Monday, July 13, 2015

VGS Latest News & Tips: 13 July 2015

Today: Monday, July 13, 2015
Family Tree Maker Uses SIG Meeting
1:00 PM in the Patriot Room at the Mulberry Grove Recreation Center.


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50 tragic portraits Irish Famine victims in the poorhouses of New York:
Irish Central
"On 4th August 1865, an Irish emigrant woman from Cork City gave birth to a baby girl in New York. The child -Mary- had been dealt a tough start to life. Her mother was a pauper, and Mary had entered the world in Richmond County Poor House. Mary’s brother and sister were also paupers, and her mother was described as ‘intemperate’- there were no details regarding her father. "
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MyHeritage Launches Breakthrough Global Name Translation™ Technology to Power Family History Discoveries:
"TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah – July 8, 2015: MyHeritage, the leading destination for discovering, preserving and sharing family history, today announced the launch of Global Name Translation™, a new technology to help families break through language barriers in the quest to uncover their past. The technology automatically translates names found in historical records and family trees from one language into another, in very high accuracy, generating all the plausible translations, to facilitate matches between names in different languages."
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This Day In History:
1863: The draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City.
1865: P. T. Barnum's American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire.
1977: A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, engendering widespread rioting and looting.



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