VGS Latest News & Tips: 25 April 2017

Reminders:

Tomorrow: April 26, 2017

Brick Wall SIG Meeting

8:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Tomorrow: April 26, 2017

General Monthly Meeting

10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Presentation: Dennis Michael Drummond "So, You Think You Want to Write a Book"

Gen News:

Today Is National DNA Day: 

"National DNA Day is a unique day when students, teachers and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics! The day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003, and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953."
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Tampa Deli Owner, Adopted At Birth, Discovers Five Siblings At Age 53:

Tampa Bay Times
"Jimmy Nichols walked into his new downtown deli and looked through the lunchtime crowd to find his wife Sally behind the counter. She caught his look, flashed a smile, and tears welled in their eyes."
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German DNA Research Project:

LivingDNA
"Living DNA and Germany’s largest genealogy society Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (CompGen), are working with the world's leading academics, scientists and genealogists and seeking your help."
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Tech:

How to Enable Mac Screen Sharing:

Lifewire
"Screen sharing is the process of allowing users at a remote computer to see what is happening on your Mac's screen. Mac screen sharing also allows you to remotely view and take control of another Mac's screen."
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7 Ways To Free Up Disk Space on Your OS X Mac:

How-to-Geek
"It’s 2017, shouldn’t we stop worrying about disk space? Nope, not at all! A modern MacBook might have a solid-state drive with just 128 GB of space, which means you’ll be seeing the dreaded “Your startup disk is almost full” error sooner rather than later. It’s very important to keep your hard drive nice and clean."
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Education:

3 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your Census Research:

Ancestral Findings
"Have you used the census in your genealogy? Even if you have, go back & look at it again. It has a lot to reveal. In today’s episode, we’ll talk about the three ways to get the most out of it."
Listen now... 6:44 minutes