Showing posts with label Scanning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scanning. Show all posts

Saturday, March 10, 2018

VGS News & Events: 11 March 2018 through 17 March 2018

Seminar 2018 Panorama view
Coming Events:
Monday: March 12, 2018
Family Tree Maker Users SIG Meeting
1:00 PM in the Patriot Room at the Mulberry Grove Recreation Center
Topic: "The Web Search Feature"
Tuesday: March 13, 2018
Adoption & Mystery KIN SIG Meeting
9:30 AM at the Coordinators Home
Tuesday: March 13, 2018
Preserving Family History SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Destin Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Wednesday: March 14, 2018
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center
Wednesday: March 14, 2018
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Neptune Beach Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Thursday: March 15, 2018
New England SIG Meeting
Topic: A Trip to the Leesburg Library to meet librarian Tom Wilcox who will instruct our group on family researching within the library.
For more information contact Christine Courtwright at: number1cc@gmail.com
Friday: May 15, 2018
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Gen News and Announcements:

Google Maps Will Help You Learn More About Your Ancestors:

Family History Daily
"You don’t need to spend money on software to map your ancestors travels. I started with Google maps. The first time I used it was when I was transcribing the diary that my grandparents kept during the first year of their marriage; May 1934-May 1935."
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Best Practices for Storing Heirloom Photographs:

Family History Daily
"Cleaning out my grandmother’s house was a monumental job.  More than the family historian, I felt like the family archaeologist uncovering pieces of my grandparents’s lives. Some were poignant, some were good memories that had been forgotten, and then there was the sealed attic."
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10 Tips for Scanning Old Photos:

How Stuff Works
"Your parents' 50th anniversary is coming up and you've figured out the perfect gift -- a slideshow of their wedding photos and other pictures of them throughout the years, all set to their favorite songs. The only hitch is that you've got to transfer stacks of faded photos from decades' worth of dust-covered boxes and photo albums to your computer."
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DNA Reviews:

FamilyTree.com
"Genealogy and genetics have become interconnected.  It is important to know what is in your genes.  Your DNA can provide insight into your heritage that you cannot get from genealogy research alone. You may discover that your ancestry includes portions of the world that you never would have guessed!  Some DNA tests can reveal how much of your DNA came from Neanderthal ancestors."
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The Ultimate Quick Reference Guide to the U.S. Census for Genealogy:

Family History Daily
"U.S. Census records offer a unique look into the past and a chance to discover valuable details about your family’s history. Our quick guide for genealogy is designed to help beginner and intermediate family history researchers alike by addressing basic questions about using the census for genealogy research and providing detailed summaries of the information found in each census year."
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50 Free Genealogy Sites to Search Today:

Family History Daily
"Looking for a list of free genealogy sites to search? Here are 50 no-cost family history resources where you will find birth, marriage and death records, obituaries, cemetery listings, newspaper articles, biographies, research tips and so much more."
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6 ‘Secret’ Google Search Tricks for Genealogy That’ll Help You Find Your Ancestors:

Family History Daily
"Most of us use Google search to look for our ancestors on a regular basis. After all, once we’re done searching our favorite family history sites directly, Google is our best bet for locating new records online."
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Technology:

How to Protect Your iPhone from Thieves:

How-to-Geek
"Apple products, with their high sale and resale values, have always been popular targets for thieves—none more so than the iPhone. Let’s look at some of the steps you can take to protect your iPhone from thieves."
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5 Technology Tools That Will Revolutionize Your Genealogy Research:

Family History Magazine
"Find out how these award-winning genealogy technology tools, introduced at FamilySearch's RootsTech conference, will change how you do genealogy research."
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Education:

Reading History to Understand Your Ancestors:

AncestralFindings
"Have you ever considered reading history to get to know your ancestors better? It is a wonderful way to do so. Today I’ll show you how it can help you bring them alive."
Listen Now... 7.42 minutes 

Webinars:

True Stories of Families Reunited Thanks to Genetic Genealogy:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars
"Many long-lost relatives have been brought together lately thanks to the combination of DNA, family trees and historical records. In this inspiring webinar, MyHeritage's research team will present some of its favorite heartwarming reunions."
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: MyHeritage Webinars
Learn more or Register for this webinar...

The Case of the Broken Link: Decoding the URL:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars
"Web site addresses appear to be long, complicated, and mysterious. Navigating through the web leads you from link to link, web page to web page, site to site, and server to server all in a matter of a few clicks. How can you sort out separate web sites? How can you track down a new URL for a broken link or a broken bookmark? What happens when your source citation for a web site contains a URL  that suddenly disappears? We will break down this technical topic to help you easily hunt down the URL you need."
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
Presenter: Cyndi Ingle
Learn more or Register for this webinar...

Saturday, December 23, 2017

VGS News & Events: 24 December 2017 through 30 December 2017

Happy Holidays
Coming Events:
VGS Members can attend any of these events...
Monday: December 25, 2017
Technology SIG Meeting as been canceled.
Wednesday: February 28, 2018
Our Annual All-Day Seminar
9:00 AM in the La Hacienda Recreation Center
Download the Registration Packet HERE...

