VGS News & Tips: 17 January 2016

Reminders:

Today: January 17, 2017

Italian Genealogy SIG Meeting

1:00 PM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Tomorrow: January 18, 2017

Board of Directors Meeting

9.00 AM in the Pinellas Library

Tomorrow: January 18, 2017

Mid-Atlantic States SIG Meeting

9:30 AM in the Defender Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center

Tomorrow: January 18, 2017

New to Genealogy SIG Meeting

Cancelled

Gen News:

Battle of Cowpens: January 17, 1781:

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"In the early morning of January 17, 1781, in South Carolina, American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeated a force under British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton in one of the more decisive victories for the Americans in the south during the Revolutionary War."
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DNA Solves a Family Mystery, but Not in the Way You’d Think:

AncestryDNA
"For her entire life, Julie Martini had considered herself German-American, even though she had been born with an Italian family name.
Looking to learn more about her family history, Julie joined Ancestry to find records that would uncover her Old World roots in Germany or, perhaps, Italy."
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50 Years Later, DNA Sleuthing Reunites Family With Long-Lost Brother:

Newsworks
"The night of Sept. 18, 1966, 18-year-old Nancy Oakes Dewitt was in labor in the back seat of her car. Her boyfriend, Patrick, was just 17 at the time. He delivered the baby, cut the umbilical chord, and tied it off with a shoelace. He wrapped the baby in white towels, and left him in a random car parked outside a New Jersey bowling alley."
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Citrus County Genealogical Society Seminar:

The Citrus County Genealogical Society will host a seminar on February 18 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 439 E. Norvell Bryant Highway, Hernando from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. The speaker, Drew Smith, nationally known lecturer and author, will give 3 presentations: “Organizing your Genealogy Research Process,” “Your Ancestor’s FAN Club:Using Cluster Research to get Past Brick Walls,” “Something Wiki this Way Comes.” The cost is $18 for members and $25 for non-members. Bring your own brown bag lunch. Free coffee, tea and cookies. Get registration form at www.citrusgenealogy.com or call Mary Ann Machonkin at 382-5515

Tech:

Add Another User to Your Mac:

Lifewire
"You might not know this, but your Mac is actually ready to be a multi-user system. That means you can add your child or spouse (or anyone, it's your Mac) and it'll be like they have their own Mac. That's right, they won't be able to delete your files or mess with any of your stuff! "
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Don’t Be Fooled: The Mac App Store Is Full of Scams:

How-to-Geek

"You love technology, but not everyone does. For many people computers are confusing, even scary. Malevolent actors know this, and try to deliberately trick people online. From ads that look like download buttons to ransomware pop-ups, the web is full of deception-based design, intended to take advantage of the less technically inclined."
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Education:

5 Minute Find: Use Default Settings

Ancestry
"This week's 5-Minute Find focuses on search and the "Use Default Settings" links on the Advanced Search form. Juliana Szucs Smith teaches you how that little link can make a big difference in your searches."
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