VGS News & Tips: 13 January 2016

Reminders:
Today: January 13, 2017

Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting

10:00 AM in the Rhett Butler Room at the Savannah Center
Topic: "A Comparison of DNA Testing Companies"

Gen News:

How Genealogical Records Get Online:

Legacy Tree Genealogists
"Have you ever wondered how all those records come to appear on the powerful online search engines such as MyHeritage.com, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, and numerous others? One couple learned first-hand."
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New Historic Records On FamilySearch: Week of January 2, 2017:

FamilySearch
"A large collection of miscellaneous records in the Netherlands has been added to FamilySearch's indexed records along with additional collections from Italy, Argentina, The Dominican Republic, Panama, and the United States (Alabama Census of Confederate Veterans and Revolutionary War Rolls). Search these free records and more at FamilySearch"
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115th Congress’s Famous Faces — Back in Their High School Days:

Ancestry
"Can you recognize our U.S. Congress members from their high school yearbook photos?"
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Tech:

Kindle vs. Paperwhite vs. Voyage vs. Oasis: Which Kindle Should You Buy?

How-to-Geek
"Amazon’s Kindle lineup has expanded: there are now four different models, with different features at different price points. That means deciding which one you want is more difficult than ever. Let’s look at what separates the four Kindles and how to work out which one is right for you."
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How to Optimize Your Android Phone’s Battery Life with Greenify:

How-to-Geek
"At this point, smartphones are prolific. We use them for calls, text messages, social networking, photos, quick searches, streaming music, watching videos…the list goes on. But each thing you do drains your battery life, and some apps will even continue to drain your battery in the background when you aren’t using them. A free app called Greenify can fix that."
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Education:

5 Minute Find: Updated Search Forms:

Ancestry
"We are making a few updates to our search forms.  Give us five minutes and we will show where all of your favorite features are."
Watch video...  4.26 minutes
Editor's Note: These forms are often changed to improve search results