Author: VGA-Admin

Webinar: The Academic Library: An Untapped Resource for Family History ResearchSpeaker: Colleen Robledo GreeneWhen: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 8:00pm Eastern Program Description:Indexing, optical character recognition, and computer algorithms make finding obscure records about our families easier than ever! Unfortunately, computers can’t distinguish between people of the same name who lived in different…

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Webinar: When You Don’t Sync – Tracking Documents Between Ancestry and Desktop SoftwareSpeaker: Linda DebeWhen: Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 11:00am Eastern Program Description:Keeping up with the enormous amount of documents and images from Ancestry and other paid sites, can get overwhelming. Use this simple but effective process to see at a glance…

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Enjoy this interview with Sara Cochran: To learn more about Sara’s VGA program, click here: https://virtualgenealogy.org/2022/07/10/shaky-leaf-syndrome-using-website-generated-hints-more-effectively-by-sara-cochran/ Find Sara at: Website: https://theskeletonwhisperer.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theskeletonwhisperer/ APG: https://www.apgen.org/users/sara-cochran

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Here are the top 3 cemetery symbols that have been submitted so far in our VGA July 2022 Contest: Hand Pointing Up – usually indicates that the soul has risen to the heavens Tree Stone – often a motif for members of the Woodmen of the World Book – an…

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Webinar: Shaky Leaf Syndrome: Using Website Generated Hints More EffectivelySpeaker: Sara CochranWhen: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 8:00pm Eastern Program Description:Indexing, optical character recognition, and computer algorithms make finding obscure records about our families easier than ever! Unfortunately, computers can’t distinguish between people of the same name who lived in different places or…

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Enjoy this quick interview with Eleanor Brinsko: To learn more about Eleanor’s VGA program, click here: https://virtualgenealogy.org/2022/07/04/google-workspace-for-genealogical-research-by-eleanor-brinsko/ Find Eleanor at: Website: https://carlongenealogy.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarlonGenealogy Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-brinsko

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Thank you so much to Diane Rogers for sharing this presentation with VGA to help celebrate VGA’s 4th birthday. Kind people like her helped to make the birthday party possible! Please visit Diane’s website: https://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/

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VGA Book Club is currently reading “Stories in Stone” by Douglas Keister. For fun, go to your favorite cemeteries (online or in-person) and look through the headstones for examples of symbols found in the “Stories in Stone” book. To enter, all you have to do is complete the quick form…

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Webinar: Google Workspace for Genealogical ResearchSpeaker: Eleanor BrinskoWhen: Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 11:00am Eastern Program Description:We each have our own organizational methods: notes written on paper, color-coding, binders, and online. Some are hesitant to use virtual organization due to subscription renewal costs, having multiple websites to keep track of, or it is…

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Thank you so much to Connie Davis for sharing this presentation with VGA to help celebrate VGA’s 4th birthday. Kind people like her helped to make the birthday party possible! Please visit Connie’s website: http://conniedavis.ca

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