Friday, July 3, 2015

VGS Latest News & Tips: 3 Jul 2015

FREE Access to Ancestry.com and More This Holiday Weekend!
Geneabloggers
"One of the best ways to save money when researching your family history is to wait for the big vendors - like Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, MyHeritage - to open up their databases during "free access" period. Here are my tips on how to get the most out of these free access days:"
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How to Use the Built-in Windows Defender Antivirus on Windows 10:
How-To-Geek
"Windows 10 has built-in real-time antivirus, just as Windows 8 did. It automatically runs in the background, ensuring all Windows users have a baseline level of antivirus protection."
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FamilySearch Records Update: More than 15.6 million new records for Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, India, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, and the United States.
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In Need of a Hard to Get Record? This Smart New Site Will Help You Find It.
Family History Daily
"What’s your least favorite part of genealogy work? If you’re anything like me it’s exciting to make progress, find connections, stories, and build up your tree. However, without fail, you run into a brick wall, one that you just can’t seem to break through no matter how much time and work you put in."
Now there's help!
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This 72-Year-Old Woman Only Recently Found Out She's White:
Clover Hope
"Verda Byrd is a 72-year-old white woman who thought she was black for most of her life."
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Century-old time capsule from Missouri Capitol opened:
NewsTribune
"The contents of the Capitol’s 100-year-old time capsule were removed Thursday by conservators from the Missouri State Archives. Courtesy of the Office of Administration."
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This Day In History:
1938: Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Piece Memorial and lights the eternal flame at the Gettysburg Battlefield.
1884: Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
1839: The first State normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.



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