VGS News & Tips: 20 January 2016

Reminders:
Today: January 20, 2017

Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting

10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Gen News:

Researching Ancestors In The German Military:

Genealogy Tips
"Anyone with German Ancestors know that German Research can be at times, very tricky but once you’ve got the people you’re after you can find lots of very interesting sources. One of the most important sources beyond Birth, Marriage amd Death records are Military records."
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6 Websites That Will Help You Find German Ancestors:

Genealogy Tips
"Many people will have at some point in their Family Tree, German Ancestors. These can be quite elusive if you don’t know where to look. Below are a 6 really useful websites that will help you find those missing German Ancestors and break down some international brick walls."
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Understanding What Is Meant By “Second Cousin Once Removed” And Similar Relationships.

Genealogy Tips
"A lot of people and myself included when they start researching don’t know the actual meaning of relationships like “Second Cousin Once Removed” or “Third Cousin Twice Removed” and only know the simple stuff like great grandfather, great great grandmother etc."
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Tech:

How to Set Up a New iPhone:

Lifewire
"Whether your new iPhone is your first or you've been using Apple's smartphone since 2007, the first thing you must do with any new iPhone is to set it up. This article covers activating an iPhone 7 Plus & 7, 6S Plus & 6S, 6 Plus & 6, 5S, 5C, or 5 running iOS 10."
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How to Secure Your Dropbox Account:

How-to-Geek
"Back in May of 2016, Dropbox announced on its official blog that it now has half a billion users. That’s a lot of people, which also means there’s likely a lot of information being stored in this cloud service that you wouldn’t want other people seeing. If you’re one of those 500 million, it’s time to secure your account."
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Education:

Five-Minute Find: Finding the Stories of Moms in Your Family Tree:

Ancestry
"Too often, in our haste to move our research back a generation we overlook some of the stories that are right there under our noses. Juliana Smith shares five tips that will help you discover the stories of some of the Moms (and Dads) in your family tree."
Watch Video...  4.36 minutes