Sunday, November 10, 2019

VGS News & Events: 10 November through 16 November, 2019

Coming Events:
Monday: November 11, 2019
Monday Evening Live Webinar
7:00 PM Online
Topic: “Who Were the Passengers of the Mayflower?”
Register to attend online HERE...

Tuesday: November 12, 2019
Mid-Atlantic States SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Intrepid Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center
Topic:  "Civil War,  Pensions, and Bounty Lands Research Using the National Archives."
Note: Date & Room Change for this meeting...
Tuesday: November 12, 2019
Preserving Family History SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Destin Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Topic: "A Time Line of Family Photos" - Paul Clark
Wednesday: November 13, 2019
Board of Directors Meeting
9:00 AM at the Belvedere Library
Wednesday: November 13, 2019
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center
Wednesday: November 13, 2019
African American SIG Meeting
Noon in the Neptune Beach Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Wednesday: November 13, 2019
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Neptune Beach Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Topic: "Internet Research"
Thursday: November 14, 2019
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center
Friday: November 15, 2019
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Gen News and Announcements:

15 years of Google Books:

Google
"Fifteen years ago, Google Books set out on an audacious journey to bring the world’s books online so that anyone can access them. Libraries and publishers around the world helped us chase this goal, and together we’ve created a universal collection where people can discover more than 40 million books in over 400 languages. But, there’s still more we can do to make Google Books more useful for people.
Today we’re unveiling a new design for Google."
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FINDMYPAST GRANTS FREE ACCESS AHEAD OF VETERANS DAY 2019

From 12pm (GMT) Friday November 8th, until 12pm Monday November 11th, all records on Findmypast excluding newspapers, electoral rolls and the Periodical Source Index, will be completely free to search and explore.
To find out more about the free access period, visit:
https://www.findmypast.com/page/free-acces

MyHeritage Education: New Content to Master Your Skills

MyHeritage
"MyHeritage Education offers a wealth of material to help you learn about every facet of MyHeritage. The content includes articles, how-to videos, and webinars covering a wide variety of topics, as well as plenty of tips for everyone, from beginner family history enthusiasts to seasoned genealogists."
Learn more...

New Historical Records Added to MyHeritage in October 2019

MyHeritage
"18.6 million new historical records have been added in October 2019 in seven new collections from all over the world, including Australia, Spain, the former Soviet Union, Latvia, the United States, Germany, and Denmark."
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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 28 October 2019:

FamilySearch
"FamilySearch.org added approximately 100,000 new, notable Catholic Church Records from Salta, Argentina (1634-1972). Search additional free historical records from American Samoa, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, England, Peru, the United States and Wales."
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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 4 November 2019

FamilySearch
"This week, over 840,000 new, free, historical records were added to FamilySearch.org from Argentine Catholic Church Records, including records that dated all the way back from 1635. Other areas include England, the Netherlands, Russia, Venezuela, and the United States, including Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oklahoma and South Dakota."
Search now...

Automation to Find the Common Ancestors in the Trees of your DNA Matches:

Kitty Cooper
"Recently I gave a presentation on many of the great new DNA tools that have come out this year. The talk focused on how both Ancestry and MyHeritage figure out the likely ways in which you are related to a DNA match from the other trees on their sites (click here for my slides). This left very little time to go into the details of my favorite third party tools that can do similar magic, so I promised the attendees a blog post…"
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Technology:

Ask Yourself These Questions Before Setting Up a Smarthome:

How-To Geek
"Are you thinking about starting up smarthome? Great! But don’t jump directly in without a plan. That’s how you end up making common smarthome beginner mistakes. Instead, before buying anything, you should ask yourself a few common-sense questions."
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Education:

Why You Should Absolutely Take the Time to Document Your Family History Research:

Ancestral Findings
"Have you started documenting your genealogy yet? If not, you should. Today, I’ll give you the top reasons why documentation is so important in genealogical research."
Listen now...  7.40 minutes

Webinars:

Soldier's Homes (1865-1930) Caring For Our Veterans:

Legacy Family Tree
"The National Home for Volunteer Soldiers, was established by an act of Congress in 1865. The purpose of the home system (initially called the National Asylum) was to provide for the care of the large number of wounded and disabled veterans from the Civil War. Records of kinship and other treasures abound in these records—over 400,000 records of these veterans are online free of charge."
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
Learn more or Register for this webinar...


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