VGS Reminders: 3 - 7 October 2016

Today is October 1st...
It's Family History Month!

In 2001, Congress first passed a resolution introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who wrote, "By searching for our roots, we come closer together as a human family." Family history enthusiasts continue to celebrate Family History Month every October.

Wednesday: October 5, 2016

French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting:

9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room at the La Hacienda Recreation Center

Thursday: October 6, 2016

Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:

1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Friday: October 7, 2016

British Genealogy SIG Meeting

9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center

The Genealogy Gems Podcast: Episode 195
Lisa Louise Cooke
"In this episode, I’m celebrating the 100th episode of another podcast I host: the Family Tree Magazine podcast. So I’ll flashback to one of my favorite interviews from that show, an inspiring get-in-shape conversation for your research skills: how you can strengthen your research muscles and tone those technology skills to find and share your family history."
More episode highlights:

• News on Chronicling America and Scotland’s People;
• Comments from guest expert Lisa Alzo on millions of Czech records that have recently come online;
• A YouTube-for-genealogy success story from a woman I met at a conference;
• An excerpt from the Genealogy Gems Book Club interview with Chris Cleave, author of Everyone Brave is Forgiven;
• Diahan Southard shares a DNA gem: the free website GEDmatch, which you might be ready for if you’ve done some DNA testing.

Listen to the Podcast...  60 minutes

Storyworth: Preserving Family History, One Story at a Time:
FamilySearch
“But Mom, when are you going to write your life story?” On several occasions, my youngest son has goaded me to record my own stories. “We really don’t know them—you really don’t talk about yourself much.” It is true?"
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Find A Grave Is the Closest Thing to Being There:
FamilySearch
"I admit that the first time I heard of Find A Grave, I imagined creepy, otherworldly creatures who were robbing cemeteries. I couldn’t fathom who would choose to spend time in a graveyard."
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How to Customize Windows 10’s Appearance:
How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 includes bunch of professionalization settings that let you change your desktop background, windows colors, lock screen background, and more. Here is what you need to know to get your computer looking exactly how you want it."
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Off the Cuffs: Ancestry Search Might Not Be Wise:
Cecil Whig
"The last society told Billy his limb of the Bibbs’ crooked family tree was filled with miscreants, lawbreakers, tax dodgers and no-account losers."
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This Day In History: 1 October
1847: Maria Mitchell, an American astronomer, discovers a comet and is elected the same day to the American Academy of Arts—the first woman to be so honored. The King of Denmark will award her a gold medal for her discovery.
1878: General Lew Wallace is sworn in as governor of New Mexico Territory. He goes on to deal with the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid and write Ben-Hur. His Civil War heroics earned him the moniker Savior of Cincinnati.
1908: The Ford Model T, the first car for millions of Americans, hits the market. Over 15 million Model Ts are eventually sold, all of them black.
1837 Birthday: Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment during America’s Civil War.

State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Delaware:
1856: Delaware Railroad made first trip to Dover
1861: Although a slave state, Delaware remained in the Union
1923: Broiler chicken industry began