VGS Reminders: 26-30 December 2016

Happy Holidays!

There are no VGS meetings this coming week!

5 Tricks to Taking Memorable Christmas Photos:

MyCanvas
"For many, Christmas is the most anticipated holiday of the entire year. Regardless of how many presents Santa brings, the holiday season is a great time for families to get together and show each other they care care. Capture all the significant moments with these five tricks to taking memorable Christmas photos."
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Traditions and Memories:

Hound on the Hunt
Growing up my mom would talk about her mom’s tradition,  that there would be no sign of Christmas anywhere in their house, and then they would get up on Christmas Day and the house would have been transformed as if Christmas had exploded overnight.
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Never Lose a Photo Again: The Complete Guide to Bulletproof Photo Backups:

How-to-Geek
"There’s nothing as precious and irreplaceable as your personal photos and, with a little forethought and planning, there’s no reason to ever feel the heartbreak of losing even a single one of them to theft, broken devices, or disaster."
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Episode 147 - A Virtual Genealogy Gems Christmas Open House:

Lisa Louise Cook
"Jump on the sleigh and make the rounds with me to friends of the podcast. We'll making surprise stops at listener's homes, drinking hot cocoa with long time friends  of the show and genealogy experts, visiting with the newest member to the Genealogy Gems team, and my Grandson Davy will even make a guest starring appearance!"
Watch this episode...  46.14 minutes

This Day In History: 24 December

1814: A treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain, ending the War of 1812, is signed at Ghent, Belgium. The news does not reach the United States until two weeks later (after the decisive American victory at New Orleans).

1914: Over 577,000 Allied soldiers are to spend Christmas as prisoners in Germany.

1943: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is appointed the Allied Supreme Commander, even though almost everyone believed the position would go to American Chief of Staff George C. Marshall.

1812 Death: Joel Barlow, aged 58, American poet and lawyer, dies from exposure near Vilna, Poland, during Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. Barlow was on a diplomatic mission to the emperor for President Madison.

State Timelines:

Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Montana:
1864: Montana territory established
1875: Silver discovered in Butte
1883: Completed Northern Pacific Railway negatively impacted cattle industry
1888: Coal mining began in Cascade County