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| Mike Garvin |
Coming Events:
Monday: March
11, 2019
Monday Evening Webinar
“The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic: How Your Family was Affected” (Live Webinar)
The year 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the
“Spanish Flu” - a worldwide epidemic that lasted until 1919. Up to 100 million
people worldwide died, including the young and fit soldiers who were serving
during World War I. Learn from an infectious disease epidemiologist how
to determine if someone in your family died from the flu and what the long-term
impact on your family may have been.
Please register for the webinar at:
Tuesday: March 12, 2019
Preserving Family History SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Destin Room at the
Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Wednesday: March 13, 2019
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the
Chula Vista Recreation Center
Wednesday: March
13, 2019
African American SIG Meeting
Noon in the Neptune Beach Room at
the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Wednesday: March 13, 2019
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
2:30
PM in the Neptune Beach Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Thursday: March 14, 2019
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the
Late Miona Recreation Center
Friday: March 15, 2019
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea
Breeze Recreation Center
Gen News and Announcements:
Why You Should Never Rely on “Facts” You Find in the Census, and What to Do Instead:
Family History Daily"Upon first glance, the U.S. Census appears to be a powerful source for genealogists. With its wide array of information, from ages and family relationships to countries of origin, it seems to be overflowing with facts that can help us follow the lives of our ancestors across time. But, I say, “Researchers, beware!”"
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New Free Historical Records on Family Search: Week of March 4, 2019
FamilySearch"FamilySearch added millions of new, free, historical records this week from Canada, England, Australia, Cook Islands, Peru, United States (Iowa), and the BillionGraves Index."
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MyHeritage Finally Releases a Pedigree View in Their Family Tree: Here’s How to Access It
Family History Daily"For many years, users of MyHeritage have requested a pedigree view of their family tree. For a subset of family historians who use this type of horizontal view in their research (standard in many other programs) the vertical family view they offer was somewhat unpleasant to work with.
However, MyHeritage seems determined to improve their platform."
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MyHeritage Completed Digitizing All of Israel’s Cemeteries!
MyHeritage"We’re very happy to announce that, after five years of dedicated efforts, we’ve completed our ambitious goal of digitizing every cemetery in Israel. It is now the first country in the world to have almost all of its gravestones preserved and searchable online, with images, locations, and fully transcribed records. We’ve put up all this content for free, too!"
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DNA Quest Initiative Is Extended:
MyHeritage"We are happy to announce that we are extending DNA Quest — our pro bono initiative to reunite adoptees and their biological families through free genetic testing."
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Technology:
What’s the Best Way to Back Up My Computer?
How-to-Geek"Everyone loses data at some point in their lives. Your computer’s hard drive could fail tomorrow, ransomware could hold your files hostage, or a software bug could delete your important files. If you’re not regularly backing up your computer, you could lose those files forever."
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Education:
How to Communicate with Your DNA Matches the Proper Way:
How-to-Geek"Have you tried sending introductory emails to your DNA matches on DNA testing sites and gotten a poor response rate? You're not alone. It's all too common in the DNA world. Today I’ll share with you some excellent tips on how to get more of your matches to respond to you."
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Webinars:
Suggested Relationship Paths: An Inside Look at the Theory of Family Relativity™
Legacy Family Tree"Meet a new and exciting MyHeritage DNA feature: The Theory of Family Relativity™. This revolutionary technology saves you dozens of hours of research by synthesizing billions of data points to craft multiple theories about how you and your DNA Matches might be related."
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: MyHeritage Webinars
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Reclaim The Records: Using Freedom of Information Laws for Genealogy
Legacy Family Tree"Tired of being told by archives, libraries, and government agencies that the genealogical records you want are "unavailable"? We were too, so we figured out how to do something about it. We're Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of more than 5,300 genealogists, researchers, historians, and journalists. We use Freedom of Information laws – and sometimes even lawsuits – to obtain copies of previously inaccessible archival record sets, which we then put online for free public use."
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
Presenter: Brooke Ganz
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