Thursday, March 23, 2017

VGS Latest News & Tips: 23 March 2017

L-R: Pres. Pat Adams, Guest Speaker Mary Tedesco and VP Annette Burke Lyttle
Gen News:

Have You Tried One Page Genealogy?

Genea-Musings
" One Page Genealogy is the place for you to view, customize and download your family tree all on one page.  View up to 20 generations of ascendancy or descendancy.  Change colors and tree styles.  Download and print to show your friends!"
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15 Essential Irish Genealogy Websites:

Relocating to Ireland
"Researching your Irish ancestry online can be a challenging and task. There isn’t one single website that holds all of the records available. Instead, there are many sites that offer a range of valuable data that you may need to access during your searching, for example, extractions, transcriptions and digitized images. These sites listed here offer a mix of free and paid subscription-based content, and they represent the major resources for your online Irish ancestry research."

Is Genealogical DNA Testing a Fad?

Genealogy's Star
"We have no idea whether or not DNA testing at the level and it is now being promoted will be short-lived."
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Tech:

How to Block or Manage Notifications in Google Chrome:

How-to-Geek
"Webapps have come a long way. Thanks to features like notifications, they can even replace traditional desktop apps for many people. But if you’d rather not be bombarded by notifications, though, here’s how to manage Chrome’s notifications (and block them from certain apps)."
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How to Prevent Certain Photos from Showing Up in Android’s Gallery or Google Photos:

How-to-Geek
"Look, we get it: you don’t want every picture showing up in your gallery app on your Android phone. The thing is, there’s not an easy way to just let Gallery or Google Photos know you want to keep certain photos (or even folders) private. But there is a workaround."
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Education:

Royal Blood? Lineage Societies for You:

Ancestral Findings Podcast
"Are you descended from royalty? I’ll explain why you should join one of these lineage societies for descendants of kings and queens in this episode."
Listen now... 6.08 minutes

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