VGS News & E vents:29 September through 5 October, 2019

Coming Events:

Tuesday: October 1, 2019

Adoption & Mystery KIN SIG Meeting

9:00 AM at the Lake Miona Recreation Center

Wednesday: October 2, 2019

French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting:

9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room at the La Hacienda Recreation Center

Thursday: October 3, 2019

Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:

1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Friday: October 4, 2019

British Genealogy SIG Meeting

9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center

Gen News and Announcements:

Coming Soon: Seventh Annual Virtual Genealogy Fair - October 23, 2019

NARA
"Every year, the National Archives hosts a free, virtual Genealogy Fair via live webcast on YouTube. The sessions offer family history research tools on Federal records for all skill levels. Join thousands of family historians participating during the live event. No reservations are needed."
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County Records Yield Great Sources for Your Family Tree:

FamilySearch
"County records can be a great resource for researching your family tree. Learn what you can do to discover the treasure trove of information found in county records."
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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 23 September 2019

FamilySearch
"FamilySearch.org added over 13 million new, free, unindexed digital images of historical Italian records this week from Avellino, Belluno, Caserta, Matera, Verona, and Vicenza, Italy. Other indexed records include areas from Brazil, Germany, Peru, South Africa and the United States, including Alabama and Kansas."
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90,000 Articles Published on the Free FamilySearch Wiki:

FamilySearch
"The FamilySearch Research Wiki has published its 90,000th help article, with more added weekly. The free service launched 12 years ago to help patrons quickly with their personal family history research questions. Explore it for free at the FamilySearch Research Wiki."
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Writing a Personal History, Journal Ideas and Why it’s Important:

Rachel J. Trotter at Meridian Magazine
"It is a chance to look at your life and see that your life that is one well-lived and to see that you have overcome triumphs, celebrated joys and survived heartaches. And not only is it therapeutic for you, it will be for countless generations after you are no longer here."
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Technology:

Daily News Roundup: Google Discloses iOS “Interactionless” Vulnerabilities

How-To Geek
"Google, through its Project Zero initiative, disclosed six vulnerabilities in iOS. In each case, a hacker could execute remote code on someone’s iPhone without any interaction by the user. Apple’s iOS 12.3 fixes five of the issues."
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As of this date iOS 12.4 is available for download... Keep your phones up to date...

Education:

Mary Elizabeth Bowser: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War:

Ancestral Findings
"This fascinating person was an African-American, formerly enslaved by the Van Lew family in Virginia, who went on to be freed, and to work closely with the abolitionist daughter of that family as a spy for the Union in the Civil War."
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Webinars:

The Stories Behind the Segments:

Legacy Family Tree
"DNA evidence helps us break through brick walls and confirm decades of research, while introducing an entirely new generation of people to genealogy. It also allows us to create maps linking specific segments of DNA to our ancestors. But how many of us stop to consider the story behind that mapped segment of DNA on chromosome 13? Or the miles and years traveled by the piece of DNA on chromosome 22? Join me as I examine some of the amazing stories in my chromosome map!"
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
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A Day Out With Your DNA:

Legacy Family Tree
"While DNA testing for genealogy is no longer a new idea, many companies are offering a new way to look at your DNA.  In this lecture we will cover the biggest and brightest options, and help you decide where you should take your DNA, and how to make the most of it."
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Diahan Southard
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