Monday, July 20, 2015

VGS Latest News & Tips: 20 July 2015

Windows 10 Updates to be Automatic and Mandatory for Home Users:
ars technica
"Windows Update can't be readily disabled in Windows 10 Home, and the license terms that all users must agree to allow Microsoft to install updates automatically."
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AncestryDNA Celebrates One Million People Tested:
ancestry.com"
We just hit a huge milestone, and we are excited to celebrate! In just three short years AncestryDNA has genetically tested one million people to help them discover more about themselves and their family story."
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Ancestors please! How to ask for help online?
Legacy Family Tree
"Do you remember in the old days when we had to ask for help about an ancestor by submitting a written query to a publication like Everton's Genealogical Helper? The other direct way was to write to people who had the same surname and hope that they would respond and have a common ancestor.
Things have changed since then! So much of what we do as genealogists in now online. "
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Who Do You Think You Are? Season 6"
 "If you’re tired of summer reruns, we’ve got some Sunday night relief with 6 new episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? Want to know who’s looking to discover their family story this time? Watch the season premiere Sunday, July 26 at 9/8c on TLC."
Season 6 - Episode 1: Ginnifer Goodwin
Season 6 - Episode 2: J.K. Rowling
Season 6 - Episode 3: Alfre Woodard
Season 6 - Episode 4: Into the Archives
Season 6 - Episode 5: Bryan Cranston
Season 6 - Episode 6: Tom Bergeron

Do You Know a WW II veteran who was present during the surrender of Japan? Ancestry.com would love to talk with him. Email contact info to social@ancestry.com.

This Day In History:
1808 - Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names
1861 - The Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in Richmond, Va.
1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for an unprecedented fourth term at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.


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