Today: May 15, 2015
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room
Sea Breeze Recreation Center.VGS Members should have received their May 2015 Newsletter today via email. It is also available on our website.
Did You Know the iPad Can Take Voice Dictation?
Daniel Nations
"Siri may get all the press, but she isn't the only way to talk to your iPad. In fact, the iPad's ability to do voice dictation might be even more useful than Siri for those who regularly need to write lengthy emails or create large documents."
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RIP Sorenson – A Crushing Loss:
DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation data base of Y and mitochondrial results, complete with pedigree charts, owned by Ancestry.com, has been removed.
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What's New at Ancestry: May 2015 Edition
Published on May 5, 2015: 27 min
"Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the upcoming genealogy events she'll be attending. You'll also get a look at new features and tools available to make your family history easier and more fun. Then she will review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search."
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Family Tree DNA Review: GEDCOM Search Tool Added!
Lisa Louise Cooke
"Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has some of my very favorite genetic tools to help you make connections with your DNA matches when you can’t immediately find a genealogical connection, but it’s no secret that their genealogy tools leave much to be desired. However, their latest genealogy tool has promise: if certain conditions are met, you will be able to see whether any descendant of one of your ancestors has taken a DNA test!"
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Virtual RootsMagic User Group on Facebook Over 2700 Strong:
RootsMagic
"Wow. It's been barely a month since we started our new Facebook RootsMagic User Group, and it is already over 2700 members. The new "virtual" RootsMagic users group makes it much easier to connect with other RM users, ask questions, share ideas, and otherwise discuss how to use the software. The group is limited to RootsMagic topics since there are plenty of other groups on Facebook for general genealogy topics."
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This Day In History:
1990: Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at that time.
1970: President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hayes and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
1869: In New York, Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
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