Friday, February 24, 2017

VGS Latest News & Tips: 24 February 2017

Seminar 2017 L-R VP Annette Lyttle, Guest Speaker Cyndi Ingle, President Pat Adams
Gen News:

Savor Your Family's History: Share Your Treasured Recipes:

FamilySearch
"You might have a family heirloom hidden in your kitchen—and it isn’t the china."
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Investigation Puts Ancestry DNA Kits To The Test Among Sets Of Triplets:

Inside Edition
"Millions of people are purchasing and using home DNA kits to determine their ancestry. Inside Edition enlisted the help of two sets triplets and a set of quadruplets to investigate the accuracy of the at-home tests."
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An Attempt To Save South Carolina's Historical Documents Is Destroying Them:

NPR
"When you think of an old map or manuscript, you might picture something yellowed, tattered or even torn because of how long it has been around. But millions of historic documents, from presidential papers to personal slave journals, are facing an issue apart from age: a preservation method that has backfired."
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Tech:

How to Stop Legitimate Emails From Getting Marked as Spam:

How-to-Geek
"Email services automatically classify messages as “spam” if they look spammy. And in general, they do a pretty good job. But those filters aren’t perfect, and occasionally you may see messages you want getting sent to the spam folder."
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What Do the Emoji Next to My Snapchat Friends Mean?

How-to-Geek
"Next to some of your Snapchat friends, you’ll see little emoji."
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Education:

Confessions From a Family Historian (What I Should Have Done Right From the Beginning):

Ancestral Findings
"Are you a beginning genealogist? Don't make the same mistakes at the start that I did. In today’s episode, I’ll give you advice to help you make your research solid from the start"
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