Today: Thursday, October 1, 2015
Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:
1:00 PM in the Triple Crown Room at Churchill Recreation Center
Tomorrow: Friday, October 2, 2015:
British Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center
How to Enable and Use Wi-Fi Calling on an iPhone:
How-to-Geek
"Wi-Fi calling allows your iPhone to place and receive phone calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi network. If you have a weak cellular signal but a solid Wi-Fi signal, your iPhone will automatically switch over and route calls and texts via Wi-Fi."
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How to Enable and Use Wi-Fi Calling on an iPhone:
How-to-Geek
"Wi-Fi calling allows your iPhone to place and receive phone calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi network. If you have a weak cellular signal but a solid Wi-Fi signal, your iPhone will automatically switch over and route calls and texts via Wi-Fi."
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Genealogy: Build an Identity Profile About Ancestors
Barry Ewell
"Begin by targeting your research location. Search for any document created during the time your ancestor lived. Make sure you understand the circumstances under which every document was created, continually comparing, contrasting and questioning details.
From this analysis you will be able to do the following:"
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Did you know that Ancestry.com has photos collections (beyond public member ones)?
NGS
"I have always been aware of images associated with individual family trees and I had not known that Ancestry.com also had image collections separate from the images provided by users."
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Darned Double Records on FamilySearch.org:
The Ancestry Insider
"People have noticed that duplicates exist for some records on FamilySearch.org. There are good reasons. As the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints upgraded their computer systems, information was migrated from one to another. In some instances, information was migrated to multiple places for multiple reasons. "
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Upcoming Webinars:
ISGS
October 13, 2015: Polish Genealogy – Four Steps to successful research
November 10, 2015: In-laws and Outlaws: The Bylaws of Talking About The Family Skeletons
December 8, 2015: The US Federal Census: Good, Bad and Ugly for Genealogists
Descriptions and Registration Info:
50+ Forensic DNA Experts to Present at the 2015 International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI):
SelectScience
"Learn from forensic luminaries, who will share their experiences solving crimes, deciphering historical mysteries and advancing the fields of forensics and DNA analysis, at the International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI). In its 26th year, ISHI is the largest conference on forensic DNA analysis in the world. It will take place October 12-October 15, 2015, in Grapevine, Texas."
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Did you know that Ancestry.com has photos collections (beyond public member ones)?
NGS
"I have always been aware of images associated with individual family trees and I had not known that Ancestry.com also had image collections separate from the images provided by users."
Continue reading...
Darned Double Records on FamilySearch.org:
The Ancestry Insider
"People have noticed that duplicates exist for some records on FamilySearch.org. There are good reasons. As the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints upgraded their computer systems, information was migrated from one to another. In some instances, information was migrated to multiple places for multiple reasons. "
Continue reading...
Upcoming Webinars:
ISGS
October 13, 2015: Polish Genealogy – Four Steps to successful research
November 10, 2015: In-laws and Outlaws: The Bylaws of Talking About The Family Skeletons
December 8, 2015: The US Federal Census: Good, Bad and Ugly for Genealogists
Descriptions and Registration Info:
50+ Forensic DNA Experts to Present at the 2015 International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI):
SelectScience
"Learn from forensic luminaries, who will share their experiences solving crimes, deciphering historical mysteries and advancing the fields of forensics and DNA analysis, at the International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI). In its 26th year, ISHI is the largest conference on forensic DNA analysis in the world. It will take place October 12-October 15, 2015, in Grapevine, Texas."
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1847: Maria Mitchell, American astronomer, discovers a comet and is elected the same day to the American Academy of Arts—the first woman to be so honored. The King of Denmark awarded her a gold medal for her discovery.
1878: General Lew Wallace is sworn in as governor of New Mexico Territory. He went on to deal with the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid and write Ben-Hur. His Civil War heroics earned him the moniker Savior of Cincinnati.
1957: "In God We Trust" appears on US paper currency as an act to distinguish the US from the officially atheist USSR; the motto had appeared on coins at various times since 1864.
1924 Birthday: Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the U.S. (1977-1981)
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