Today: Wednesday, November 4, 2015:
French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting:
9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room at the La Hacienda Recreation Center
Tomorrow: Thursday, November 5, 2015
Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:
1:00 PM in the Triple Crown Room at Churchill Recreation Center
Google Newspapers Around the Globe:
familytree.com
"The search engine on the Internet is a valuable tool. One of the most well-known and innovated search engines is Google. It can be extremely useful for family history research. Their newspaper collections are outstanding. Since newspaper, big and small circulation are the window to a community, the use of newspaper articles for family research has been a wonderful source.Using the Google Newspapers site opens up a massive variety of places, time periods and publications that you can read at home on your computer."
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DNA Study Helps Solve Lincoln Lineage Debate:
USA Today
"Vicky Reany Paulson has known all her life that she is related to Abraham Lincoln. But it wasn't until she was 16 that she became interested in tracing her roots to the 16th president — more specifically through his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln — and inherited the passion from her great-grandmother."
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VGS Facebook Groups:
The VGS
Do you know that five of our Special Interest Groups (SIG) have Facebook Groups in addition to their own websites? Members are encouraged to join these groups and participate in their discussions.
Here are their links:
Genetic Genealogy Facebook Group: Website:
German Genealogy Facebook Group: Website:
Irish Genealogy Facebook Group: Website:
Italian Genealogy Facebook Group: Website:
Scandinavian Facebook Group: Website:
Is this e-society a sign of the future?
Genealogy a la Carte
"The Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) announced its Waterloo Region Branch will re-invent itself, moving to an e-presence only, with a new website and Facebook group. The decision to take this major step is to “continue serving the genealogists and family historians who are researching in the County of Waterloo.”
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This Day in History: November 4
1798: Congress agrees to pay a yearly tribute to Tripoli, considering it the only way to protect U.S. shipping.
1842: Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill.
1922: The U.S. Postmaster General orders all homes to get mailboxes or relinquish delivery of mail.
1916 Birthday: Walter Cronkite, reporter and news anchor for CBS News; dubbed "The Most Trusted Man in America."
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