VGS Reminders: 30 January-3 February, 2017

January 2017 General Meeting

Reminders:

Wednesday: February 1, 2017

French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting:

9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room at the La Hacienda Recreation Center

Thursday: February 2, 2017

Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:

1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Friday: February 3, 2017

British Genealogy SIG Meeting

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

Gen News:

The Biggest Mistake in Reading Old Handwriting – and How to Avoid It:

Amy Johnson Crow
"It’s thrilling to find a document that can solve one of our genealogical problems. But that thrill can turn into frustration when we can’t read a name or an important word. As we try to decipher it, it’s normal to focus on the troublesome word. However, focusing too much on that word or name could be keeping you from reading old handwriting. Here’s a way around that."
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Map Your Chromosomes – Even Without Living Grandparents:

Legacy Tree Genealogists
"Legacy Tree is excited to provide the Grandparent Inheritance Chart to the genealogical community. The basis for our tool is founded in the fact that at any given point in an individual’s DNA they can only have inherited DNA from a single paternal grandparent and from a single maternal grandparent. Therefore any DNA that you do not share with a tested grandparent has to have come from the other grandparent on that same side. The tool uses this information to create a chromosome map."
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Research Pitfalls of Beginning Genealogists:

Legacy Tree Genealogists
"If you’re looking for ways to improve your research skills, it’s always best to take a personal inventory of your research practices and habits. Following are some errors that many beginners and hobbyists make which, if eliminated, could save time and increase accuracy immensely."
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Tech:

Forget the Facebook App: Use the Mobile Site for a Less Annoying Experience:

How-to-Geek
"Facebook’s Android and iPhone apps aren’t great. The iPhone app has had bugs that cause it to drain battery in the background, and it could be using up to 20% of your battery on Android. What’s more, Facebook once even reportedly made its Android app crash on purpose once."
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How to Add Events to Your Google Calendar Using the Address Bar in Chrome:

How-to-Geek
"Say you’re browsing the web in Chrome and you remember you need to add a meeting to your calendar. Instead of opening a new tab and accessing your calendar, or using the Google Calendar Chrome app, you can add an event to your calendar right from Chrome’s address bar with this trick."
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Education:

Irish Genealogy - Part 1 - Introduction

Finding Grandpa
"Part 1 discusses what the series is about, as well as, gives you some ideas on why it is so hard to find records on our Irish Ancestors.  Obviously I didn't use a spell checker, and didn't catch the word "websties" in one of the slides until I was halfway through the series!"
Watch Video...  13.51 minutes