Today: September 8, 2016
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center
Tomorrow: September 9, 2016
Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Rhett Butler Room at the Savannah Center
Presentation: "Demo of Genome Mate"
FamilySearch International And The Federation Of Genealogical Societies Commemorate Success Of Three Major Projects:
FamilySearch
"For 40 years, the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) has influenced the family history community for the better. For several decades, FamilySearch International has enjoyed its association with this great force in the genealogical community, and we congratulate them on their 40th anniversary."
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5 Tips for Finding Your British Ancestors:
FamilySearch
"So your ancestors are from Britain? What do you do now? While having British ancestors is fairly common, finding them and adding them to your family tree can be a bit more difficult."
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Some Tombstone Symbols You Should Know:
AmyJohnsonCrow
"Tombstone symbols can yield clues about our ancestors. This video has some common ones you should know."
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How to Enable Private Browsing on Any Web Browser:
How-to-Geek
"Private browsing has been around in one form or another since 2005, but it took some time for every browser to get behind it. Now, no matter what browser you use, you can surf the internet without leaving behind a local trail of history, passwords, cookies, and other assorted bits of information."
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Presentation: "Demo of Genome Mate"
FamilySearch International And The Federation Of Genealogical Societies Commemorate Success Of Three Major Projects:
FamilySearch
"For 40 years, the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) has influenced the family history community for the better. For several decades, FamilySearch International has enjoyed its association with this great force in the genealogical community, and we congratulate them on their 40th anniversary."
Continue reading...
5 Tips for Finding Your British Ancestors:
FamilySearch
"So your ancestors are from Britain? What do you do now? While having British ancestors is fairly common, finding them and adding them to your family tree can be a bit more difficult."
Continue reading...
Some Tombstone Symbols You Should Know:
AmyJohnsonCrow
"Tombstone symbols can yield clues about our ancestors. This video has some common ones you should know."
Continue reading...
How to Enable Private Browsing on Any Web Browser:
How-to-Geek
"Private browsing has been around in one form or another since 2005, but it took some time for every browser to get behind it. Now, no matter what browser you use, you can surf the internet without leaving behind a local trail of history, passwords, cookies, and other assorted bits of information."
Continue reading...
How to Limit OneDrive’s Allowed Transfer Speed:
How-to-Geek
"Microsoft OneDrive is a pretty solid cloud storage offering, and it’s deeply integrated into Windows. Not only does it do a good job syncing folders, it also allows you to remotely fetch files on your PC. OneDrive can be a bit of a network bandwidth hog, but with the Anniversary Update of Windows 10, you can now set transfer speed limits."
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This Day In History: 8 September
1644: The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam surrenders to the British fleet that sails into its harbor. Five years later, the British change the name to New York.
1921: Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., is named the first Miss America.
1971: The Kennedy Center opens in Washington, DC with a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.
1900 Birthday: Claude Pepper, Democratic senator and congressman from Florida, champion of senior citizens rights.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
California:
1850: Gold discovered near Columbia and California is admitted to the Union
1857: Major earthquake near San Bernardino and the SS Central America sank carrying 13 to 15 tons of California gold to New York., 425 died.
1858: Chinese and Mongolians barred by law from entry
1861: Fort Point built to protect San Francisco
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