VGS Latest News & Tips: 11 May 2017

Members at the NGS Conference in Raleigh, NC
L-R: Diane Clemmons, Pres. Pat Adams & Cindy Kolevar
They attended the opening session with Mark Lowe

Reminders:
Today: May 11, 2017

German Genealogy SIG Meeting

9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center

Topic: "The Rise of Prussia--the History of Germans in Northeastern Europe" -- presented by Bernie Guenther

Tomorrow: May 12, 2017

Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting

Cancelled

Gen News:

Genealogy Tips: Using Newspapers to Fill in Ancestors’ Missing Life Events:

GenealogyBank
"Missing information can be frustrating when you’re filling in your family tree. You may have your ancestors’ birth and death dates, but be missing key details like where they were born or when they were married. Fortunately, there’s no better resource for life events than newspapers."
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Five Apps That Make Including Photos in Your Family Story a Cinch:

FamilySearch
"Photos and videos are an important part of family histories. More than just preserving names and dates like documents do, they offer more complete views of our ancestors’ lives and personalities. But making photos and videos a meaningful part of our family stories takes effort. If left in dusty boxes in the basement, photos are sure to be forgotten, thrown out, or destroyed. In order to really be part of our family’s stories, photos must be preserved, organized, and labeled."
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Six Steps to Digitizing Your Family Photos:

FamilySearch
"If you have boxes full of old photos, you’re not alone—billions of lonely family photos gather dust in closets and attics around the world. Even those of us too young to remember when a “camera roll” meant around 30 shots of film will soon inherit piles of printed photos from our parents.
So what do we do with all these old photos? The answer is to digitize them, and here are six steps to get the job done."
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Tech:

How to Connect Your Android Phone to Your TV:

How-to-Geek
"In the age of smartphones, we keep everything stored on our little pocket computers: pictures, spreadsheets, documents, videos, music, and everything in between. If you want to share this content with other people, though, why huddle around a tiny screen when you have that nice, big TV just sitting there?"
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How to Open Office Files Without Being Hacked:

How-to-Geek
"Microsoft Office document files you download from the internet can harm your PC. Office files can contain dangerous macros, but macros aren’t the only risk. With new malware attacking PCs through dangerous Office documents that don’t even contain macros, keeping yourself safe in Office is just one of the security practices you should follow."
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Education:

Native Americans in the Civil War: A Forgotten History

Ancestral Findings
"Not many people know that Native Americans participated in the Civil War. They actually fought on both sides. Today on the Ancestral Findings Podcast we'll talk about why they fought and what role they played."
Listen now... 4.59 minutes

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