VGS Reminders: 13 - 17 February 2017

January 2017 General Meeting - New Member Registration
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Reminders:

Monday: February 13, 2017

Family Tree Maker Uses SIG Meeting

1:00 PM in the Patriot Room at the Mulberry Grove Recreation Center

Tuesday: February 14, 2017

Genealogy Writers SIG Meeting

2:30 PM in the Churchill Downs Room in the Pimlico Recreation Center
Topic: "How to Interview Your Relatives" with guest speaker Bob Boerst, VGS Newsletter Editor and former Human Resources executive.

Wednesday: February 15, 2017

Mid-Atlantic States SIG Meeting

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

Wednesday: February 15, 2017

New to Genealogy SIG Meeting

2:30 PM in the Chateaugay Room at the Chatham Recreation Center
Topic: "Getting Started on Your Genealogy" 

Thursday: February 16, 2017

New England Genealogy SIG Meeting

Noon in the New Smyrna Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Friday: 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."

Gen News:

Black History Month 2017 – Access Black History Records:

Fold3
In recognition of Black History Month, Fold3 want to remind you to access all publications in its Black History Collection.
Whether you're searching for your ancestors or looking for primary documents to help with other research, the Black History collection gives you access to more than a million documents, records, and photos that help to capture the African-American experience during five eras of American history: Slavery, The Civil War, Reconstruction & Jim Crow Laws, World War I & II, and the Civil Rights Movement
All the titles in our Black History collection contain valuable insight into the history of African-Americans in the United States, but titles that are especially rich in information include:
• Danish West Indies – Slavery and Emancipation 
• Suppression of Slave Trade and Colonization (1854-72)
• Amistad – Federal and Supreme Court records 
• American Colonization Society
• Board of Commissioners – Emancipation of Slaves in DC 
• Court Slave Records for DC
• South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872 
• "Colored Troops" 
• And more!

Understanding What Is Meant By 2nd Cousin Once Removed And Similar!

Family Tree 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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What Does Your German Surname Say About You?

Ancestry
"German-Americans are the largest single ethnic group in the U.S. If you are one of 46 million Americans with German ancestry, your surname could yield some interesting clues to your family history."
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Tech:

How to Get Notifications for Only the Emails You Care About in Gmail:

How-to-Geek
"Email is a powerful tool that we all use, but it can also be exceedingly annoying to get notifications for every single message that hits your inbox. With Gmail, however, there are a variety of ways to keep things silent, yet still immediately know about the messages that are important to you."
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The Best Cheaper Alternatives to Photoshop:

How-to-Geek
"Adobe Photoshop is the professional image editor. It’s name is now a verb for image editing (which is something that Adobe absolutely hates). Photoshop though, isn’t the only editor in town. Over the last few years, new image editing apps have come along that are almost as good as Photoshop, for a fraction of the price. Let’s have a look at some of them."
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Education:
Webinars:
Legacy Family Tree

Be Your Own Digital Archivist: Preserve Your Research
Cyndi Ingle
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2017
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Weaving DNA Test Results into a Proof Argument:
Karen Stanbary, CG
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2017
Register HERE...

Finding Missing Persons With DNA Testing:
Diahan Southard
Wednesday, Feb 22, 2017
Register HERE...