VGS Latest News & Tips: 25 January 2017

Reminders:
Today: January 25, 2017

Brick Wall SIG Meeting

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

Today: January 25, 2017

General Monthly Meeting

10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Guest Speaker: Drew Smith
Topic: "Organizing Your Genealogy Files and Correspondence."
"Overwhelmed with too many paper documents, digital files, and email messages? Learn to organize these so that you'll quickly find just the one you need."

Gen News:

Let’s Stop Hand Wringing About DNA and Genealogy:

Lisa Louise Cooke
"The comments generally go along the lines of:
“They’re going to be sorely disappointed when they see you have to do research.”
“It really isn’t that easy.”
“All these new people want is their ethnicity estimate.”
Those statements are well-intentioned… but they miss the bigger picture."
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Researching the Battle of the Bulge:

Ancestry
"This month marks the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Bulge, which was fought during World War II from 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945, in the Ardennes in Europe. It was in this battle, that my cousin James Privoznik of the 90th Infantry Division, lost his life on 11 January 1945 near Bras, Belgium."
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Worth a Thousand Words: How to Find and Use Image-Only Collections on FamilySearch:

FamilySearch
"If you’ve entered your family names into a genealogy database like FamilySearch.org or Ancestry.com and didn’t find the answer you were seeking, don’t give up hope! Did you know there are millions of pages of digitized records online at FamilySearch.org that don’t show up when you conduct a general search?"
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Tech:

Amazon Echo vs. Google Home: Which One Should You Buy?

How-to-Geek
"Amazon blew the industry wide open with its release of the Echo back in 2014, and has since become the company’s most popular hardware product. However, Google has since gotten in on the fun with the Google Home, a direct Echo competitor that aims to reign supreme. But which one should you buy if you’re in the market for a virtual home assistant? Here are some key points to know about both devices to see which one might be best suited for you."
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How to Schedule a Scan in Windows Defender:

How-to-Geek
"Windows Defender automatically performs background scans during your PC’s idle moments, but doesn’t include an easy way to schedule a full scan. There is a way to do it, though."
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Education:

Genealogy Goals for 2017:

Crista Cowan: Ancestry.com
"It's almost the New Year. Join Crista Cowan for a quick look back and what new genealogy tools and databases have become available in 2016. Then, let's look forward to 2017 and share ideas about possible genealogy goals for the new year."
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