Tuesday, December 27, 2016

VGS Latest News & Tips: 27 December 2016

An Easy Guide To Commercial Genealogical DNA Tests:

Family Tree Tips
"DNA Tests have become a staple of Genealogy in recent years and as they are getting cheaper and cheaper a lot more amateur genealogists are becoming much more interested in unlocking the secrets kept within their DNA. The main question is which one to get."
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What Our Ancestors’ Deaths Can Teach Us About Their Lives:

Trentino Genealogy
"Lynn Serafinn explains the importance and challenges of including death information in your family tree, and discusses 10 causes of death in 19th century."
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Location, Location, Location: Putting Your Ancestors in Their Place:

The Family Locket
"Do you have a difficult ancestor? One that just won’t stay put in one place?"
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8 Lessons Learned From Amanda Holden's WDYTYA Appearance:

FindMyPast
"Here's how the Britain's Got Talent judge traced her French roots and learned more about her paternal grandfather."
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How to Create a Guest Account in Windows 10:

How-to-Geek
"If you find that your guests are asking fairly often to use your computer temporarily to check their email or look something up on the web, you don’t have to let them use your personal account or create a special account for each guest."
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This Day In History: 27 December

1932: Radio City Music Hall opens.
1944: General George S. Patton’s Third Army, spearheaded by the 4th Armored Division, relieves the surrounded city of Bastogne in Belgium.
1956: Segregation on buses in Tallahassee, Florida, is outlawed.
1822 Birthday: Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist.

State Timelines:

Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Nebraska:
1865: Union Pacific Railroad began to lay rails across state
1867: Admitted to the Union
1877: Crazy Horse surrendered
1880: Population now 452,000

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