Today: December 8, 2016
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center
Topic: "Road trip to the John F. Germany Public Library in Tampa"
"This is a guest post by Dr. Timothy Seigler, Associate Professor in the School of Education at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina who teaches courses on Culturally Responsive Leadership and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. Dr. Seigler is introducing the first of its kind research project known as the Ancestry Cultural Legacy Project."
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The following was written by Roots Magic:
"When we sent out the December newsletter and didn't mention the Ancestry sync status, we caught a lot of flak (and deservedly so). We know many of you are excited to share your data between RootsMagic and your Ancestry tree, and we are excited to be working to offer it.
This is currently our top priority, and we have been putting in long hours on it. But I'll be honest... while we planned to release this awesome new feature by the end of the year, we aren't going to hit that milestone.
Years ago (back in the Family Origins days) I got burned giving a date for a feature to be done, and I promised myself I would never do that again. On the other hand, users dislike uncertainty, and like to press for an estimated release date. So, apparently not having learned my lesson, we picked the end of the year as a safe guess, even though we had no idea what the brand new API would be like, what problems we might encounter along the way, or what other non-related issues might temporarily take us away.
Anyways, I am going to be writing a blog post in the next day or so which spells out where we are, how we got there, and what is coming. But don't worry, we aren't talking about a 6 month delay or anything like that. We just want to make sure that when we release these new features, you can depend on them working right, and keeping your data safe."
"It might be exciting to find your great-grandmother in FamilySearch Family Tree. But what about finding her four times—each record with a little different information?"
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"This holiday season, you can give others the joy of discovering their ancestors by taking time to index."
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"Recorded Webinar: Ten Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Family History
Presented Live: January 29, 2014
Intended Audience: Anyone interested in writing or publishing their research
Watch video... 1.02 hours
"Editing photos on your iPhone or iPad is really easy. The Photos app on iOS packs a lot of features into it, including the ability to crop, adjust the color, make one-touch adjustments, and more."
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1917: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary with only one dissenting vote in Congress.
1941: Japanese planes raid Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a surprise attack, bringing the US into WWII.
1947 Birthday: Johnny Bench, pro baseball catcher; twice named National League Most Valuable Player, he was dubbed the greatest catcher in baseball history by ESPN.
Massachusetts:
1620: New Plymouth settled by Puritan immigrants from England & Holland
1628: Salem settled by the English
1630: Boston settled
1692: Witchcraft trials and executions
Tomorrow: December 9, 2016
Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Rhett Butler Room at the Savannah Center
Topic: "Genetic Genealogy News"Ancestry Cultural Legacy Project: A Journey Exploring Cultural Legacy and Cultural Identity:
Ancestry"This is a guest post by Dr. Timothy Seigler, Associate Professor in the School of Education at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina who teaches courses on Culturally Responsive Leadership and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. Dr. Seigler is introducing the first of its kind research project known as the Ancestry Cultural Legacy Project."
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Status of RootsMagic and Ancestry "Sync":
Roots MagicThe following was written by Roots Magic:
"When we sent out the December newsletter and didn't mention the Ancestry sync status, we caught a lot of flak (and deservedly so). We know many of you are excited to share your data between RootsMagic and your Ancestry tree, and we are excited to be working to offer it.
This is currently our top priority, and we have been putting in long hours on it. But I'll be honest... while we planned to release this awesome new feature by the end of the year, we aren't going to hit that milestone.
Years ago (back in the Family Origins days) I got burned giving a date for a feature to be done, and I promised myself I would never do that again. On the other hand, users dislike uncertainty, and like to press for an estimated release date. So, apparently not having learned my lesson, we picked the end of the year as a safe guess, even though we had no idea what the brand new API would be like, what problems we might encounter along the way, or what other non-related issues might temporarily take us away.
Anyways, I am going to be writing a blog post in the next day or so which spells out where we are, how we got there, and what is coming. But don't worry, we aren't talking about a 6 month delay or anything like that. We just want to make sure that when we release these new features, you can depend on them working right, and keeping your data safe."
Merging People in FamilySearch’s Family Tree:
FamilySearch"It might be exciting to find your great-grandmother in FamilySearch Family Tree. But what about finding her four times—each record with a little different information?"
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Indexing Goal in December to LIGHT the WORLD:
FamilySearch"This holiday season, you can give others the joy of discovering their ancestors by taking time to index."
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Ten Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Family History:
12 News Arizona"Recorded Webinar: Ten Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Family History
Presented Live: January 29, 2014
Intended Audience: Anyone interested in writing or publishing their research
Watch video... 1.02 hours
How Crop and Edit Photos on the iPhone or iPad:
How-to-Geek"Editing photos on your iPhone or iPad is really easy. The Photos app on iOS packs a lot of features into it, including the ability to crop, adjust the color, make one-touch adjustments, and more."
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This Day In History: 7 December
1787: Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.1917: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary with only one dissenting vote in Congress.
1941: Japanese planes raid Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a surprise attack, bringing the US into WWII.
1947 Birthday: Johnny Bench, pro baseball catcher; twice named National League Most Valuable Player, he was dubbed the greatest catcher in baseball history by ESPN.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.Massachusetts:
1620: New Plymouth settled by Puritan immigrants from England & Holland
1628: Salem settled by the English
1630: Boston settled
1692: Witchcraft trials and executions
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