Reminders:
Tomorrow: February 1, 2017
French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting:
9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room at the La Hacienda Recreation CenterGen News:
Time-Saving Family History Mobile Apps for Beginners:
FamilySearch"You can do almost anything on your phone now: schedule appointments, pay bills, map driving routes, take photos and videos—and yes, even do genealogy! The giants of online genealogy have had mobile apps to go along with their websites for a few years, and now others are joining the fun. These great apps make doing genealogy quicker than ever, and they are geared toward people of all levels. So even if you’re just sticking your toe in the genealogy pool for the first time, there’s something for you. In fact, here are three apps you can try right now—no matter what your family history experience is (or isn’t)."
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New Historic Records On FamilySearch: Week of January 23, 2016:
FamilySearch
"All of the hard work is paying off for those indexing U.S. Marriages as we see a handful published this week. There are also still plenty of records being published across the world as well. You will find a significant amount of new indexed records and digital images from Ukraine, Russia, and other countries across South America and Europe."
Free Family History Library Webinars and Classes in February 2017:
FamilySearch
"Treat yourself to a free family history class, or two or three, in February. There are 22 to choose from!"
Tech:
Automatically Give to Charity Every Time You Shop with AmazonSmile:
How-to-Geek"You shop on Amazon a lot, right? So why not make Amazon give to charity whenever you do? AmazonSmile is a simple and easy way to give a little money to a charity of your choice every time you buy something on Amazon. If you shop at smile.amazon.com (instead of www.amazon.com), Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of whatever you buy to your chosen charity. You pay nothing extra, so there’s no reason not to do it."
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Note: The VGS can be your designated charity.
Is It Safe to Remove USB Drives When a Computer Is Asleep?
How-to-Geek"We have all heard the admonition about safely removing USB devices when we are done with them, but what if an operating system is suspended and you decide to simply unplug the USB device then and there anyway? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question."
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Education:
Irish Genealogy - Part 3 - American Records
Finding Grandpa"This is part 3 in a series of 9 videos called "Building the Bridge Back to Ireland". Using various websites to find documents that might show where in Ireland your ancestors are from, and where to look once you get "across the pond"."
Watch Video... 11.22 minutes
Webinars:
Legacy Family Tree
Photography for Genealogy: Nicka Smith
February 1, 2017
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The WHO of Genetic Genealogy: Blaine Bettinger
February 8, 2017
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Deciphering German Script: Gail Blankenau
February 10, 2017
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