VGS Latest News and Tips: 3 July 2017

A very good turnout for our June Q&A session.

Gen News:

4 Tips to Identify Unknown Family Photographs:

Are you my cousin
"Genealogy and unidentified photographs seem to go hand in hand!(But they don’t have to!)"
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Wine and Dine Me Before You Demand To See My Tree:

Shop the Hound
"Maybe I’m old-fashioned but I like a bit of preamble with a new DNA match. But that wasn’t what happened when a DNA match sent me a note this week.
Can you add me as a guest to your tree so I can see where it goes, please? And I will add you to mine as well!
They were polite but no Hi, I’m a DNA match to “fill in the blank”."
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3 Effective Ways to Jumpstart Your Genealogy Research:

Amy Johnson Crow
"We're often told to "review our notes" when our genealogy research has stalled. But just digging out our old notes and reading them isn't always effective. Here are three things I've done when my research has stalled and needs a jumpstart."
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The Latest from Family Tree Maker 2017:

MacKiev Software
"UPDATE 11:45 AM UTAH Time (UTC 17:45) - JULY 2ND
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.  Ancestry's engineers and ours working together with over the past 24 hours believe they have resolved the issue that was causing the following incorrect message to appear when the user really was online:

    Family Tree Maker appears to be offline.
    Please check your internet connection and try again.

While the sync system appears to be working as expected again, we are encouraging users to exercise caution in syncing today, and to consider restoring from a backup if they had encountered the "offline" message when syncing. If anyone is still getting the "offline" message, please report it to us right away through Live Chat (go to support.familytreemaker.com and enter "live chat" in the search field).

Tech:

What Is a 500 Internal Server Error and How Do I Fix It?

How-to-Geek
"If you try to visit a website and see a “500 Internal Server Error” message, it means something has gone wrong with the website. This isn’t a problem with your browser, your computer, or your internet connection. It’s a problem with the site you’re trying to visit."
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Not All Email Needs to Live on Your iPhone:

Lifewire
"While all our email accounts are important, there are some that are... How can we put this? Some are important to a lesser extent than others."
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Education:

Did Your Ancestors Go Back to England?

Ancestral Findings
"Did your ancestors immigrate to America from England? Did they stay? Sometimes, people who disappear from the record in America actually returned to England."
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