VGS Reminders: 27 - 31 March 2017

Italian SIG members at Chef's of Napoli with Mary Tedesco

Reminders:

Monday: March 27, 2017

Technology SIG Meeting:

10:00 AM in the Destin Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Topic: "Automated Webpage Software for the Genealogist"

Gen News:

Research That You Never Thought You’d Need:

Ancestral Finding
"When you have been doing genealogy for a while, you get used to surprises. You make new discoveries in places you never thought you would find anything. You meet new people in unusual places who have information on your family you could never get on your own. And, sometimes, you find yourself needing a tool to do your research you never thought you would need. Here are the top ten tools for your genealogy research you never thought you’d need."
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Researching Family Trees Online On A Budget:

Family Tree Tips
"Researching your family tree can become a very expensive hobby the further back you go and depending on the goals you set yourself you might find it starts to break the bank. Some people are only interested in a few branches of their tree and so can breeze through these without paying much in the way of purchasing certificates and subscriptions to online sources. Below are a few tips that can help you manage the money you spend on your research."
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More than 10 hours of Irish genealogy workshop available on YouTube:

Genealogy à la carte
"If you missed watching the live streaming of the Ulster Historical Foundation’s two-day Irish genealogy workshop this week, you still have 90 days to watch it on YouTube, thanks to the hosts, the Fountaindale District and the Plainfield Public Library District in Bolingbrook, Illinois."
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Tech:

How to Turn Off Siri App Suggestions on the iPhone:

How-to-Geek
"iOS 10 includes a feature that gives you quick shortcuts to apps it thinks you want to use—either based on your location or other factors. Here’s how to turn these suggestions off."
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How to Clean Up Your Facebook News Feed in Just a Few Taps:

How-to-Geek
"On Facebook, the News Feed is king. The algorithms behind it control which posts you see from your friends and your frenemies. Every little action you do on Facebook is tracked and it’s all factored in to determine which posts show up first."
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Education:

What to Do if a Genealogical Record is Sealed:

Ancestral Findings Podcast
"What can you do if a genealogical record is sealed? In this episode of the Ancestral Findings Podcast, I’ll give you some techniques for getting your hands on sealed records you need for your genealogy research."
Listen now... 4.19 minutes

Webinars:

Introduction to Quaker Genealogy Research:

Legacy Family Tree
"This lecture examines how Quakers created records at the various types of meetings, be they Yearly, Quarterly or Monthly. It examines the types of records, their value to a researcher and where they can be found."
March 29, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
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