REGISTER NOW: 3 DearMYRTLE hangouts 22-24 Aug 2016

DearREADERS,

REGISTER for these upcoming DearMYRTLE hangouts using your favorite social media accounts - Facebook, Google, LinkedIn or Twitter. Then check your confirmation and reminder emails for your personal link to VIEW and COMMENT. These hangouts are presented free of charge. Ol' Myrt here employs the PWYW (Pay what you want) system.

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You may have heard that Hangouts are moving from Google+ to YouTube Live effective 12 Sept 2016.The official word is found here. This will not affect DearMYRTLE's Hangouts since we moved from Google+ to Business-Hangouts on 1 Jan 2016. See Ol' Myrt's post here for advice on your society can make the slight adjustment to scheduling your "hangout" the new way - a YouTube Event.

Mondays with Myrt
at Noon Eastern (US New York)

Register here for the Monday, 22 Aug 2016 hangout.

ESM QuickLessons
Discussing the works of Elizabeth Shown Mills.
Wednesdays, Noon Eastern US (New York)

Register here for the 24 Aug 2016 study group session.

SYLLABUS
Elizabeth Shown Mills, “QuickLesson 19: Layered Citations Work Like Layered Clothing,” Evidence Explained: Historical Analysis, Citation and Source Usage (https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/quicklesson-19-layered-citations-work-layered-clothing : acessed 30 Sept 2015).

and

Elizabeth Shown Mills, “RE: QuickLesson 19 - Layered Citations / Penned Question," Evidence Explained: Historical Analysis, Citation and Source Usage (https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/re-quicklesson-19-layered-citations-penned-question : accessed 30 Sept 2015).

HOMEWORK
Due by Noon on Monday before this session. Study the following QuickLesson, then post a blog by or public Google Doc with specific example(s) about how this concept applies in your personal genealogical research. Include your name and the QuickLesson citation (shown below) at the top of your homework. Then share your homework link in the "unified chat" for this specific study group session. This way Ol' Myrt and other participants can review your homework in the two days before this session.

• Consider copyright issues as detailed in this short-subject video with The Legal Genealogist, Judy G. Russell, CG. found here: https://youtu.be/uFpET_NWFeU
• See also: Creating Google Docs: For DearMYRTLE Study Group Homework.   

WACKY Wednesday
9pm Eastern US (New York)Wonder which of DearMYRTLE's *very* distant cousins will host this hangout? Our topic?  Well, just imagine spending an hour focusing on a single genealogical item!

Register here for the 24 Aug 2016 hangout.

Happy family tree climbing!

Myrt     :)
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