Today: April 21, 2015
Italian Genealogy SIG Meeting
1:00 PM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
Meeting Reminder - Tomorrow, April 22:
Brick Wall SIG Meeting
8:30 AM in the La Hacienda Center.
Meeting Reminder - Tomorrow, April 22:
General Monthly Meeting - Deborah Fleming Guest Speaker
10:00 AM in the La Hacienda Center.
DNA Day Live Facebook Chat:
Join us for a live Facebook chat with AncestryDNA product managers and science team members, Anna Swayne, Kenny Freestone and Ross Curtis, who will answer your DNA questions for one hour on Thursday, April 23rd at 3:00 p.m.
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One of the most pleasurable experiences of creating your family tree is sifting through old photo album after old photo album as you reminisce with loved ones on fond family memories. It can be an enjoyable activity for all ages, that is, until someone comes across a slew of yellowed, faded photos of particularly special moments of days past. How disappointing it is when this happens! The good news is that digital preservation can be a simple way to ensure that every documented family memory stays intact and accessible for years to come.
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Historian Harold Holzer recaptures the drama of Lincoln’s assassination, the hunt for the conspirators and their military trial, and the nation’s mourning for the martyred president. Using original eyewitness reports, medical records, trial transcripts, newspaper articles, speeches, diary entries, and poems, Holzer reveals of one the most shocking and tragic events in our history.
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Note: The actual presentation starts at 7:56 minutes
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1965: The New York's world's fair opens for its 2nd and final season.
1918: German fighter ace man Fred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shut down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
4 Great Benefits of Preserving Family Pictures Digitally:
CrestleafOne of the most pleasurable experiences of creating your family tree is sifting through old photo album after old photo album as you reminisce with loved ones on fond family memories. It can be an enjoyable activity for all ages, that is, until someone comes across a slew of yellowed, faded photos of particularly special moments of days past. How disappointing it is when this happens! The good news is that digital preservation can be a simple way to ensure that every documented family memory stays intact and accessible for years to come.
Read more...
President Lincoln Assassinated!!: The Firsthand Story of the Murder, Manhunt, Trial, and Mourning:
US National Archives Video: 1 hourHistorian Harold Holzer recaptures the drama of Lincoln’s assassination, the hunt for the conspirators and their military trial, and the nation’s mourning for the martyred president. Using original eyewitness reports, medical records, trial transcripts, newspaper articles, speeches, diary entries, and poems, Holzer reveals of one the most shocking and tragic events in our history.
Watch Presentation:
Note: The actual presentation starts at 7:56 minutes
Getting the Most from Your New Ancestor Discoveries:
AncestryDNAReady to start exploring your new Ancestor Discoveries? Here is your guide in pdf format.
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This Day in History:
1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Taobang.1965: The New York's world's fair opens for its 2nd and final season.
1918: German fighter ace man Fred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shut down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
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