Genies Meeting Monday and more

 Hello, my dear friends,

 I’m excited to see you again next Monday, January 18 from 1:00 to 2:30. 

Topic: Genies January Meeting

Time: Jan 18, 2021 01:00 PM Pacific Time.  Open by 12:50. 

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Passcode: 980347

In other news: 

1.      Sylvia and Judy S are suggesting a NOVA episode - Secrets in Our DNA showing Friday on KCTS9 at 3 pm or catch it online at https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/secrets-in-our-dna/.

 2.      Sylvia wants to know if anyone is using Google Photos.  She says, “Unfortunately, I found that I couldn’t change names on my Google photos!!! I have loads of photos with either numbers or incorrect names that I need to rename. There is no longer an option for this in the right-click drop down menu!”  Anybody?

     3.      Legacy Family Tree Webinars announced their 2021 webinar schedule including a printable 5-page small-print list.  Whenever I see a day-long workshop for $50, I think about the value of 1000+ webinars, also for $50 and small discount at Genealogy Bargains. https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2020/12/2021-legacy-family-tree-webinars-series-announced-including-new-canada-and-african-diaspora-series.html

 4.      This blogpost from Cruwys News reports the AncestryHealth test is being discontinued but not the regular autosomal DNA test.

 Bloomberg News reports that Ancestry are discontinuing their health test after just over a year to focus on their core family tree business. This will lead to the loss of 77 jobs. These job losses are on top of the 100 redundancies announced in February 2020 which were attributed to “a slowdown in demand across the entire DNA category” now that “most early adopters have entered the category.”  

 And this:  It was announced in August that Ancestry was to be acquired by the investment company Blackstone. The $4.7 billion acquisition was duly completed in December 2020. At the same time, we learnt that Margo Georgiadis, Ancestry's President & CEO, was going to leave the company at the end of 2020. A new CEO is expected to be appointed in early 2021 who will "drive the next phase of the company's ongoing growth". 

 I look forward to seeing you all on Monday to talk over your genealogy finds and questions.