VGS Latest News & Tips: 18 April 2017

Reminders:

Today: April 18, 2017

Italian Genealogy SIG Meeting

1:00 PM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
Tomorrow: April 19, 2017
Board of Directors Meeting


9:00 AM

Tomorrow: April 19, 2017

Mid-Atlantic States SIG Meeting

9:30 AM in the Defender Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center
Presentation: "Delaware and Washington D.C. Research"

Tomorrow: April 19, 2017

New to Genealogy SIG Meeting

2:30 PM in the Chateaugay Room at the Chatham Recreation Center
Presentation: "Using the Internet for Research"

Gen News:

Why You Should Download Your Files from Ancestry — and Every Other Genealogy Website:

Amy Johnson Crow
"Many people have their family tree up on Ancestry or another genealogy website. That's great to work as "cousin bait," but it isn't a great way to keep our genealogy data safe. "
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What Every Genealogist Needs To Know About American Marriage Records:

FindMyPast
"Marriage records are perhaps the most valuable vital records due to their wealth of genealogical content. The most helpful marriage records provide maiden names, parents' names, birth information and more."
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The Family Business Traced Through The Newspapers:

FindMyPast
"I love getting to know my ancestors on a personal level. Names, dates, and places will only tell you so much about a person. Those vital statistics do nothing, however, to give you a sense of what they were like. Or, for instance, what it was like when and where they lived. I find researching in newspapers a great way to get to know my ancestors a little bit better."
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Tech:

Which Version of Chrome Do I Have?

How-to-Geek
"Chrome is Chrome, right? You download Google’s browser—now the most popular in the world—and you’d think you have the same experience as everyone else. But like most large software vendors, Google releases Chrome in differing “channels,” testing out features in more unstable versions before they get to the release build that hundreds of millions of people use every day."
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How to Set Up Google Cardboard on an iPhone:

How-to-Geek
"Want to see what this VR thing is about, but don’t want to plop down a bunch of cash? Google Cardboard is an insanely cheap way to try it out. And, despite being a Google product, it works on iOS as well as Android. Google is fair, y’all."
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Education:

Military Records and the Fire of 1973:

Ancestral Findings
"The National Personnel Records Center suffered a fire in 1973 that destroyed millions of military service records from 1916 to 1964. Here's what happened."
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