Wednesday, May 27, 2015

VGS Latest News & Tips: 27 May 2015

Meeting Reminder - Today, May 27:
Brick Wall SIG Meeting8:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center.

Meeting Reminder - Today, May 27:
General Monthly Meeting
Jim & Terry Willard will be our guest speakers.
10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center.


Meeting Reminder - Tomorrow, May 28:
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
2:00 PM in the Gladiola Room at the Allamanda Recreation Center.


Full List of Mayflower Passengers in Gov. Bradford’s Newly-Restored Journal:
GenealogyBank
"Governor William Bradford’s (ca. 1590-1657) handwritten Of Plymouth Plantation is well known to genealogists as the earliest journal history of the Mayflower passengers, their voyage across the Atlantic, and the settlement in Plymouth Plantation."
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New FindMyPast Records Added:
FindMyPast  Announcement: 13 May 2015
"Over 202,000 new UK and Australian records, 4.4 million newspaper articles and the ability to search and existing collection of 1.9 million records have just been added as part of this week’s Findmypast Friday."
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What To Do When Your iPhone or iPad Runs Out of Space:
How-to-Geek
"Run out of space and your iPhone or iPad will inform you your storage is almost full. You won’t be able to install new apps, take photos, sync media files, install operating system updates, or do anything else that requires space until you make some."
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National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Patriot & Grave Index:
SAR
"The NSSAR Patriot / Grave Index is a database combination of the previous NSSAR Revolutionary War Graves Registry (Book and CD), information from the NSSAR Patriot Index CD (2002), and additional information and updates from various State Grave Registry Databases.  This database will continue to expand as new patriots and graves are found and new members are approved."
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This Day In History:
1967: The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
1860: Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
1647: The first recorded execution of a which reportedly took place in Massachusetts when Achsah Young was hanged.


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