VGS Latest News and Tips: May 22, 2017

Reminders:

Today: May 22, 2017

Technology SIG Meeting:

10:00 AM in the Destin Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
The topics will be "Protecting your Computer' followed by a discussion on where is your "Gold Standard genealogy file."

Gen News:

10 Genealogy Facebook Groups You Need to Join:

My Kith N Kin
"Here is a list of nine top Facebook groups for genealogy and family history and why I love them. [Note: This list is not in any order]"
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A Listing of FREE German Ancestry - Genealogy Resources:

Deutsch Ahnenreihe
"Discover your German family history and start your family tree. Find resources for many regions and access genealogy records including census,  land and  cemetery records. This website is dedicated to making German ancestry research as free as possible."
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The Temples Of England:

Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist  
 “In reviewing documentation on a William Marbury (1524-1581), Anne Hutchinson’s paternal grandfather, he was said to have been admitted to the ‘Middle Temple’ in 1551,” he wrote. “The definition of Middle Temple as contained in Wikipedia does not fully clarify the term for me. Is it simply an English legal society?”
Um… no.
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Tech:

How to Modify Text Size in the Safari Browser"

Lifewire
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How to Customize Google Calendar’s Notifications on the Web:

How-to-Geek
"Google Calendar is undoubtedly a powerful tool for managing everything from appointments to schedules to reminders (and everything in between). As good as it is by default, there are things you can do to make its notification system even better."
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Education:

5 Substitutions for the 1890 Census:

Ancestral Findings
"Most of the 1890 U.S. Federal Census was destroyed in a fire in the 1930’s. This leaves a large, annoying 20-year gap in census records for genealogists. On today’s episode of the, I’ll give you five substitutions that you can use for the 1890 census."
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