VGS Latest News & Tips: 30 December 2016

How To Properly Cite A Source:

Family Tree Tips
"Not citing sources is one of the main downfalls the plagues amateur genealogists. It’s easy to forget to cite a Source when researching if you get in to the swing of things and are adding more than one fact to a person at once and yes, it seems tedious at first but once you start, it becomes second nature and will benefit you and anyone else looking at your tree in years to come."
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What To Do Once You Have Your Dna Test Results?

Family Tree Tips
"So you’ve just received your chosen DNA Tests results. Now what? A lot of people don’t realise that you can do a lot more with the raw test results than what is shown on any of the sites that test DNA."
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Family History: Putting the Pieces Together:

Ancestry
"You’ve started your family history but the pieces don’t seem to fit and the jigsaw puzzle isn’t revealing a picture as you’d hoped. Sometimes it’s just a matter of turning a piece in another direction or fitting it into a different place in the picture. This class will look at the basics of sound research, utilizing the principles of "The Genealogical Proof Standard" to focus your research. Creating clear objectives and searching appropriately to meet the objectives will save time and provide better results."
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Reddit Story About Woman Engaged To Her Half-Brother Revealed To Be A Hoax:

news.com.au
"The now infamous Reddit user who recently claimed she just found out her fiance is actually her half brother, has revealed the entire post was a hoax.
In a thread titled, “I found out yesterday that my fiance and I are related. He’s known for a year”, Reddit user “oopcest” wrote about how she’d accidentally fallen in love with a relative."
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Editor's Note: Another example of the many false stories that appear on the internet. Reader beware!

Why Is Part of My Keyboard Typing the Wrong Characters?

How-to-Geek
"Whether it is a cat laying on the keyboard, a young child banging on random keys, or some other form of keyboard catastrophe, our keyboards can suddenly start displaying strange and frustrating behavior. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has some solutions for a reader’s laptop keyboard crisis."
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This Day In History: 30 December

1803: The United States takes possession of the Louisiana area from France at New Orleans with a simple ceremony, the simultaneous lowering and raising of the national flags.
1861: Banks in the United States suspend the practice of redeeming paper money for metal currency, a practice that would continue until 1879.
1862: The draft of the Emancipation Proclamation is finished and circulated among President Abraham Lincoln‘s cabinet for comment.
1905 Death:Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idaho is killed by an assassin’s bomb.

State Timelines:

Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Nevada:
1931: Gambling legalized to alleviate hardships of Depression
1936: Boulder Dam completed
1946: "Bugsey" Siegel opened the Flamingo resort in Las Vegas