Meeting Today, May 19:
Italian Genealogy SIG Luncheon
12:30 PM at
Tips for Finding the Stories of the Women in Your Family Tree:
Ancestry.com
"What did your Civil War ancestor’s wife do doing the Civil War? Or his mother? Or his sister? Did she run a farm? Did she follow him as vivandière? Was she left a widow? Did she file a homestead claim?"
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Apple Has Plans for Your DNA:
BIOMEDICINE NEWS:By Antonio Regalado
"Apple is collaborating with U.S. researchers to launch apps that would offer some iPhone owners the chance to get their DNA tested, many of them for the first time, according to people familiar with the plans."
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How to Use FamilySearch’s Civil War Records to Learn about Ancestors:
FamilySearch Blog by Alison J. Herzog
"One way to honor those who perished and mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War’s end is to research relatives who were involved in the conflict. FamilySearch offers many tools that can be useful to find Civil War ancestors and learn more about their lives."
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150+ U.S. Census Genealogy Tutorials (1790-1930):
By Barry J. Ewell
"The U.S. Census for the Genealogist series is provided as a sampling the resources you will find on MyGenShare.com. The series will provide you direction, tips and tricks on how to research the US. Census."
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This Day In History:
1536: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, is beheaded on Tower Green.
1879: Birth of Lady Nancy Astor (Nancy Witcher Langhorne), the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons.
1895: Birth of Johns Hopkins, merchant and philanthropist.
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