Wednesday, June 10, 2015

VGS News & Tips: 10 Jun 2015

Meeting Reminder - Tomorrow, June 11:
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center.

What’s New on FamilySearch—June, 2015
FamilySearch Blog
"Each month, FamilySearch publishes a list of new changes and updates to the FamilySearch.org website. This list includes changes to Family Tree as well as other parts of FamilySearch.org. In some cases, these changes will also be published as individual articles where the need to do so exists."
See what's new...

MacFamilyTree 7 and MobileFamilyTree 7 are On Sale at 50% Off Until June 21:
Dick Eastman: egon.com
"MacFamilyTree is one of the leading genealogy programs for Macintosh. It also has a great companion product called MobileFamilyTree for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch devices."
Read more...

Registration Open for 2015 Eastern European Family History Conference:
Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS)
August 11-15, 2015
Plaza Hotel, Salt Lake City
Read more...

Searching for Your American Indian Ancestors:
FamilySearch
"Anyone doing Native American family history research understands the great challenges of finding good reliable records that document the lives of their Indian ancestors. Records are sparse and often contain only meager information at best.
Below are some useful links to records collections and articles that can be found in the FamilySearch website."
Read more...

This Day In History:
1964: the United States Senate breaks a 75 day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
1908: Robert Cummings an American actor was born; he died in 1990.
1898: During the Spanish-American War, United States Marines land on the island of Cuba.



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