VGS Latest News & Tips: 24 February 2016

Today: Wednesday: February 24, 2016

Our 16th Annual Seminar

Doors Open at 8:15 AM at the La Hacienda Recreation Center

Our topics for today are:

• Finding Uncle John by Talking to Neighbors
• Documenting the "Right" Family While Staying on Track
• Discover Your "Magic Genealogy Box"
• Cemeteries as a Genealogical Resource

Marriage License Reveals Shocking Twist In One Family's History:
FindMyPast: Cheri Hudson Passey
"Three women, three families: The tale of Jubal Ransom Early"
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Ancestry Product Update: February 2016
Ancestry
"We recently released several changes to Hints and wanted to make sure you were aware."
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France Opens Classified Vichy Archives To Public:
The Telegraph
"Thousands of police and official files are likely to shed light on collaboration with the Nazis during the Second World War"
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8 Reasons Not To Print:
Organize Your Family History
"Now, the only paper that goes into file folders are documents that came to me in hard copy form. And even some of those are scanned and discarded."
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This Day In History: 24 February
1821: Mexico gains independence from Spain.
1895: The Cuban War of Independence begins.
1914: Civil War soldier Joshua Chamberlain dies.
1885 Birthday: Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral who commanded naval forces in the Pacific during WWII.