Today: Wednesday: March 9, 2016
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center
New Ancestry Record Collections:
Ancestry
1. New Jersey, United Methodist Church Records, 1800-1970
This collection includes baptism, marriage, burial, and membership records from churches in the Greater New Jersey United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History.
TOTAL RECORDS: 721,232 View this collection
2. Indiana, United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970
You’ll find baptisms, marriages, burials, memberships, and lists of clergy in these United Methodist Church registers from Indiana.
TOTAL RECORDS: 434,135 View this collection
5 Tips for Finding Women’s Obituaries:
Any Johnson Crow
"Obituaries can be rich in genealogical details. However, finding them for our female ancestors can be tricky, especially if you’re searching in digitized newspapers. Here are 5 tips to help you find women’s obituaries."
Continue reading...
Stepping off into the Fire Swamp of the Data in the FamilySearch Family Tree:
A users view point of FamilySearch Family Tree
"I give credit to The Princess Bride (Goldman, William. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure : the "Good Parts" Version Abridged. New York: Ballantine Pub. Group, 1998.) for the allusion to the Fire Swamp. But that is exactly how I feel when I step off into the unreal world of the higher reaches of the FamilySearch.org Family Tree. Here is a glimpse of the tangled mess I find on just one of my lines."
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What’s the Best Way to Back Up My Computer?
How-to-Geek
"Everyone loses data at some point in their lives. Your computer’s hard drive could fail tomorrow, ransomware could hold your files hostage, or a software bug could delete your important files. If you’re not regularly backing up your computer, you could lose those files forever."
Continue reading...
Use CloudConvert to Convert a File from One Format to Another:
Dick Eastman eogn.com
"Here is a web site you probably should bookmark: https://cloudconvert.com. You probably won’t need to use it often but when you do have a need it can be a lifesaver. Best of all, it is a free service if you only want to convert a few files. However, if you want to convert dozens of files, there is a modest charge."
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This Day In History: 9 March
1788: Connecticut becomes the 5th state.
1820: Congress passes the Land Act, paving the way for westward expansion.
1841: The rebel slaves who seized a Spanish slave ship, the Amistad, in 1839 are freed by the Supreme Court despite Spanish demands for extradition.
1824 Birthday: Leland Stanford, railroad builder, founder of Stanford University.
Tomorrow: Thursday: March 10, 2016
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
New Ancestry Record Collections:
Ancestry
1. New Jersey, United Methodist Church Records, 1800-1970
This collection includes baptism, marriage, burial, and membership records from churches in the Greater New Jersey United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History.
TOTAL RECORDS: 721,232 View this collection
2. Indiana, United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970
You’ll find baptisms, marriages, burials, memberships, and lists of clergy in these United Methodist Church registers from Indiana.
TOTAL RECORDS: 434,135 View this collection
5 Tips for Finding Women’s Obituaries:
Any Johnson Crow
"Obituaries can be rich in genealogical details. However, finding them for our female ancestors can be tricky, especially if you’re searching in digitized newspapers. Here are 5 tips to help you find women’s obituaries."
Continue reading...
Stepping off into the Fire Swamp of the Data in the FamilySearch Family Tree:
A users view point of FamilySearch Family Tree
"I give credit to The Princess Bride (Goldman, William. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure : the "Good Parts" Version Abridged. New York: Ballantine Pub. Group, 1998.) for the allusion to the Fire Swamp. But that is exactly how I feel when I step off into the unreal world of the higher reaches of the FamilySearch.org Family Tree. Here is a glimpse of the tangled mess I find on just one of my lines."
Continue reading...
What’s the Best Way to Back Up My Computer?
How-to-Geek
"Everyone loses data at some point in their lives. Your computer’s hard drive could fail tomorrow, ransomware could hold your files hostage, or a software bug could delete your important files. If you’re not regularly backing up your computer, you could lose those files forever."
Continue reading...
Use CloudConvert to Convert a File from One Format to Another:
Dick Eastman eogn.com
"Here is a web site you probably should bookmark: https://cloudconvert.com. You probably won’t need to use it often but when you do have a need it can be a lifesaver. Best of all, it is a free service if you only want to convert a few files. However, if you want to convert dozens of files, there is a modest charge."
Continue reading...
This Day In History: 9 March
1788: Connecticut becomes the 5th state.
1820: Congress passes the Land Act, paving the way for westward expansion.
1841: The rebel slaves who seized a Spanish slave ship, the Amistad, in 1839 are freed by the Supreme Court despite Spanish demands for extradition.
1824 Birthday: Leland Stanford, railroad builder, founder of Stanford University.
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