VGS Reminders: 20 - 24 February 2017

Wednesday's New to Genealogy SIG Meeting

Reminders:

Tuesday: February 21, 2017

Italian Genealogy SIG Meeting

1:00 PM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Wednesday: February 22, 2017

Annual All-Day Seminar

9:00 AM at the La Hacienda Recreation Center

Doors Open at 8:15 a.m.

This event is sold out and you must have a reservation to attend.

Note: There is no regular monthly meeting in February and there is no Brick Wall SIG meeting prior to the seminar.
If you have registered to attend the annual seminar and you are unable to attend, contact the seminar registrar so a person on the waiting list can take your place.

Registration Is Open:
Members should have received an email on Thursday about Crista Cowan and Ancestry.com returning to The Villages. Check your mail and if you haven't already registered do so now before all sessions are full.

Gen News:

Over 282,000 individuals added to our Parish Record Collection:

The Genealogist
"We have added over 282,000 individuals to our extensive Parish Record collection. With records from Essex, Cumberland and Norfolk, making it easier to find your ancestors' baptisms, marriages and burials in these fully searchable records covering ancient parishes. Some of the records go back as far as 1672."
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FREE Access Weekend:

Ancestry
“Discover your British roots for FREE. This weekend only, ancestry.com is giving you free access to more than 1 billion UK records. Access to the records in the featured collections will be free from February 17, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. ET to February 20, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
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Add 80,000 Genealogy Books to Your Book Collection:

Genealogy Gopher's
Digital images of original published works by various authors are available right now and most is free of charge. Search for your ancestor's now.
Search your ancestor now...

Tech:

What Are Instagram’s “Stories”, and How Do I Use Them?

How-to-Geek
"Instagram has taken a leaf out of Snapchat’s book and added a disappearing Story feature. Now, as well as posting normal images to Instagram, users can share what’s happening in the moment. Any image posted to a Story stays live for just 24 hours. After that, it’s gone."
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How to Secure Your Facebook Account:

How-to-Geek
"If you’ve been using Facebook for a few years, then you know your account contains a veritable treasure trove of information that thieves would just love to mine. It may go without saying, but firmly securing your Facebook account is going to go a long way towards protecting you from exposing a big chunk of your personal life to unsavory elements."
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Education:

FamilySearch Indexing: How It Works Records:

YouTube
"This animated video gives a light-hearted, volunteer-level explanation of how indexing with FamilySearch works and why it is important for family history research."
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Legacy Family Tree Webinars:
LFT

"Weaving DNA Test Results into a Proof Argument:"
"This lecture illustrates how to integrate each element of the Genealogical Proof Standard in a proof argument that relies heavily on autosomal DNA test results to answer a relationship research question. "
8:00 p.m. February 21, 2017
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"Finding Missing Persons With DNA Testing:"
"Do you have an adoption in your line, or are you adopted yourself? Do you have an ancestor who just refuses to be found? DNA testing can be a very powerful tool to help fill in the blanks in your family tree."
2:00 p.m. February 22, 2017
Register HERE...
Note: This is the same day as our annual seminar. You can watch a replay of this webinar for a limited time after its broadcast.