VGS Latest News & Tips: 6 May 2015

Today: May 6, 2015:

French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting:

9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room at the La Hacienda Recreation Center.

Meeting Reminder - Tomorrow, May 7:

Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:

1:00 PM in the Triple Crown Room at Churchill Recreation Center.

Launch date for Catholic Parish Register Digitization Project announced:
NLI
On 8th July 2015 the NLI will make its collection of Catholic parish register microfilms freely available online on a dedicated website. These records, which are considered the single most important source of information on Irish family history prior to the 1901 census, consist primarily of baptism and marriage records and date from the 1740s to the 1880s.
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The New Royal Baby: Nine things you need to know.
MyHeritage Blog
"Taking after her father, uncle and brother, the royal baby was born at  Lindo wing of St. Mary’s Hospital in London and will be officially known as the Princess of Cambridge. In honor of the newest royal arrival, here are some fun facts."
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Don’t take photo labels at face value:
Janine Adams
"One photo in particular brought home an important lesson: Don’t take the labels on the back of photos as the gospel truth."
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Family History on Your Wrist: Introducing Ancestry’s Apple Watch App: 
Ancestry.com
"Ancestry is now available on Apple Watch—bet you never thought you’d see the day you could do family history from your wrist! Okay, you might not do full family history activities, but you can learn about a new photo hint or reply to a comment about a story you attached to your tree."
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How to Test Your Internet Connection Speed or Cellular Data Speed:
How to Geek
"How fast is your Internet connection? Sure, your Internet service provider has given you some numbers, and your cellular provider probably says you get blazing fast 4G LTE. But how fast is it, actually?"
Learn how to Test Your Actual Speed...

This Day in History:
1998: Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tide the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.
1960: More than 20 million viewers watched the 1st televised Royal wedding when Princess Margaret Mary's Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
1682: Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.