VGS Reminders: 29 May - 2 Jun, 2017

Donna Bachowski (L) was our guest speaker in May, seen here with President Pat Adams

"EPOCH (Electronically Preserving Obituaries as Cultural Heritage)" was the topic.

Learn more about this project HERE...

Reminder:

Thursday: June 1, 2017

Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:

1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Gen News:

Two Lies and the Truth — About DNA Testing:

ancestorcloud
"What do you know about DNA Testing for family history, personal curiosity, and genetic genealogy? Have you done it already? Maybe you’re just thinking about it, that’s OK too. There’s some important stuff you need to know about what to expect and what might happen when you get your results."
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Choosing The Right DNA Company For You:

ancestorcloud
"Several months ago I wrote a blog entitled DNA in Genealogy: How does this help me? to explain some of the basics of genetic testing and the different types of tests available for genealogy, and much of the feedback to that blog asked questions about which companies would be reputable and reliable to use for your own genetic testing, so I’m going to answer a few of those questions here:"
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Searching Italian Roots in Italy:

ancestorcloud
"If your ancestors are Italian, how much do you know about your relatives and your heritage? For years the common greetings for two Italians who meet for the first time typically is, “What part of Italy do your people come from?” This is also a typical and necessary question for anyone starting Italian genealogic research. The logical place for a person to begin their research is the city or town where their ancestors lived."
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Family Tree Maker 2017: The Latest News

MacKiev Software
"MAY 25 - 4 PM UTAH TIME (23:00 UTC)
SPOILER ALERT: This is not a progress update. We’ll post an update after our meeting with Ancestry tomorrow. This is something we just thought you’d want to know about.
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Tech:

How to Switch or Launch Apps From the MacBook Pro Touch Bar:

How-to-Geek

"Apple put a touch screen on the MacBook Pro, but doesn't offer some way of launching or switching apps from it. Seriously, Apple? It seems like an oversight, but happily a couple of developers have stepped up to offer this feature."
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How to Buy Things With Google Home:

How-to-Geek
"Amazon may be leading the pack on buying things with your voice on the Echo, but that doesn’t mean Google is content to sit this race out. Depending on where you live, you can buy things with Google Home using Google Express. Here’s how to set it up."
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Education:

How to Network with Family Members Using Social Media For Genealogy Research:

Ancestral Findings
"Social media is an excellent environment for networking with distant relatives. Today on the Ancestral Findings Podcast, I’ll show you how to approach them on social media if they have no idea who you are."
Listen now... 6.36 minutes

Webinar:

The Great War: Researching Your World War I:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars
"Researching your World War 1 ancestors can be challenging. With the losses of records by fire in St. Louis in 1973 and stricter privacy laws; this lecture focuses on ways to reconstruct military service for family who served their country including records of draft registrations, war casualties, troop manifests, and many other related records."
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Michael L. Strauss, AG
Learn more or Register for this webinar...