VGS Reminders: 6 - 10 March 2017

Reminders:

Monday: March 6, 2017
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center

Topic: "Finding the Immigrants - Using the Ellis Island Website and the Steve Morse One-Step site"

Wednesday: March 8, 2017

Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting

10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center

Thursday: March 9, 2017

German Genealogy SIG Meeting

9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center

Topic: Margaret Sgritta will present: "Calvinists"

Thursday: March 9, 2017

Crista Cowan & Ancestry.com Return to The Villages

3 Sessions during the Day: Did you register to attend?

Friday: March 10, 2017

Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting

10:00 AM in the Ricardo Montalban Room at La Hacienda Regional Recreation Center

Topic: "Maximize the Power of Your DNA Test Results"

Gen News:

Library of Congress and Digital Public Library of America Launch Partnership with Maps:

Hyperallergic
"The Library of Congress has joined the Digital Public Library of America as a content hub and is sharing around 5,000 objects from its map collections."
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BYUtv’s Relative Race Returns March 5:

FamilySearch
"Contestants racing up their family trees is the premise of BYUtv’s award-winning reality series, “Relative Race,” which premieres its second season Sunday, March 5, at 7 p.m. (MST)."
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Uncommon Places To Find Family History Details:

Deseret News
"D. Joshua Taylor, host of “Genealogy Roadshow” on PBS, has found some interesting ways to track his ancestors through history. One ancestor of his was in the circus, and the constant traveling made the man difficult to track, Taylor said during a panel at the RootsTech family history and technology conference on Feb. 10."
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Tech:

How to Remove Hyperlinks from Microsoft Word Documents:

How-to-Geek
"If you copy text from the web and paste it into Word, it can be annoying when the hyperlinks transfer with it. Here’s how to easily paste text without the hyperlinks, or remove hyperlinks from text that’s already in Word."
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How to Set Up Your New Chromecast:

How-to-Geek
"Google’s Chromecast is one of the easiest, cheapest ways to stream just about anything on your TV. Here’s how to set it up."
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Education:

Techniques for Finding Your Ancestor’s Home or Land:

Ancestral Findings
"Why should you look for your ancestor's home or land in your genealogy research? There are many good reasons. In this episode, I’ll give you the Why and How so you can locate their residence."
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