VGS News & Events: 5 May through 11 May 2019

Coming Events:

Monday: May 6, 2019
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center

Monday: May 6, 2019
Roots Magic SIG Meeting:
2:30 PM in the New Smyrna Room at the Recreation Center

Tuesday: May 7, 2019

Adoption & Mystery Kin SIG Meeting

9:00 AM at the Lake Miona Recreation Center

Tuesday: May 7, 2019

Italian Genealogy SIG Meeting Canceled

Wednesday: May 8, 2019

Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting

10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center

Wednesday: May 8, 2019

African American SIG Meeting

Noon in the Neptune Beach Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Wednesday: May 8, 2019

New to Genealogy SIG Meeting

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

Thursday: May 9, 2019

German Genealogy SIG Meeting

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

Friday: May 10, 2019

Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting

10:00 AM in the Rhett Butler Room at the Savannah Center

Gen News and Announcements:

News: Paul Boynton was our April Cool Cash Contest Winner
Have you entered the May Contest?  See the Question Here...

New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of April 22, 2019

FamilySearch
"FamilySearch added an amazing 42.5 million new, free, indexed historical records this week from the 1939 England and Wales National Register. This collection is accessible through FamilySearch's 5,000+ family history centers. Other records added this week are from Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Italy, Peru, Philippines, and the United States, including Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Missouri."
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Add Audio to Pictures on FamilySearch.org

FamilySearch
"For years, FamilySearch has helped you preserve family memories by allowing you to upload photos and attach them to your family tree. Now you can take another step in preserving memories by adding audio recordings to the pictures you upload to FamilySearch.org."
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How to Enable Ancestry’s Hidden, Experimental Tagging Feature in Your Tree

Family History Daily
"MyTreeTags™ is just that, a set of tags, or labels, which you can assign to the profile of any or every individual in your Ancestry tree. These tags will be super helpful not only to you as the tree owner, but also to anyone viewing your tree online."
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New & Updated Genealogy Records Online Featuring Australia and China:

Genealogy Gems
"Australian genealogy records are featured this week in new and updated collections online. Findmypast has two sets of records for Queensland and at FamilySearch, you can explore a big update to their free collection of immigrants ship papers.
Also featured this week is the launch of a new website supporting Chinese genealogy research and research services. Finally, we head to Ancestry.com for a new collection of church records for Kent, England. "
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Preserving Your Family History on a World Tree:

Kitty Cooper
"A heartbreaking moment for any family historian is when you discover that your late genealogist cousin’s wife has shredded all his papers."
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Technology:

Hearing Loss: How Loud is Too Loud?

How-to-Geek
"While conversations about earbud-induced hearing loss have mostly faded away, people are becoming seriously concerned that volume levels at work, in restaurants, and on the street can cause permanent hearing loss. So, how loud is too loud?"
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Education:

DNA: The Future of Unlocking Your True Family History

Ancestral Findings
"Are you interested in building a highly accurate family tree? Have you considered getting your DNA tested? If not, you really should. There are so many places to have it done, and each has its unique benefits. On today's episode of the Ancestral Findings Podcast, I'll show you why DNA is your key to breaking down brick walls and confirming relationships."
Listen now...  9.05 minutes

Webinars:

Surprise Webinar!

Legacy Family Tree
"You're just going to have to attend this one to find out what it's all about..."
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
Presenter: Legacy Family Tree Panel
Learn more or Register for this webinar...