Gen News & Announcements:

New Historic Records on FamilySearch: Week of December 11, 2017

FamilySearch
"Good news if your ancestry is from Colombia and Peru! More than one million historic records and one million images from each country were added on FamilySearch this week. Many more records from Brazil, Delaware, Denmark, England, France, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Ukraine and the United States were also published."
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Bringing Clarity and Simplicity – Updates to Ancestry Terms and Privacy Statement:

Ancestry
"Maintaining our customers’ trust is a non-stop, 24/7 job for everyone at Ancestry. That approach is baked into how we build and market our products, how we make decisions as a business and, of course, how we think about, protect and respect the data you share with us. In that spirit, today I am happy to share some news about adjustments to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statements, and additional changes to our Privacy Center, that should make understanding these complex legal documents a little easier."
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FamilySearch Free Sign-in Offers Greater Subscriber Experiences and Benefits:

FamilySearch
In case you missed this previous post, beginning on December 13, 2017, patrons visiting FamilySearch.org will see a prompt to register for a free FamilySearch account or sign in to their existing account to continue enjoying all the free expanded benefits FamilySearch has to offer. What this actually means is if an image is available and you want to see or download that image you will need an account and you must be logged-in.
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How Important Is High Resolution For Scanning And Photography?

Genealogy's Star
"Are you tempted to join the megapixel race? Are you concerned about the resolution of your digitization efforts for photos, paper records, and other genealogically important documents? Do you use the megapixel count of a camera or smartphone as a factor in your purchase decisions? These issues and more concern anyone trying to digitize records or take photographs. Genealogists and photographers share some of the same concerns."
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Can’t Find Your Ancestor? Genealogy Experts Suggest These 6 Tips:

Family Tree Magazine
"Got a frustrating ancestry research problem? Follow these six timeless tips from genealogy experts to work through brick walls and build your family tree.
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Big Updates At Ancestry For Canadian And German Vital Records:

Lisa Louise Cooke
"Big records updates at the Genealogy Giant website Ancestry.com! Brand new collections of birth, marriage, death, and census records for Canada were added this week, along with a Remembrance Book for the 100th anniversary of the Halifax explosion. Additionally, new vital records are now available for Germany."
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Running RootsMagic on a Mac with High Sierra:

RootsMagic
"Some users have reported that after they updated their Mac OS to High Sierra, that RootsMagic stopped working and generate a cryptic error message that says something like:
CrossOver is unable to initialize a critical component.
Failed to importc xutils module into Python. See console for errors. The program will now exit.
You may need to reinstall RootsMagic!
Learn How... Video 9.43 minutes

Technology:

What’s the Best Way to Back Up My Computer?

How-to-Geek
"Everyone loses data at some point in their lives. Your computer’s hard drive could fail tomorrow, ransomware could hold your files hostage, or a software bug could delete your important files. If you’re not regularly backing up your computer, you could lose those files forever."
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How to Use All of Windows 10’s Backup and Recovery Tools:

How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 includes several different types of backup and recovery tools. And we’re going to take a look at all of them."
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Education:

How to Get the Most Out of a Trip to Your Ancestral Homeland:

Ancestral Findings...
"Have you ever considered going to your ancestral homeland to continue your family history research? You should. Today, I’ll talk about… why, and how to plan the perfect trip."
Listen HERE...  7.53 minutes

Webinars:

Problems and Pitfalls of a Reasonably Shallow Search:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars
"Through examples the problems with not conducting an exhaustive search will be highlighted. Assumptions, misinterpretations, and not digging deep enough into original records will all be showcased as to how they can mislead research, sometimes for years. Encouraging the audience to follow the principles of a reasonably exhaustive search should give them incentive to make it a part of their usual research habits. They will also learn particular pitfalls to watch for."
Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL
Learn more or Register for this webinar...

The 2018 list of Webinars will be published shortly.

Thursday, December 1, 2016

VGS Latest News & Tips: 1 December 2016

Today: December 1, 2016
Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:
1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Tomorrow: December 2, 2016
British Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center
Topic: "Using the FamilySearch WIKI for research for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland."

A Survey Has Been Sent to Every Member:

Every member should have received an email with a link to a survey for the Ancestry.com & Crista Cowan special event next March 9, 2017. Please complete this survey; it takes less than a minute to complete the 3 questions.

Watch the Freedmen Bureau Celebration Broadcast:

FamilySearch
"A broadcast to celebrate the completion of the Freedmen’s Bureau project will be held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Tuesday, December 6, at 9:00 a.m. eastern standard time. The broadcast will be streamed live at DiscoverFreedmen.org."
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Woman, 48, Gives Birth To Her GRANDSON After Her Daughter Was Diagnosed With Cervical Condition That Means She Can Never Carry Children:

Daily Mail.com
"Maddie Coleman was 14 in 2006 when she was told she couldn't carry kids..."
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Genos – A Medically Focused DNA Exome Test:

DNAeXplained
"Genos is a new type of testing company, focused not on genealogy, but on the human exome and medical conditions."
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Celebrating 10 Years of Indexing:

FamilySearch
"Families all over the world are thankful to indexers how have worked over the last 10 years to connect families through indexing. We couldn’t do it without you!"
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How to Scan Film and Negatives like a Pro:

FamilySearch
"I’m composing this article using Google Docs. That means every space, letter, word, and sentence is being instantly saved in a data center, likely the one owned by Google in The Dalles, Oregon. This tool is made possible largely due to the fact that we humans have figured out how to convert data into electronic signals, and electronic signals travel at roughly the speed of light"
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What Is ASLR, and How Does It Keep Your Computer Secure?

How-to-Geek
"Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is a security technique used in operating systems, first implemented in 2001. The current versions of all major operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux) feature ASLR protection. But in the past week, a new method of bypassing ASLR has been found. So, should you be worried?"
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This Day In History: 1 December

1881: Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan Earp are exonerated in court for their action in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz.
1918: An American army of occupation enters Germany.
1941: Japan’s Tojo rejects U.S. proposals for a Pacific settlement as fantastic and unrealistic.
1761 Birthday: Madame Tussaud, Swiss-born modeller in wax who founded the world-famous exhibition on London’s Baker Street.

State Timelines:

Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Louisiana:
1812: Admitted to the Union
1814: Battle of New Orleans
1850: More Indians resided in Louisiana than any other state