Today: May 19, 2017
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Topic: This meeting will be an "Open Discussion" session so bring lots of questions. Mike Garvin will be the coordinator for this meeting.
Topic: This meeting will be an "Open Discussion" session so bring lots of questions. Mike Garvin will be the coordinator for this meeting.
Gen News:
Recently Launched Indexing Projects On FamilySearch: May 2017:
FamilySearch"FamilySearch has published its May 2017 list of historic record collections available for online indexing (see table below). If you are waiting for "that record" that may have the potential to break down your genealogical brick wall, it may be waiting to be indexed. Indexing is what makes historical records easily searchable online for free at FamilySearch."
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Add Personality Assessments To Your Story:
Storied Genealogy"Any time I have an opportunity to discover more about myself I’m all over it. So it’s no surprise that I like personality assessments. A lot.
Personality assessments are objective and are great at cutting through the defenses, justifications and excuses to show the real you."
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Searching The UK Protestation Returns Of 1641/1642:
Family Tree Tips"The UK Protestation Returns of 1641/1642 are the closest thing that we have to a census. If you are lucky enough to have traced your ancestry back to this time and you know the exact parish that they lived in, then it could be worth taking a look at these records to see if their names appear in them."
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Tech:
What Are “Shared Experiences” on Windows 10?
How-to-Geek"Microsoft’s “Shared Experiences” allow you to start a task on one device and finish it on another, or easily set up a remote control or other companion app on a smartphone."
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What Does the D-Shaped Icon Next to My USB-C Port Mean?
How-to-Geek"Most of the time, it is pretty simple to figure out what the various ports and the printed symbols next to them on our computers are for, but every so often, some new or different symbol pops up. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question."
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Education:
8 Things New Genealogists Waste Money On
Ancestral Findings"Today on the Ancestral Findings Podcast . . . Are you a beginning genealogist? Be sure you don't waste your money on these eight common things that often turn into money pits for newcomers to the hobby."
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