VGS Members can attend any of these events...
Monday: December 11, 2017
Monday: December 11, 2017
Family Tree Maker Users SIG Meeting
1:00 PM in the Patriot Room at the
Mulberry Grove Recreation Center
Topic: "Exploring the People Tab"
Tuesday: December 12, 2017
Adoption & Mystery Kin SIG Meeting
9:30 PM at the Coordinators Home
Topic: "Gedmatch"
Contact the coordinator for location and directions HERE
Tuesday: December 12, 2017
Genealogy Writers SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Destin Room at the
Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Wednesday: December 13, 2017
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Osceola
Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center
Thursday: December 14, 2017
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance
Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center
Topic: "Areas lost by Germany & Austria after 2 World Wars" plus Review/Sampling of German Christmas Delights.
Friday: December 15, 2017
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater
Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Wednesday: February 28, 2018
Our Annual All-Day Seminar
Gen News & Announcements:
This May be the Fastest Way Ever to Scan Old Family Photos, and it’s Free:
Family History Daily"The digital age of photos gives us so much to be thankful for. Photos can be edited, shared, deleted, and ordered in a frame at the touch of a button. I am so used to this convenience that when faced with a physical copy of a picture it often takes me months to decide what to do with it. Even my kids’ school pictures sit around gathering dust before I eventually frame them."
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10 Places You Didn’t Think To Look:
Ancestry"There are a dozen good places to find a date of birth, but did you know some of those same resources could be holding much more difficult-to-come-by information, too?"
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DNA Question: How can I tell matches from my mother’s and father’s side apart?
Ancestry"We took a poll of questions AncestryDNA members had about their test results, and this one topped the list: How can I tell my paternal from my maternal matches? This is one area where testing multiple family members can help—and there’s no better time than the holidays for getting family on board."
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New Historic Records on FamilySearch: Week of December 4, 2017
FamilySearch"Over one million records and one million images from Denmark Censuses 1834, 1840, and 1925 were added on FamilySearch this week. Many more records from Argentina, BillionGraves, England, Italy, Sweden and the United States were also published."
Search these new free records HERE...
5 Ways To Tell If Your Genealogy Research Is Accurate:
Ancestral Findings"There is a lot of guesswork and uncertainty in genealogy. People in the past may have put the wrong information on old records, either from genuinely not knowing, or from having something they wanted to hide. Mistakes can be made in transcriptions of documents from one location to another; even tombstones are known to sometimes have mistakes on them from the stone cutter."
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Family History Is at the Heart of Pixar’s Coco:
FamilySearch"Pixar and family history? You might not see the connection right away, but check out the new movie, Coco, and it’ll make perfect sense."
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The Price of Access:
Judy G. Russell"Like any good red-blooded American genealogist, The Legal Genealogist is a big fan of free.
Free records!
Free online services!
Free!
And nobody, but nobody, does free better than FamilySearch.
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Technology:
How To Quickly Scan and Digitize Photos:
Lifewire"Whether equipped with a scanner or a smartphone, you can digitize photos in record time (assuming editing and touch-ups will be done later). Keep in mind, a dedicated scanner will result in higher-quality scans, but a smartphone can process photos in a blink of an eye. Here’s how to get started."
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How to Mark Yourself “Safe” On Facebook During an Emergency:
How-to-Geek"Whenever there’s a natural disaster, your friends and family will want to know that you’re safe. Facebook has tried to make this easier with its Safety Check feature. Here’s how to let everyone you know on Facebook that you’re safe with a couple clicks, instead of messaging everyone individually."
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Education:
Finding Probate Records:
Ancestral Findings"Probate records are some of the most valuable and interesting genealogical documents. You need them for your research."
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Webinars:
I Thought He Was My Ancestor: Avoiding the Six Biggest Genealogy Mistakes:
Legacy Family Tree Webinars"Case studies are presented to show how to avoid the biggest mistakes, including trusting family myths; believing that the posted family trees are accurate; connecting the wrong "same name" people; and believing that all original family records are accurate."
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Presenter: James M. Baker, PhD, CG
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Searching Databases on AmericanAncestors.org:
NEHGS"AmericanAncestors.org holds more than 1.4 billion searchable records with new databases and names being added each week. Join Associate Director of Database Search and Systems Don LeClair to learn more about the scope of these databases, how to leverage search terms to find your ancestors, and what improvements are being made to the website.
Thursday, December 14, 2017, 3:00–4:00 PM EST
Register HERE...
Finding Your Nordic Parish of Birth:
Legacy Family Tree Webinars"Is that parish of birth of your Nordic ancestor proving to be elusive? Without it, we cannot make the trip “across the pond.” Often that parish is identified in the records located in the United States and research will reveal the name or at least narrow it down. We will explore numerous US record sets where the parish could be recorded and then we will identify the international databases that can also assist in our identification of the parish of birth."
Friday, December 15, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Jill Morelli, CG
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