VGS Latest News & Tips: 1 March 2017

Reminders:
Today: March 1, 2017

French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting:

9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room at the La Hacienda Recreation Center
Note: We need a new coordinator for this group otherwise it will be discontinued.

Tomorrow: March 2, 2017

Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:

1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Gen News:

Why You Should Have Multiple Family Trees Online:

Amie Bowser Tennant
"One day, I realized I have a family tree on no less than five websites: FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA, and Findmypast. This does not include the family tree I keep on my personal computer using genealogy software. I feel like my family tree has turned into an orchard of trees! How on earth can I keep them each pruned and maintained?"
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Meet the Ancestry App:

Ancestry
"Changing the way you discover your family story.
Discover who you are and where you came from through photos, stories, historical documents, and so much more."
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How to Get Your Family Involved in Family History:

MyCanvas
"If you ever come to a family reunion or Sunday dinner at my house you will find a great divide between those members of my family who have caught the metaphorical genealogy bug and those that have not."
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Tech:

How to Keep People From Knowing You Read Their Message on Facebook:

How-to-Geek
"Facebook is the most popular social network on the internet, and as a result, its messaging service is a very common way for people to privately communicate with one another. However, Facebook also tells you when your recipient has read your message—something not everyone enjoys."
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How to Post to Instagram from Your Computer:

How-to-Geek
"Instagram has never made it priority to help users upload images from their computers, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. We’ve got a clever and completely safe workaround that will have you uploading content from your computer in no time."
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Education:

10 Tools for Your Genealogy Research That You Never Thought You'd Need:

Ancestral Findings
"Genealogy is full of surprises. One of those surprises is often the tools you need to do it. In this episode of the Ancestral Findings Podcast, I’ll share ten tools you may be surprised you need to do your genealogy research."
Listen now... 5.46 minutes