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Monday: June 3, 2019
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center
Topic: "My Genealogical Journey" - three members will share their stories.
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center
Topic: "My Genealogical Journey" - three members will share their stories.
Tuesday: June 4, 2019
Adoption & Mystery KIN SIG Meeting
9:00 AM at the Lake Miona
Recreation Center
Thursday: June 6, 2019
Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:
1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the
Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Friday: June 7, 2019
Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Rhett Butler Room
at the Savannah Center
Note date change for this month...
News: Have You Registered For The June 10 Live Webinar?
VGS
On Monday evening, at 7:00 p.m., our live webinar will feature K B Barcomb and her topic will be "Finding WWII Ancestors of the Air Force Historical Research Agency."
More details and information can be found on our website under "Coming Events"
Register here to attend line online...
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Technology:
"Windows 10’s latest update is the May 2019 Update, which is version 1903 and was code-named 19H1 during development. It features a light theme, speed improvements, and lots of polish. There are no crazy new features like My People or Timeline. And it’s out now."
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Education:
How to Locate Hidden Genealogical Gems on FamilySearch.org
Ancestral Findings 239
"FamilySearch.org is the most popular free genealogy website online, and often one of the first ones new genealogists use. Their collection of records is impressive… it’s the largest in the world. However, billions of its billions of records are still not indexed. Today, I’ll talk about how to find some hidden gems on the website, even without the benefit of indexing."
Listen now... 7:55 minutes
Webinars:
"Four groups of people sailed to Australia in the eighteen and nineteenth centuries: convicts, free passengers, soldiers and sailors. This seminar focuses on the free passengers, those who paid their passages or received free passages under systems like the Bounty Immigrant scheme."
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Carol Baxter
Learn more or Register for this webinar...
"The hottest topic in genealogy in recent years has been genetics and many thousands of genealogists have ordered DNA tests. Most of those haven't a clue what to do with their results. The situation is more complicated among Jews, who have married "within the tribe" for hundreds of years, thus ensuring that everyone is related to everyone else, multiple times. Marrying within a closed community - "endogamy" – has barely been addressed by the non-Jewish genetic genealogy community."
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Israel Pickholtz
Learn more or Register for this webinar...
"Scotlands Places sounds like it is only about geography, right? In fact there is a great deal of information about people in this large, comprehensive and completely free-to-use resource. Tax and Land Records, Ordnance Survey Name Books, Reports, Publications and Burgh Records, Archaeological Records, Maps, Surveys, Plans, Drawings and Photographs and more."
Wednesday, June 7, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Dr. Bruce Durie
Learn more or Register for this webinar...
How a Tiny Website Became the Police's Go-To Genealogy Database:
The Atlantic"The site’s terms of service now explicitly tells users that “DNA obtained and authorized by law enforcement” can be uploaded to identify a perpetrator of a “violent crime.”"
Continue reading...
23andMe Is Updating Ancestry Results Without Telling Users:
The Ridge"If you took a genetic ancestry test through a company like 23andMe, you may want to go back and give your results a second look."
Continue reading...
FamilySearch Celebrates 20 Years Online:
FamilySearch"Twenty years ago, global nonprofit FamilySearch launched an innovative new website, a free internet genealogy service. Two decades later, FamilySearch is a leader in the rising tide of popular ancestry-related services online."
Continue reading...
Norway Ancestry Records:
FamilySearch"Did you know that Norway is famous for keeping and protecting excellent records? If you have family history that extends back to Norway, you can likely trace your family lines for many generations using Norway ancestry records."
Continue reading...
Technology:
Everything New in Windows 10’s May 2019 Update, Available Now:
How-to-Geek"Windows 10’s latest update is the May 2019 Update, which is version 1903 and was code-named 19H1 during development. It features a light theme, speed improvements, and lots of polish. There are no crazy new features like My People or Timeline. And it’s out now."
Continue reading...
Education:
How to Locate Hidden Genealogical Gems on FamilySearch.org
Ancestral Findings 239
"FamilySearch.org is the most popular free genealogy website online, and often one of the first ones new genealogists use. Their collection of records is impressive… it’s the largest in the world. However, billions of its billions of records are still not indexed. Today, I’ll talk about how to find some hidden gems on the website, even without the benefit of indexing."
Listen now... 7:55 minutes
Webinars:
They Really Didn't Swim! Finding Your Ancestors In New South Wales Colonial Shipping Records:
Legacy Family Tree"Four groups of people sailed to Australia in the eighteen and nineteenth centuries: convicts, free passengers, soldiers and sailors. This seminar focuses on the free passengers, those who paid their passages or received free passages under systems like the Bounty Immigrant scheme."
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Carol Baxter
Learn more or Register for this webinar...
Lessons in Jewish DNA: One Man's Successes and What He Learned On the Journey
Legacy Family Tree"The hottest topic in genealogy in recent years has been genetics and many thousands of genealogists have ordered DNA tests. Most of those haven't a clue what to do with their results. The situation is more complicated among Jews, who have married "within the tribe" for hundreds of years, thus ensuring that everyone is related to everyone else, multiple times. Marrying within a closed community - "endogamy" – has barely been addressed by the non-Jewish genetic genealogy community."
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Israel Pickholtz
Learn more or Register for this webinar...
Foundations of Scottish Genealogy 7 of 12: Using ScotlandsPlaces for People in Land and Tax Records
Legacy Family Tree"Scotlands Places sounds like it is only about geography, right? In fact there is a great deal of information about people in this large, comprehensive and completely free-to-use resource. Tax and Land Records, Ordnance Survey Name Books, Reports, Publications and Burgh Records, Archaeological Records, Maps, Surveys, Plans, Drawings and Photographs and more."
Wednesday, June 7, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Dr. Bruce Durie
Learn more or Register for this webinar...
