Today: September 28, 2016
Family History Expo
11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Scarlet O'Hara Theater at the Savannah Center
This event is open to all residents of The Villages
There will be many hourly door prizes. You must be present to win.
List of the Door Prizes...
The VGS will be giving away 15, 2017 memberships and 3, All-Day Seminar Tickets for the February 22, 2017 event with Cyndi Ingle.
Ancestry.com2 AncestryDNA (autosomal)Test Kits
2 Ancestry.com World Edition 1 year subscriptions
1 Fold3.com 1 year subscription
1 Newspapers.com 1 year subscription
Family Tree DNA
2 Family Finder (autosomal) Test Kits; discount flyers available
Findmypast.com
2 findmypast.com 1 year subscriptions; flyers available
New England Historic Genealogical Society (American Ancestors)
1 American Ancestors 1 year subscription
1 “Guide to Genealogical Writing” book
1 “Elements of Genealogical Analysis” book
National Genealogical Society
2 “Genealogy and the Law” books; a small amount of literature available
ArkivDigital (Swedish Genealogy)
2 three month subscriptions (drawing through the Scandinavian SIG table); flyers
MyHeritage: Our special guest exhibitor, MyHeritage has agreed to send a team from their American Headquarters in Lehi, Utah. They want to talk to people about their service and plan to show video in their booth. They will have prize drawings also.
This event is open to all residents of The Villages
There will be many hourly door prizes. You must be present to win.
The VGS will be giving away 15, 2017 memberships and 3, All-Day Seminar Tickets for the February 22, 2017 event with Cyndi Ingle.
Ancestry.com2 AncestryDNA (autosomal)Test Kits
2 Ancestry.com World Edition 1 year subscriptions
1 Fold3.com 1 year subscription
1 Newspapers.com 1 year subscription
Family Tree DNA
2 Family Finder (autosomal) Test Kits; discount flyers available
Findmypast.com
2 findmypast.com 1 year subscriptions; flyers available
New England Historic Genealogical Society (American Ancestors)
1 American Ancestors 1 year subscription
1 “Guide to Genealogical Writing” book
1 “Elements of Genealogical Analysis” book
National Genealogical Society
2 “Genealogy and the Law” books; a small amount of literature available
ArkivDigital (Swedish Genealogy)
2 three month subscriptions (drawing through the Scandinavian SIG table); flyers
MyHeritage: Our special guest exhibitor, MyHeritage has agreed to send a team from their American Headquarters in Lehi, Utah. They want to talk to people about their service and plan to show video in their booth. They will have prize drawings also.
Upcoming Free Webinars:
Legacy Family Tree
Read More and/or Register... 2:00 p.m.
Win Door Prizes -- WikiTree Source-a-Thon to kick off Family History Month (1-3 October 2016):
NGS
"It's the world's first Source-a-Thon, a 72-hour sourcing marathon.
Our goal is to clear out the Unsourced Profiles category on WikiTree. Including sources is in our community's Honor Code but inexperienced genealogists don't always record them. Sometimes the source is "Aunt Mabel," as Mags put it. This doesn't mean the information isn't worth preserving or sharing. It's a starting point — information waiting to be confirmed. "
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Win Door Prizes -- WikiTree Source-a-Thon to kick off Family History Month (1-3 October 2016):
NGS
"It's the world's first Source-a-Thon, a 72-hour sourcing marathon.
Our goal is to clear out the Unsourced Profiles category on WikiTree. Including sources is in our community's Honor Code but inexperienced genealogists don't always record them. Sometimes the source is "Aunt Mabel," as Mags put it. This doesn't mean the information isn't worth preserving or sharing. It's a starting point — information waiting to be confirmed. "
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Audio: Five Steps To Identify A Family Photo:
"Photo historian Maureen Taylor shares five important steps that will help you take a photo from unknown to part of your family story."
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Elephind Update:
The Ancestor Hunt
"The "Search Multiple Historic Newspaper Collections All At Once" website, elephind.com has just published an update, that includes more 250K items from 4 large collections:"
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$186K Grant Will Help Rutgers Digitize Jersey Newspaper Archives:
New Brunswick Today
"In the spirit of making New Jersey’s rich contribution to culture, politics, innovation and society more readily available, Rutgers University Libraries, the New Jersey State Archives and the New Jersey State Library have partnered to launch the New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project."
How-to-Geek
"Over time, you’ve subscribed to all kinds of mailing lists and now your inbox is overrun with emails you don’t want anymore. The Mail app in iOS 10 has added a really easy way to unsubscribe from mailing lists."
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How to Disable All of Windows 10’s Built-in Advertising:
How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 has a lot of built-in advertising. This isn’t just about the free upgrade offer: Even if you purchase a new PC that comes with a Windows 10 license or spend $200 for a copy of Windows 10 Professional, you’ll see ads in your operating system. You can, however, disable a lot of it."
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This Day In History: 28 September
1904: A woman is placed under arrest for smoking a cigarette on New York’s Fifth Avenue.
1924: Three U.S. Army aircraft arrive in Seattle, Washington after completing a 22-day round-the-world flight.
1928: Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin when he notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory; it remained for Howard Florey and Ernst Chain to isolate the active ingredient, allowing the “miracle drug” to be developed in the 1940s.
1901 Birthday: Ed Sullivan, television host.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Delaware:
1732: Boundary with Maryland established
1754-63: French & Indian War
1776: Becomes one of the original 13 states
