VGS Reminders: 14-18 November 2016

Please Note the meetings for Wednesday November 16th. They were omitted from the Recreation News 
Today: November 12, 2016

20th Annual Central Florida Family History Conference.

You must be pre-registered to attend this event.

The bus leaves Walmart on Route 441 at 7:20 a.m. shape!

Monday: November 14, 2016

Family Tree Maker Uses SIG Meeting

1:00 PM in the Patriot Room at the Mulberry Grove Recreation Center

Tuesday: November 15, 2016

Board of Directors Meeting

9:00 AM at the Pinellas Library

Tuesday: November 15, 2016

Italian Genealogy SIG Meeting

1:00 PM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Wednesday: November 16, 2016

Brick Wall SIG Meeting

8:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Wednesday: November 16, 2016

Mid-Atlantic States SIG Meeting has been cancelled
Wednesday: November 16, 2016

General Monthly Meeting

9:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
Note time change due to our election for VGS President & Vice-President

Guest Speaker: Michael Lacopo

Topic: "More than the Census - Our Families Did Exist Within Those 10 Year Intervals."
Wednesday: November 16, 2016

Special Event

2:00 PM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Guest Speaker: Michael Lacopo

Topic: "How to Overcome Brick Walls in German Records"

Note: You must be registered with the German SIG Coordinator for this event.

Wednesday: November 16, 2016

New to Genealogy SIG Meeting

2:30 PM in the Chateaugay Room at the Chatham Recreation Center

Topic: "Using the Internet for Research"

Thursday: November 17, 2016

New England Genealogy SIG Meeting

Noon in the New Smyrna Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Guest Speaker:  Doug Hughes, Historian and LLLC instructor
Topic: "Finding Your Ancestors at the Battle of Saratoga."

Friday: November 18, 2016

Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting

10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Topic: "Getting Started with your Scandinavian Research"

Free Access to ArkivDigital This Weekend:

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I Have the Name of the Ship and the Year He Immigrated—Now What?

FamilySearch
"Over 40 years ago, I found multiple passport applications filed by my cousin George Kemp (1826–1893). In them he stated that he “emigrated to the United States on or about . . . 1834: sailing on board the Hector from Liverpool.”
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10 Easy Tips for Using Ancestry.com:

FamilyTreeMagazine
"Not quite sure how or where to start your genealogical research? Follow these 10 easy tips for using Ancestry.com to get on course fast. This article includes a short Genealogy How-To Video about why errors occur on Ancestry.com and how to correct them."
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How to Re-Enable Flash in Safari 10:

How-to-Geek
"Are websites telling you to install Flash in Safari, even though you’ve already installed it? Here’s what’s going on, and how to get those sites working again."
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This Day In History: 12 November

1859: The first flying-trapeze circus act is performed by Jules Leotard at the Circus Napoleon.
1867: Mount Vesuvius erupts.
1968: The U.S. Supreme Court voids an Arkansas law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools.
1815 Birthday: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, political reformer and founder of the Women’s Rights Convention.

State Timelines:

Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Iowa:
1913: Keokik Dam completed
1918: Governor declared illegal the use of any language but English in public gatherings of two or more people.
1929-39: Farmers lost land during Great Depression