Tuesday: June 25, 2019
Midwest SIG Meeting:
2:00 PM in the Clearwater Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Wednesday: June 26,
2019
General Monthly
Meeting
10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
Topic: “Four Free Resources for Improving Your Genealogy Skills”
Description: Learn about four important resources for improving your genealogy skills—and they’re all free. We’ll discuss the FamilySearch Learning Center and Research Wiki, the National Genealogical Society Learning Center, resources available on YouTube, and resources available on the VGS website.
Gen News and Announcements:
New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 10 June 2019
FamilySearch"FamilySearch added new, free, historical records this week from Spain, Bolivia, South Africa, Mexico, Russia, Peru, Sweden, and the United States, including Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North Dakota, Texas, California and Virginia."
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How to Start a Family Tree on FamilySearch: Adding the First Four Generations
FamilySearch"The best way to get started is to add first four generations of your family. Building your own tree will help you find where you connect to FamilySearch’s global family tree. With one link, your small family tree could suddenly stretch back hundreds of years!"
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The 1 Hour Solution for Downloading Your Ancestry Tree and ALL of Its Records:
Family History Daily
"Many of us keep our trees on Ancestry, even if we don't always subscribe to their somewhat pricey record subscription service. Because Ancestry's online family tree is easy and free, it's a great alternative to paid programs. But backing up that tree, along with its attached records and other media, can be a major challenge - despite how important it is to do so."
Are You Finding All Your Ancestor’s Marriage Records?
Amy Johnson Crow"Marriage records are among the most common records that we look for in genealogy. But are you finding all of your ancestor's marriage records? If you stop looking when you find the one at the courthouse, you might be missing out on some."
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DNA Testing the Recently Deceased:
DNAeXplained"You’ve always meant to DNA test someone, and they’ve agreed, but either you didn’t order the kit, or the kit is far away from where they passed away. What can you do?"
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AncestryDNA Reaches 15 Million:
Genealogy Gems"AncestryDNA recently announced 15 million users. In their press release, they highlight some of the new features that have developed over the years to make DNA testing even more successful. But 15 million users doesn’t solve genetic genealogy’s biggest obstacle: DNA matches with no tree! Read on to learn how a DNA match with no tree is no problem!"
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Technology:
Do Video Streaming Services Care If You Share Your Account?
How-to-Geek"Do you feel like a rogue bandit every time you log in to a friend’s streaming account? If you do, you probably shouldn’t feel that way. Streaming services don’t care about account sharing."
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Education:
Why is Genealogy Tourism So Popular?
Ancestral Findings 252"Have you ever considered taking a vacation to the homeland of your ancestors? If so, you are far from alone. Genealogy tourism is more popular than ever. With more people getting involved in genealogy, the number of people who want to see for themselves the places where their ancestors lived, walked, worked, and loved is at an all-time high. And, there are genealogy tourism companies that are jumping on this trend. Why is genealogy tourism so popular right now, and how can you use it to add important and hard to find information to your family tree? Here’s what you need to know."
Listen now... 8:16 minutes
Webinars:
Hidden Content Treasures You Might Have Missed At MyHeritage:
Legacy Family Tree"Learn about fascinating collections of records you may have missed, which may be hiding your ancestors."
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Mike Mansfield
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A Month's Worth of Must-Have Tech Tips To Start Using Today:
Legacy Family Tree"What technology tips can help you with your genealogy research? Make a goal this month to try a new technology tip each day and this webinar will help you! We'll look at tips to help you enhance your email, use shortcuts, conduct better searches, and use your cell phone for genealogy. When we are done, you'll be able to do more with less time and learn tools that will help you in your research and personal life."
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Gena Philibert-Ortega
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5 Steps to Becoming a Good Ancestor:
Legacy Family Tree"Genealogists are very good at researching and learning about their ancestors' lives. But sometimes they forget that it is important to provide information about themselves for their own descendants. In this presentation we'll provide five ways to leave traces of yourself (and your research) for those who come after you."
Friday, June 28, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Marian Pierre-Louis
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