VGS Latest News & Tips: 21 June 2016

Tomorrow: Wednesday: June 22, 2016

Summer Series Workshop
10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Webinar: "How to Tame Your Inner Packrat!"

New Roots Magic Guides:
RootsMagic
"We have released 4 new guides this month, and more are on the way.  Magic Guides are free how-to handouts for our users that cover a single RootsMagic topic step by step, along with both illustrations and tips."
The 4 new guides are:
    1. Welcome to RootsMagic - Learn how to get started using RootsMagic.  Create or import a file, navigate the main screen, edit your data, or customize the program.  Also includes a list of other training materials available.
    2. Named Groups - Learn how to create and use named groups in RootsMagic.
    3. Setting Default Folders for your RootsMagic Files - Learn how to set default folders for the various types of files used by RootsMagic.
    4. Importing Your Ancestry Tree Into RootsMagic - Learn how to import your tree on Ancestry into RootsMagic.
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Genealogy Sleuthing: Looking for Clues:
GenealogyBank
"In this blog post, Duncan Kuehn describes how she researched a crime that occurred over 100 years ago in a small town, even though all the original records had been destroyed."
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Windows 10 Demonstration:
Sumter Library
Are you still unsure about Windows 10? Here's a chance to get a first hand one hour demonstration at the Pinellas Library. You need to register to attend.
When: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Register here...

How to Delete Cookies in the Most Popular Web Browsers on Windows:
How-to-Geek
"Cookies are small files that websites put on your computer to store small bits of information. A cookie can keep you logged into a website by writing ID information to a cookie file. Cookies can also be used to store the items in your shopping cart.
However, not all cookies are used for benign purposes. "
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This Day In History: 21 June
1887: Britain celebrates the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria.
1939: Baseball legend Lou Gehrig is forced to quit baseball because of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–a disease which wastes muscles
1948: Dr. Peter Goldmark demonstrates his “long-playing” record.
1912 Birthday: Mary McCarthy, American novelist (Memories of Catholic Girlhood, The Group).

State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Georgia:
1732: German Protestants & New Englanders arrived.
1742: Spanish troops attempted to oust British settlers in the Battle of Blood Marsh.
1750: Ban on slavery was lifted.