VGS Latest News & Tips: 1 May 2017

Reminders:
Today: May 1, 2017
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center
Topic: "New York City Resources"

Gen News:

How to Manage Your Family's Digital Assets:

FamilySearch
"In our digitally integrated lives, we create and share most of our pictures and home videos with snazzy digital cameras, incredible smart phones, or other easily portable devices."
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7 Reasons to Hire a Professional Genealogist:

Legacy Tree Genealogists

"With so many technological advances and record availability these days, one question we get fairly often is, “Why should I hire a professional genealogist? What can you do for me that I can’t do myself on [insert the name of any online genealogy site here]?”
There’s really no quick answer to these questions, but there are a lot of reasons people hire a professional. Some of them include the following:"
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7 Things To Understand About Professional Genealogists:

Legacy Tree Genealogists
"One of our most popular blog posts to date has been 7 Reasons to Hire a Professional Genealogist. As a refresher, here are those seven very good reasons to let us at Legacy Tree investigate your family history:"
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Tech:

How to Change Your Name on Facebook:

How-to-Geek
"Whether you’ve just gotten married, no longer identify with your birth name, or just want to change the overly formal “Robert” to “Rob” on your profile, here’s how to change the name you’re using on Facebook."
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How to Create Shared and Collaborative Photo Albums on Your iPhone:

How-to-Geek
"Whether you want to share photos with one friend or dozens of friends, set up a collaborative album where everyone can dump vacation photos, or even share your album with the whole world, iCloud Photo Sharing makes it easy to share your photos right from your iPhone or iPad."
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Education:

Finding Unnamed Ancestors on the 1790-1840 Censuses:

Ancestral Findings Podcast
"The 1790-1840 census records only listed heads of household by name. However, that does not mean you can't put together a list of who was in the household. You just look at other clues like these."
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