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| Carol LaSalle presenting at the April General Meeting "The FamilySearch Card Catalog" |
Monday: May 7, 2018
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center
Topic: "All Genealogy is Local - Finding your family where they lived."
Monday: May 7, 2018Roots Magic SIG Meeting:
2:30 PM in the New Smyrna Room at the Recreation Center
Topic: "Gen Smarts"
Tuesday: May 8, 2018
Preserving Family History SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Destin Room at the
Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Wednesday: May 9, 2018
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting Cancelled
Wednesday: May 9, 2018
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Neptune Beach Room
at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Thursday: May 10, 2018
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the
Late Miona Recreation Center
Topic: "Why is German Genealogy so Difficult ? Tools to Make it Easier."
Friday: May 11, 2018
Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Rhett
Butler Room at the Savannah Center
Gen News and Announcements:
New Records on FamilySearch: Week of April 23, 2018:
FamilySearch"Discover your ancestors on FamilySearch this week in more than 1.6 million records from Brazil, 660,000 images from Florida, plus records from Peru, Washington, North Carolina, South Africa, Massachusetts, Denmark, Italy, and obituaries of Germans from Russia in the U.S."
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FindMyPast Brings New York Catholic Records Online For The First Time!
FindMyPast"We're thrilled to announce the online publication of indexes containing over eight million New York sacramental records in partnership with the Archdiocese of New York."
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Who Do You Think You Are? Returns
Genealogy Bargains"Been missing your genealogy TV fix lately? TLC has renewed “Who Do You Think You Are?” for a new season Beginning May 21st, 2018. The New Season Features Hilary Duff, Jean Smart, Jon Cryer, Laverne Cox, Molly Shannon, and Megan Mullally"
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In Hunt For Golden State Killer, Investigators Uploaded His DNA To Genealogy Site:
WFIT"As they sought a breakthrough in the cold case of the man known as the Golden State Killer and the East Area Rapist, law enforcement officers pursued new avenues to find a DNA match. The man's last known crime was in 1986, when forensic use of DNA technology was just beginning."
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In Hunt For Golden State Killer, Investigators Uploaded His DNA To Genealogy Site:
WFIT"As they sought a breakthrough in the cold case of the man known as the Golden State Killer and the East Area Rapist, law enforcement officers pursued new avenues to find a DNA match. The man's last known crime was in 1986, when forensic use of DNA technology was just beginning."
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Understanding Genealogy Sources:
Amy Johnson Crow
"As genealogists and family historians, we talk a lot about using sources. But I think that "source" is one of those words that of gets thrown around and we don't stop and think about what it really means. Let's take a look at understanding genealogy sources."
A Surprising Source to Find Millions of Genealogy Websites:
Amy Johnson Crow
"There are two problems with search engines like Google. First, they can give way too many irrelevant results. Second — how do you search for something that you don't know exists? That's when you need a good curated list of relevant sites. My go-to source for finding genealogy websites: Linkpendium. Let's take a look at the largest collection of links to genealogy websites."
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"You asked for it, and we developed it for you! This week, we released a Pedigree View mode for family trees, created in response to popular demand from our users. Many users considered the Pedigree View as their most wanted feature on MyHeritage, so we are delighted to fill this need."
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New Feature: Pedigree View for Family Trees
MyHeritage"You asked for it, and we developed it for you! This week, we released a Pedigree View mode for family trees, created in response to popular demand from our users. Many users considered the Pedigree View as their most wanted feature on MyHeritage, so we are delighted to fill this need."
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Technology:
Windows 10’s April 2018 Update Barely Squeezes Into April Last Monday
How-to-Geek"We’ve got a complete list of everything new in the April 2018 update, and you should check that out if you’re curious. Highlights include the new Timeline feature, which shows activities on all of your Windows devices; nearby sharing, which is a sort of Airdrop for Windows; and quick pairing for Bluetooth devices."
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Education:
How to Make Sure the Stories of Your Family Heirlooms Don't Get Lost:
Ancestral Findings"Are you concerned about your family heirlooms? Will your children care as much about them as you? Today on the Ancestral Findings Podcast I’ll show you how to preserve them for future generations."
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Webinars:
Discover Your Family in School Yearbooks:
Legacy Family Tree Webinars"School yearbook books are a treasure trove of photographic and local history. This webinar will present strategies for finding and using digitized school yearbooks to enhance your family trees with photographs of family members and discover new biographical information in these incredible resources."
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: MyHeritage Webinars
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The Hidden Web: Digging Deeper:
Legacy Family Tree Webinars"When Google and traditional search engines don't return useful information, don't stop there. We will explore resources that are invisible to Google and hidden deep within web sites and proprietary databases. The "hidden web" lies buried within the collections for commercial web sites, libraries, archives, and museums. We will also talk about the importance of indexes that deep-link into web sites online, thus uncovering hidden gems of information that may not be found easily through a search engine query."
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
Presenter: Cyndi Ingle
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A Checklist of African American Resources:
Legacy Family Tree Webinars"Beyond the usual databases for census and vital records, this session will outline critical collections to find African American families. Using resources from the Schomburg research center to the Smithsonian, this session will explore the unknown and lesser known resources for documenting African American families."
Friday, May 11, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Angela Walton-Raji
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