Wednesday, April 20, 2016

VGS Latest News & Tips: 20 April 2016

Today: Wednesday: April 20, 2016
Mid-Atlantic States SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Jasmine Room at the Hibiscus Recreation Center
Today: Wednesday: April 20, 2016
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Chateaugay Room at the Chatham Recreation Center
Tomorrow: Thursday: April 21, 2016
New England Genealogy SIG Meeting
Noon in the New Smyrna Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Watch Geoff Live: DNA 
Free webinar by Geoff Rasmussen and Diahan Southard now online for limited time...
"Geoff finally did it! He took his first step into the world of DNA and had his two maternal grandparents tested (autosomal tests from AncestryDNA). He recently received the testing results and has waited to explore them – for the first time – in front of a LIVE webinar audience.
Geoff's comment: Thanks to Diahan Southard and to all of YOU for being there with me as DNA testing really came through for my genealogy brick wall!"
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Gravestone Photos Versus Transcriptions:
Vita Brevis
"I am working on an article for Mayflower Descendant on the Young family of Windham, Connecticut, which has descents from Mayflower passengers John Howland and Richard Warren. Several descendants are buried in Windham Center Cemetery, which has led to a few interesting scenarios in terms of finding information from gravestones. I’ll describe three below..."
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Who Do You Think You Are? Recap with Katey Sagal: The Present Past:
Ancestry
"On Who Do You Think You Are? family history isn’t always an unfamiliar story slumbering in a distant past. It’s often a search for close family lost in a painful present."
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How to Transfer a Family Tree to FamilySearch:
TheFamilyLocket
"Have you created your whole family tree in Ancestry.com or another system and now you want to try using FamilySearch.org? How do you move your tree over to FamilySearch.org? There are two ways – one without a GEDCOM file and one with."
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I shipped my spit to AncestryDNA to see how much I could learn from my genes — and found out my family history is more complex than I thought:
Business Insider
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What’s New on FamilySearch? — March 2016
FamilySearch
"Each month, FamilySearch publishes a list of new changes and updates to the FamilySearch.org website. This list includes changes to Family Tree as well as other parts of FamilySearch.org."
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This Day In History: 20 April
1770: Captain Cook discovers Australia.
1836: The Territory of Wisconsin is created.
1841: Edgar Allen Poe’s first detective story is published.
1893 Birthday: Harold Lloyd, film comedian.


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