Italian Genealogy SIG Meeting
1:00 PM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
2:30 PM in the Chateaugay Room at the Chatham Recreation Center
How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password:
How-to-Geek
"What’s the password to your Wi-Fi network, anyway? Whether you’ve changed the default password or not, it’s simple to find it. You can look up any Wi-Fi network password if you’ve previously connected to that network from a Windows PC or Mac."
Continue reading...
Help Provide More Free Records Online:
FamilySearch
"Searchable historical records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of online volunteers worldwide. These volunteers transcribe (or index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are always needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published weekly online on FamilySearch.org. Learn how you can volunteer to help provide free access to the world’s historical genealogical records online."
Learn more...
How to Find a Revolutionary War Patriot:
Dick Eastman eogn.com
"After earlier skirmishes, the American Revolutionary War started with the battle between British troops and local Massachusetts militia at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on 19 April 1775. It ended eight years later with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. If you have been able to trace your ancestry in America back to those years, you have an excellent chance of finding at least one ancestor who had some type of service related to the Revolutionary War effort.
Continue reading...
How to Recover Images Off a Corrupted SD Card:
How-to-Geek
"Just because your SD card is spitting out file errors and gibberish file names doesn’t mean your photos are gone forever. Read on as we show you how to recover your images (and for free, at that)!"
Continue reading...
Rattle-Skull, Stonewall, Bogus, Blackstrap, Bombo, Mimbo, Whistle Belly, Syllabub, Sling, Toddy, and Flip:
Drinking in Colonial America
Colonial Williamsburg
"Colonial Americans, at least many of them, believed alcohol could cure the sick, strengthen the weak, enliven the aged, and generally make the world a better place. They tippled, toasted, sipped, slurped, quaffed, and guzzled from dawn to dark."
Continue reading...
This Day In History: 17 November
1558: Queen Elizabeth ascends to the throne of England and the Church of England is re-established.
1800: The Sixth Congress (2nd session) convenes for the first time in Washington, D.C.
1918: Influenza deaths reported in the United States have far exceeded World War I casualties.
1887 Birthday: Bernard Law Montgomery, British field marshal who defeated Rommel in North Africa and led Allied troops from D-Day to the end of World War II.
* = Note Date changes for the Brick Wall SIG and the November General Meeting due to the Thanksgiving Holiday
* Tomorrow: Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Brick Wall SIG Meeting
8:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
* Tomorrow: Wednesday, November 18, 2015
General Monthly Meeting
10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
Tomorrow: Wednesday, November 18, 2015
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password:
How-to-Geek
"What’s the password to your Wi-Fi network, anyway? Whether you’ve changed the default password or not, it’s simple to find it. You can look up any Wi-Fi network password if you’ve previously connected to that network from a Windows PC or Mac."
Continue reading...
Help Provide More Free Records Online:
FamilySearch
"Searchable historical records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of online volunteers worldwide. These volunteers transcribe (or index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are always needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published weekly online on FamilySearch.org. Learn how you can volunteer to help provide free access to the world’s historical genealogical records online."
Learn more...
How to Find a Revolutionary War Patriot:
Dick Eastman eogn.com
"After earlier skirmishes, the American Revolutionary War started with the battle between British troops and local Massachusetts militia at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on 19 April 1775. It ended eight years later with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. If you have been able to trace your ancestry in America back to those years, you have an excellent chance of finding at least one ancestor who had some type of service related to the Revolutionary War effort.
Continue reading...
How to Recover Images Off a Corrupted SD Card:
How-to-Geek
"Just because your SD card is spitting out file errors and gibberish file names doesn’t mean your photos are gone forever. Read on as we show you how to recover your images (and for free, at that)!"
Continue reading...
Rattle-Skull, Stonewall, Bogus, Blackstrap, Bombo, Mimbo, Whistle Belly, Syllabub, Sling, Toddy, and Flip:
Drinking in Colonial America
Colonial Williamsburg
"Colonial Americans, at least many of them, believed alcohol could cure the sick, strengthen the weak, enliven the aged, and generally make the world a better place. They tippled, toasted, sipped, slurped, quaffed, and guzzled from dawn to dark."
Continue reading...
This Day In History: 17 November
1558: Queen Elizabeth ascends to the throne of England and the Church of England is re-established.
1800: The Sixth Congress (2nd session) convenes for the first time in Washington, D.C.
1918: Influenza deaths reported in the United States have far exceeded World War I casualties.
1887 Birthday: Bernard Law Montgomery, British field marshal who defeated Rommel in North Africa and led Allied troops from D-Day to the end of World War II.
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