Today: Friday, September 11, 1015
Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Rhett Butler Room at the Savannah Center.
PSA: If You Download and Run Something Bad, No Antivirus Can Help You
How-to-Geek
"Antivirus should be a last-ditch line of defense, not something you rely on to save you. To stay safe online, you should act as if you had no antimalware software on your computer at all."
Continue reading...
Windows 10 is Great, Except for the Parts That Are Terrible:
How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 is a great upgrade. Microsoft paid a lot of attention to the feedback they ignored while developing Windows 8, and it shows. Unfortunately, some parts of Windows 10 are inexplicably bad and hostile to users."
Continue reading...
Public Records Access: One Genealogist Can Make A Difference!:
Avotaynu Online
"This past Thursday, September 3, 2015, a legal petition was filed at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. Brooke Schreier Ganz and ReclaimTheRecords.org [Petitioner] vs. New York City Department of Records and Information Services (DoRIS) [Respondent]. This is believed to be the first time a genealogist has tried to use FOIL to force public vital records back into the public domain. "
Continue reading...
Breaking Down the Science Behind AncestryDNA Ethnicity Results
Ancestry YouTube Video 6.36 minutes
"Join Ross Curtis, PhD from the AncestryDNA science team as he talks us through the science behind the ethnicity results. Learn how we determine the ethnicity estimate and why it can be different than a sibling."
Watch video...
This Day in History: September 11
1297: Scots under William Wallace defeat the English at Stirling Bridge.
1802: Piedmont, Italy, is annexed by France.
1847: Stephen Foster’s "Oh! Susanna" is first performed in a saloon in Pittsburgh.
1862 Birthday: O. Henry, (William Sydney Porter), short story writer who wrote "The Gift of the Magi," and "The Last Leaf."
PSA: If You Download and Run Something Bad, No Antivirus Can Help You
How-to-Geek
"Antivirus should be a last-ditch line of defense, not something you rely on to save you. To stay safe online, you should act as if you had no antimalware software on your computer at all."
Continue reading...
Windows 10 is Great, Except for the Parts That Are Terrible:
How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 is a great upgrade. Microsoft paid a lot of attention to the feedback they ignored while developing Windows 8, and it shows. Unfortunately, some parts of Windows 10 are inexplicably bad and hostile to users."
Continue reading...
Public Records Access: One Genealogist Can Make A Difference!:
Avotaynu Online
"This past Thursday, September 3, 2015, a legal petition was filed at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. Brooke Schreier Ganz and ReclaimTheRecords.org [Petitioner] vs. New York City Department of Records and Information Services (DoRIS) [Respondent]. This is believed to be the first time a genealogist has tried to use FOIL to force public vital records back into the public domain. "
Continue reading...
Breaking Down the Science Behind AncestryDNA Ethnicity Results
Ancestry YouTube Video 6.36 minutes
"Join Ross Curtis, PhD from the AncestryDNA science team as he talks us through the science behind the ethnicity results. Learn how we determine the ethnicity estimate and why it can be different than a sibling."
Watch video...
This Day in History: September 11
1297: Scots under William Wallace defeat the English at Stirling Bridge.
1802: Piedmont, Italy, is annexed by France.
1847: Stephen Foster’s "Oh! Susanna" is first performed in a saloon in Pittsburgh.
1862 Birthday: O. Henry, (William Sydney Porter), short story writer who wrote "The Gift of the Magi," and "The Last Leaf."
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