12 of the Biggest PC Myths That Just Won’t Die:
How-to-Geek
"Computers are like anything else. Myths and urban legends have built up over time, passed from person to person. Some myths once had a grain of truth, but are no longer true thanks to technological progress."
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What was life really like in the place your ancestors lived?
Ancestry Hour Blog Spot
"Okay, so you have trawled the census and your tree is filling up nicely with the names of your ancestors but what then? What were they really like?"
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Naturalization Records: What Good Are They and Where Can I Find Them?
"Because almost everyone is curious about where their ancestors and relatives came from, as well as if, when and where they became American citizens, naturalization records are in high demand. The biographical information in citizenship papers assumes importance as a link to the past, and sometimes represents the only way to discover the Old World origins of an individual or a family. "
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The Most Important Step Missing From Your Genealogy Research:
ancestry.com
“No one is interested in my story.”
“Me? I was just a housewife.”
“Our family did not do anything special.”
“Our family never had much.”
These are some of the responses I received when I began asking my grandmother (at the time in her late 80’s) about her life and family history.
So, I got a little sneaky. I pulled out the family photographs and asked her help in identifying the individuals.
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This Day In History:
1910: The First Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
1870: After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States, the Confederate States of America ceases to exist.
1846: The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Field.
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