Reminders:
Today: April 13, 2017
Today: April 13, 2017
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center
Presenter: Dale Heins "Genealogical Data Entry Standards and Citing Your Sources"
Tomorrow: April 14, 2017
Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the
Presentation: "DNA Show & Tell"
Note meeting location change for this month...
Gen News:
World War 1 Centennial Commemoration: Indexed Records Connecting Families
FamilySearch"April 6, 2017, marked the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War I. Millions of young American men registered for the draft, and nearly five million of them answered the call to duty. About 116,000 American military died during that war."
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Google Maps Will Help You Learn More About Your Ancestors:
Family History Daily"You don’t need to spend money on software to map your ancestors travels. I started with Google maps. The first time I used it was when I was transcribing the diary that my grandparents kept during the first year of their marriage; May 1934-May 1935."
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Guest Post: My MyHeritage DNA Experience:
MyHeritage
"I decided to take a DNA test. I chose MyHeritage.com because of its extensive user base and the advanced technology of its Smart Match and Record Match technologies. I realized that these same successful technologies could be used to find DNA matches from among other members and the potential number of people involved is huge."
Tech:
How to Import and Export Contacts Between Outlook and Gmail:
How-to-Geek"You can use Microsoft Outlook with just about any email account, including Gmail—but Outlook doesn’t provide a built-in way to sync your Gmail contacts. If you’ve amassed a bunch of contacts in either service, you’ll have to import them from the other manually to use them."
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What Is HTTPS, and Why Should I Care?
How-to-Geek"HTTPS, the lock icon in the address bar, an encrypted website connection—it’s known as many things. While it was once reserved primarily for passwords and other sensitive data, the entire web is gradually leaving HTTP behind and switching to HTTPS."
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Editor's Note: This blog uses HTTPS
Education:
Is Tracing Your Health History Important in Your Genealogy Research?
Ancestral Findings"Is getting your family health history done an important part of your genealogy research? It can be. In this episode I’ll give you need to know about getting tested."
Lesson now... 7.05 minutes
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