genealogist, and you haven’t done your homework, you’ll be thrilled with your new wrong ancestors, “proven,” of course, by DNA."
New Virtual RootsMagic User Group on Facebook:
Shared by RootsMagic
"Although we have had a RootsMagic "page" on Facebook for years, we've noticed that it is hard for RM users to connect with other users or share ideas on that page. Because of this we have created a new "virtual" RootsMagic users group on Facebook which makes it much easier to connect with other RM users, ask questions, share ideas, and otherwise discuss how to use the software. Even though the group is listed as a "closed group", most requests for membership will be approved. This is to help prevent any spam or ads on this page. Spammers will be banned from the group."
To join the new RootsMagic Users group on Facebook, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/RootsMagicUsers/
Free Tutorial Videos at RootsMagic TV:
Shared by RootsMagic
We have dozens of short tutorial videos available now, and there are several ways to get to RootsMagic TV to view them...
https://www.youtube.com/user/RootsMagicTV
"Today, I share a humorous reminder of why we always check the original source whenever possible, and always look at indexes and abstracts with a healthy dose of “hmmmm…what does it really say?”
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Shared by RootsMagic
"Although we have had a RootsMagic "page" on Facebook for years, we've noticed that it is hard for RM users to connect with other users or share ideas on that page. Because of this we have created a new "virtual" RootsMagic users group on Facebook which makes it much easier to connect with other RM users, ask questions, share ideas, and otherwise discuss how to use the software. Even though the group is listed as a "closed group", most requests for membership will be approved. This is to help prevent any spam or ads on this page. Spammers will be banned from the group."
To join the new RootsMagic Users group on Facebook, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/RootsMagicUsers/
Free Tutorial Videos at RootsMagic TV:
Shared by RootsMagic
We have dozens of short tutorial videos available now, and there are several ways to get to RootsMagic TV to view them...
https://www.youtube.com/user/RootsMagicTV
Baby Mohamed Clendennen: A Lesson In Creative Indexing:
On Granny's Trail"Today, I share a humorous reminder of why we always check the original source whenever possible, and always look at indexes and abstracts with a healthy dose of “hmmmm…what does it really say?”
Read more...
Chicago part of Park Service's plan to mark Lincoln funeral train:
The National Park Service plans to mark the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession from Washington, D.C., to Springfield with events in Chicago and other cities spanning mid-April to early May.Read more...
This Day In History:
8 April 2008: Yi So-Yeon becomes the 1st Korean and 2nd Asian woman to go into space.8 April 1959: A team of computer manufacturers, uses, and university people led by Grace Hopper meet to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
8 April 1918: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
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