There are no VGS activities from now until January 6 when the French-Canadian SIG will meet.
The New Ancestry: Feature UpdateAncestry.com
"As a reminder, as of December 15th, 2015, the old website will be retired and the new Ancestry will be the only Ancestry website."
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9 Hints for Better Genealogy Interviewing:
Genealogy with Valerie
"Hopefully at some time during the research of our family history we will have the opportunity to talk with an older generation relative. The thought of “interviewing” someone can be a little intimidating. Here are some hints that can make it easier."
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4 Hints for Visiting a Repository for Your Genealogy Research:
Genealogy with Valerie
"A repository commonly refers to a location for storage, often for safety or preservation. This is where more than half of the documentation we are searching for is held. These documents are not “online” but are safely put away inside a brick and mortar building."
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World War I In Color:
Mashable
"1917 was also the tenth year that the Lumière brothers’ Autochrome color photography process was commercially available. One of the earliest color technologies, the Autochrome process, used microscopic grains of dyed potato starches to capture hues in a dreamy, pointillist mosaic."
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This Day In History: December 19
1900: The French Parliament votes amnesty for everyone involved in the Dreyfus Affair.
1909: American socialist women denounce suffrage as a movement of the middle class.
1900: The French Parliament votes amnesty for everyone involved in the Dreyfus Affair.
1909: American socialist women denounce suffrage as a movement of the middle class.
1945: Congress confirms Eleanor Roosevelt as U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
1820 Birthday: Mary Ashton Livermore, a temperance worker, women’s rights activist, lecturer, and writer. Founded her own suffrage paper, the Agitator, in 1869.
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