VGS Reminders: 26 - 30 June 2017

Reminders:

Wednesday: June 28, 2017

Brick Wall SIG Meeting

8:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Wednesday: June 28, 2017

General Monthly Meeting (Summer Series)

10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center

Topic: "Panel Discussion from Member Questions"

Gen News:

Industry Schedules: A Hidden Source for Your Farming Ancestors:

Amy Johnson Crow
"There is a special part of the federal census called the industry schedule. “Farming” probably isn’t the first word that comes to mind when you hear “industry,” but the industry schedules can have information about our farming ancestors."
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New Historic Records on FamilySearch: Week of June 12, 2017:

FamilySearch
"This week's publications brought more newly browsable images from China to Argentina to Russia, as well as Costa Rica, Italy, Lesotho, Namibia, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and the United States. Nearly 1 million records were indexed from Michigan, and thousands of digital images were added for Argentina, Italy, and Vermont."
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New St. George Utah FamilySearch Center Offers Fun Discoveries for All Ages:

FamilySearch
"Grandparents, parents, and children are now exploring their family trees together in fun and unique ways that were unimaginable just a few short years ago."
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FREE Access To British & Irish records Between 22-26 June:

FindMyPast
Free HERE...

Tech:

How to Get Quick Access to Symbols in Google’s Gboard Keyboard for Android:

How-to-Geek
"If you’re like me, you can’t stand having to switch keyboard modes just to hit an exclamation mark or comma in the middle of a body of text. The thing is, this is Gboard’s default setting. Fortunately, there’s a really simple way to fix it."
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How to Delete Your Snapchat Account:

How-to-Geek
"As with all social media sites, sometimes people want a break from Snapchat. You could just log out, but then people can still send you messages and they’ll think you’re ignoring them when you don’t respond. Instead, it’s better to deactivate or delete your account."
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Education:

How To Solve The Biggest Problems In Your Genealogy Research:

Ancestral Findings
"Do you have any particularly difficult genealogy problems and aren't sure how to go about solving them? Here are some tips to get you over that brick wall."
Listen now...  6.21 minutes

Webinars:

Canada's Top 10:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars
"Explore the top 10 websites for researching your Canadian and Ontario ancestors. Learn where to find the best online resources for Canadian record groups as census, immigration, birth, marriage and death records, newspapers and more to help you get a jump on your research."
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Kathryn Lake Hogan
Learn more or Register for this webinar...