Wednesday, March 30, 2016

VGS Latest News & Tips: 30 March 2016

Migration Pedigree Chart:
DNA Explained
"J. Paul Hawthorne started a bit of a phenomenon, whether he meant to or not, earlier this week on Facebook, when he created a migration map of his own ancestors using Excel to reflect his pedigree chart. He created a template at this link..."
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Researching Women in World War II:
Ancestry
"Wars are fought by men. Isn’t that what we are usually told? We have been so conditioned to look for records of men who participated that we often overlook the women who were involved."
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AncestryDNA for Adoptees: Search Strategies:
Ancestry
"DNA testing has been a boon to adoptees searching for members of their birth family. When paper records don’t exist or are unavailable, DNA can still reveal family relationships and is often the best hope adoptees have of finding their biological family." Downloadable Guide
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How to Delete a Saved Wi-Fi Network on Windows 10:
How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 saves a list of Wi-Fi networks you connect to along with their passphrases and other settings. If you want to set your Wi-Fi network up from scratch–something that’s occasionally necessary to fix connection problems–you’ll need to make Windows “forget” the Wi-Fi network."
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This Day In History: 30 March
1858: Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patents the pencil with an eraser attached on one end.
1867: Russian Baron Stoeckl and U.S. Secretary of State Seward completed the draft of a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States. The treaty is signed the following day.
1909: The Queensboro Bridge in New York opens. It is the first double decker bridge and links Manhattan and Queens.
1853 Birthday: Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch impressionist artist.


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