VGS News & Events: 10 September 2017 - 16 September 2017

Meeting Reminders:

Monday: September 11, 2017

Family Tree Maker Users SIG Meeting

This meeting has been cancelled.

Tuesday: September 12, 2017

Genealogy Writers SIG Meeting

2:30 PM in the Destin Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Wednesday: September 13, 2017

Basic Computer Technology Workshop
1:00 PM in the Defender/Intrepid Rooms at the Lake Miona Recreation Center

Reservations Only - The room is full and there is a waiting list.
Topic:  “Managing Your Computer Files: Making Sense of the Chaos.”

Wednesday: September 13, 2017

New to Genealogy SIG Meeting

2:30 PM in the Neptune Beach Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Topic: "Getting Started & 100 years Freedom to Slavery"

Thursday: September 14, 2017

German Genealogy SIG Meeting

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

Topic: "Doing a Blind Search on Ancestry.com", presented by Al Becker

Friday: September 15, 2017

Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting

10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Gen News & Announcements:

Durham DNA – 10 Things I Learned Despite No Y DNA Matches, 52 Ancestors #167:

DNAeXplained
"My cousin descends from Thomas Durham Jr., son of Thomas Durham Sr. and wife, Dorothy. Thomas Durham Sr.’s parents are unknown, which is part of why we needed a Durham male to take the Y DNA test.
What Might a Y DNA Test Tell Us?"
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What You Missed Last Week at the FGS Conference in Pittsburgh:

Dick Eastman
"I was fortunate enough to attend this conference and must say that I had a good time. Judging by the smiles I saw, I believe most everyone else had similar experiences."
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Concepts – Imputation

DNAeXplained
"Until recently, the word imputation wasn’t a part of the vocabulary of genetic genealogy, but earlier this year, it became a factor and will become even more important in coming months."
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One Ancestry.com DNA Test Later, Philly Lawyer Discovers A Half-Brother:

philly.com
"A few months ago, Klenk, a Philadelphia lawyer, got curious. He knew that the man who raised him wasn’t his biological father, and he’d long stopped pressing his mother for answers she refused to give."
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Sharing Large Segments With a Match Does Not Validate Small Segments Shared With That Match:

The Genetic Genealogist
"We know that many small segments are false, and thus that many distant matches are false positives. I have written about small segments and distant matches many times."
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More Than a Pie Chart and a Number: Reading Your Ethnicity Estimate:

Ancestry
"DNA is proof, right? So why do you call it an ethnicity estimate?"
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Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry:

Ancestry
"Keep track of new and updated collections! We are always adding/updating, so make sure you check in!"
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Tech:

Digital Photo Overwhelm: 3 Steps You Must Do For Your Digital Photos, If You Do Nothing Else…

The Photo Organizers
"Feeling overwhelmed with all your digital photos and don’t know what to do?  Not enough time to work on a solution?  You are suffering from digital photo overwhelm. Here are 3 quick and easy steps that are crucial to preserving and enjoying your digital memories."
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Rootstech 2018:

28 Feb-03 Mar 2018
Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake, USA
"This summit is divided into more than 100 classes where leading professionals of international repute will help the attendees in every possible way. Attendees who are in search for their future genealogy, this summit hardly has any other alternatives."
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Education:

Oregon Trail Ancestry: Did Your Ancestors Travel the Trail?

Ancestral Findings
"What was the Oregon Trail? Join me today on the Ancestral Findings Podcast and give you what you need to know about this important part of American History, and how you can discover whether your ancestors traveled it."
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Upcoming Webinars:

Finding Isaac Rogers:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars
"Discover how a book, scant clues, crowd sourced research, and limited online records came together to make ancestral ties to the Trail of Tears, US Civil War, a hanging judge, an outlaw, and of slavery in the Cherokee Nation."
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Presenter: Nicka Smith
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The ABCs and 123s of Researching Your Ancestor's School Records:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars
"The records of local public schools and universities can valuable resources for finding information about your ancestors. Even if your ancestors didn't attend school, you would be surprised by what you can find in school records about them. This webinar will show you what types of school records there are and how to find them in repositories."
Friday, September 15, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Melissa Barker
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