VGS Latest News & Tips: 7 February 2017

Reminders:
Tomorrow: February 8, 2017

Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting

10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center
Topic: "The Valuation Revision Lists"

Gen News:

Ohio Boy Turns Found Fortune Into Act Of Kindness:

Patriotic Viral News
"With all the troubles in the country and around the world, for the violence and hatred, many people simply assume there is no longer any good people left in the world."
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Happy Anniversary, Massachusetts!

Ancestry
229 years ago Massachusetts became the 6th of the original 13 colonies to declare statehood.
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New Ancestry Record Collections:

Ancestry
Prussian Provinces, Selected Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1661-1944
"Lutheran records of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the areas of Berlin, Brandenburg and other regions in former Prussia." TOTAL RECORDS: 2,416,716
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East Flanders, Belgium, Civil Registration, 1541-1912
"This collection includes civil registrations of births, marriages, and deaths from East Flanders in Belgium." TOTAL RECORDS: 1,275,837
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Delaware, Marriage Records, 1750-1954
"This collection consists of county marriage records from various counties in Delaware."TOTAL RECORDS: 649,981
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Northern District, Illinois, Naturalization Index, 1926-1979
"This collection includes naturalization records from Illinois." TOTAL RECORDS: 550,931
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Tech:

What Is a “Precision Touchpad” on Windows PCs?

How-to-Geek
"Windows PCs have historically had worse touchpads than Macs. Microsoft is trying to fix this problem with “precision touchpads”, but not every PC manufacturer is on board. Some PCs ship with precision touchpads, but others include older, traditional technology instead."
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How to Configure Your Pen and Its Buttons on Windows 10:

How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 gained a new pen settings panel with the Anniversary Update. If your device has a pen or another type of stylus, you can customize exactly how it works and what its buttons do from the Settings window."
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Education:

Irish Genealogy - Part 9 - Websites With Irish Records cont.

Finding Grandpa
"This is part 9 in a series of 9 videos called "Building the Bridge Back to Ireland". Using various websites to find documents that might show where in Ireland your ancestors are from, and where to look once you get "across the pond". Part 9 is the second half of Websites With Irish Records, where I discuss several different websites that might have records on your Irish Ancestors."
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FGS Conference Scholarships:All VGS members should have received an email about the 2017 FGS Conference and the scholarship registration information yesterday. If you didn't receive the information, request that it be re-sent.