Reminders:
Today: February 16, 2017
Today: February 16, 2017
New England Genealogy SIG Meeting
Noon in the New Smyrna Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Tomorrow: February 17, 2017
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Topic: "Arkivverket - The Norwegian Online Digital Archive."
Topic: "Arkivverket - The Norwegian Online Digital Archive."
Gen News:
Top 10 Reasons Why Genealogy is for Everybody!
Organized for Life"Genealogy research might sound hard, but it’s mostly just time consuming. And pedigree charts might sound fancy, but they’re really just family trees. Pedigrees aren’t only for royalty and purebred dogs!"
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Genealogy and Seniors:
Senior Living Blog
"Older adults who are retired and have time on their hands are taking advantage, making “genealogy the second most popular hobby in the U.S., after gardening,” according to Time."
Want To Interact With Your Ancestors? Family History Library's newest feature could help:
Desert News"Already one of the state’s top visitor attractions, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City has unveiled a main-floor feature intended to make discovering one’s family heritage appealing and fun through interactive technology."
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Tech:
How to Make Your PC Shut Down at Night (But Only When You’re Not Using It):
How-to-Geek"It’s good to to power off your PC when you’re not using it, but do you ever forget and leave it on? Here’s how to configure Windows to automatically power down at night, but only if you’re not using the PC at the time."
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What Is the Adobe Acrobat Extension Chrome Wants Me to Install?
How-to-Geek"Adobe recently added a browser extension to its Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software. Adobe tries to automatically install the extension in Google Chrome, but Chrome asks your permission before enabling it."
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Education:
Granite Mountain Records Vault, Part 1 - FamilySearch Genealogy Records:
YouTube"Understand the technologies and processes used to "unlock" the collections of genealogy records preserved in the Granite Mountain Records Vault. This video explains how records stored in microfilm and other formats are digitized, indexed, and published online in a searchable format, where they can be accessed by researchers around the world at http://www.familysearch.org."
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Part 2 in tomorrow's blog post
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