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| L-R: President Pat Adams with guest speaker Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist Guest Speaker at our March General Meeting and Afternoon Workshop |
Monday: April 1, 2019
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center
Monday: April 1, 2019
7:00 PM Online "Using PERSI Like A Pro"
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center
Monday: April 1, 2019
Roots Magic SIG Meeting:
2:30 PM in the New Smyrna Room at the Recreation Center
Topic: "Getting Started with RootsMagic"
2:30 PM in the New Smyrna Room at the Recreation Center
Topic: "Getting Started with RootsMagic"
Monday: April 1, 2019
Monday Evening Webinar7:00 PM Online "Using PERSI Like A Pro"
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Tuesday: April 2, 2019
Adoption & Mystery Kin SIG
Meeting
9:00 AM at the Lake Miona
Recreation Center
Tuesday: April 2, 2019
Italian Genealogy SIG Meeting
1:00
PM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
Wednesday: April 3, 2019
French Canadian Genealogy SIG
Meeting:
9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room
at the La Hacienda Recreation Center
Thursday: April 4, 2019
Eastern European Genealogy SIG
Meeting:
1:00
PM in the Daytona Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Friday: April 5, 2019
British SIG Meeting:
9:30
AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation CenterGen News and Announcements:
23and Me DNA test Proves Fertility Doctor Secretly Impregnates Patients and Fathers at Least 50 Kids
Mom.me"A retired fertility doctor in Indianapolis was accused of the unthinkable in 2016 when it was discovered he used his own sperm to secretly impregnate patients between 1979 and 1986. At the time, Dr. Donald Cline was in his late 70s, and the disturbing allegations seemed unfathomable. But with the powers of DNA testing — and his own admission — they soon proved true."
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Help Us Catch Killers Is Now The New Advertising Angle For DNA Companies:
MIT"A DNA ancestry company criticized for letting police use its gene databases is turning the table on critics. FamilyTreeDNA has now produced a TV advertisement that urges consumers to help them catch criminals."
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Probate Records Could Be the Key to Unlocking Your Family’s Hidden Past:
Family History Daily"Have you come to a place in your research where you are struggling to locate vital records? Is it getting harder to prove family relationships and brick walls are popping up everywhere? Probate records may be the key that unlocks those mysteries for you."
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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of March 25, 2019:
FamilySearch"FamilySearch added new, free, indexed historical records this week from France, Germany, Peru, Sweden, and the United States: Colorado, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia."
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News: Roaring Fire Damages Karpeles Museum; Firefighters Worked to Save Rare Documents:
RFT"A raging fire at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in south city raced up the back of the building on Tuesday night as firefighters scrambled to save the rare documents inside."
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Two People, Same Name: How to Avoid Mix-ups in Your Genealogy Research?
Family History Daily"Recently I have been searching diligently for my husband’s German ancestors and I’ve run into that age-old genealogy problem – how do I distinguish between two unrelated people who have the same name, similar ages and live near each other? Or two people from the same family with the same name?"
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Technology:
How to Set Up iCloud On Your Mac:
How-to-Geek"The iCloud ecosystem is complicated, and it’s hard to know how much of your data is safe in the “cloud” and synced across your devices. We’ll walk through the process of setting up and explain what each feature does."
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Education:
The Top Things that Make Genealogy a Fun, Fascinating Hobby
Ancestral Findings"There are plenty of reasons for getting involved in doing genealogy. However, did you also know that it is a fun, fascinating hobby in and of itself? Today, I’ll give you some of the best reasons for getting involved in genealogy. It is a hobby you will love."
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Webinars:
One Touch Genealogy Research: How to Handle a Record Just Once
Legacy Family Tree"Do you get so excited when you find a new record for an ancestor that you forget to collect the information you need? Does that record shine and glitter so brightly that you are blinded to other vital clues you might need? Learn the “One Pass” approach to genealogy research and never get distracted again! Participants will learn the best way to extract as much information as possible from a genealogy record on the first pass! We’ll cover how to save and name record images, how to transcribe and extract information, how to create a quick source citation, and how to make sure you can find the record in the future."
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.
Presenter: Thomas MacEntee
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An Introduction to DNA Painter:
Legacy Family Tree"DNA Painter is a website that aims to help demystify your DNA matches. This talk will introduce the site's features and tools for chromosome mapping and relationship prediction. The concept of chromosome mapping will then be discussed, with detailed examples of how the site can be used to visualize your matches and help to identify how you are related to each match. This will cover both basic and advanced operations, revealing features and functionality you might not have noticed."
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Jonny Perl
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