Thursday: November 1, 2018
Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:
1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the
Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Friday: November 2, 2018
British SIG Meeting:
9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at
the Lake Miona Recreation Center
Topic: "I Found It on the Internet! Now What?"
Presented by John DeAngelo, VGS Webmaster
Wednesday, November 28
Presented by John DeAngelo, VGS Webmaster
Saturday, November 10
Kinseekers Genealogical Society
1:00 pm
Leesburg Library Meeting Room A
Presentation: "Finding Your African American Ancestors Yes You Can!"
Guest speaker: Adrienne G. Whaley
Wednesday, November 28
VGS Afternoon Workshop
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Savannah Regional Recreation Center
Our guest speaker will be Margo Fariss Brewer
“A Family Narrative Your Family Will Want to Read”
This afternoon session is limited to 100 attendee's and the "Preserving Family History SIG" has first preference. Any remaining seats will be offered to the general membership. Registration is now open.
Gen News and Announcements:
This Free Web Clipper Makes Adding New Records to Your Family Tree an Easy Task:
Family History Daily"Family History Daily recently reviewed the free family tree site RootsFinder, because its modern design and robust functionality makes it a great choice for anyone in the market for a new place to store their research."
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Intriguing Old Hospital and Asylum Records Can Be Researched Online for Free:
Family History Daily"Do you have a family tree mystery that might be solved by a medical record? I do. My grandfather had an aunt who immigrated from Norway to North Dakota in 1915. She was married in 1917 and our records show that her husband died around 1920. We cannot find records of her after her marriage in 1917, but oral family history says that she may have spent some time in an asylum."
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The Catholic Registers Are Rotting
Irish Roots"Roman Catholic parish registers constitute by far the most important set of records for nineteenth-century Irish local and family history. And, in the furore over access, one vital point is constantly missed. The original records are still sitting in the sacristies and presbyteries around the country where they have been for the past two centuries. No organization on the island is concerned with preserving them: there is no archival programme to ensure their survival."
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An Overlooked Source for Southern Genealogy: Plantation Records:
Amy Johnson Crow"Southern genealogy research has its share of difficulties. But there is a rich resource that is often overlooked, and it can help you no matter if your ancestor was enslaved, a wealthy plantation owner, or a member of the community: Southern plantation records"
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Looking Back at Microfilm, and Ahead to Online:
The In-Depth Genealogist"Advantages of online? Widely available at all hours, security of the original, and ways of protecting it from copyright infringement by watermarking and other means. You can save the items in a digital format and keep them locally or in a cloud or backup drive. Bad things?"
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The We’re Related App:
Kitty Cooper"I have shown a number of fellow genealogists the We’re Related app from Ancestry on my smartphone because it is so much fun. Let’s face it, we all like being related to famous people. My latest “famous” match is my 7th cousin thrice removed Hans Christian Anderson which delights the writer in my soul."
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Italian Genealogy Research—How to Find Italian Records
FamilySearch"If you are struggling with Italian genealogy research, take heart! Many record collections from Italy have now been microfilmed, digitized, and published online for free, so you have a good chance of finding information about your Italian ancestors."
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Technology:
How to Turn On and Use Bluetooth in Windows 10:
How-to-Geek"These days, most mobile devices come with Bluetooth. If you’ve got a reasonable modern Windows 10 laptop, it’s got Bluetooth. If you have a desktop PC, it might or might not have Bluetooth built, but you can always add it if you want. Assuming you have access to Bluetooth on your system, here’s how to turn it on and get it set up."
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Education:
22nd Annual Florida Family History Conference
You’re invited to the 22nd Annual Florida Family History Conference on Saturday, November 10th, 2018 from 9am – 4:00pm. We are one of the largest family history conferences on the East Coast of the United States! This east coast event brings world-class speakers from all over the country to help you find your family’s history! Our goal is to bring you the latest news on where to find information on your ancestors as well as big, new changes to Internet research sites.Location: We are proudly holding the conference again at OLYMPIA HIGH SCHOOL at 4301 S. Apopka Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32835.
Our Keynote Speaker again this year features Crista Cowan, Corporate Genealogist at Ancestry.com!!
Learn more including how to register, cost and bus info...
Webinars:
Privacy Issues with Online Family Trees:
Legacy Family Tree Webinars"Privacy remains a huge issue for many genealogists and their family members. Personal genealogy websites, as well as Online Collaborative Trees available at Geni, MyHeritage, Ancestry, WikiTree, WeRelate, FamilySearch and OneGreatFamily, each offer different levels of privacy protections. The lecture will discuss the varied approaches to the question of privacy, focusing especially on legal and ethical considerations."
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: E. Randol Schoenberg
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Did You Miss The VGS Fall Virtual Conference?
Members have 90 days to view these presentations online. Log-in on our website and under "Members Only" click on the menu option "Webinar and Meetings."Sit back and enjoy the presentations.
