Saturday’s member meeting is one you don’t want to miss. First, Margaret Nicholson has a presentation showing us how to master the art of DNA cousin identification. That should be quite interesting. Next we have a special treat for Family Tree Maker users. Mark Olsen will introduce you to the features in the newest edition of the software and how to get the upgrade. It’s going to be a busy and informative afternoon you won’t want to miss.
The World War I Centennial Commission is raising money to build a WWI Memorial in Washington, DC. If you have ancestors who served in WWI, you will find their free World War I Genealogy Research Guide. The guide is free for the first 10,000 requests. If you are interested, visit the
Centennial website to request your copy.
While you are visiting the Cenntennial website, take some time to view the planned memorial. It’s quite impressive.
An article in the June/July issue of Internet GENEALOGY magazine also takes on WWI genealogical information . . . this time on FamilySearch. Their Veteran’s Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 is a valuable resource for family historians. You will find this index at www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245.
This week’s storytelling spotlight is focused on the Famicity social network. It’s quite different from the other social networks. With Famicity you build your own private family network and you control how it is managed. There is no cost to create your own Famicity network and you will be surprised how easy it is to manage. Yes it supports most of the features found in other networks – photos, videos, stories and comments. It also includes a feature for building your own family tree along with mobile apps (for iOS and Android devices) to stay in touch anywhere and anytime.
With Famicity you can create photo albums, send birthday and anniversary greetings, post comments and add tags.
Famicity timeline viewed on an iPad
You control your Famicity network. You choose who can join the network and, because Famicity was designed to include all the family – young and old – you can organize your members into groups and use those groups to limit access to certain posts.
Famicity has a built-in birthday alert system so no one will miss a birthday. All your Famicity members can send messages to each other. This is where Famicity on a mobile phone comes in handy.
Famicity is easy to use and there is a well-designed help center to show you how to take advantage of all of Famicity’s features. To learn more and get started, visit Famicity’s home page at https://www.famicity.com/en/features.
Looking for more ideas for October’s Family History Faire? You’ll find them – and more Famicity goodness – at the Storytellers Studio blog.
Final Notes
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