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"We have returned from our 12th annual Legacy Genealogy Cruise and had the time of our lives! We sailed on board the largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas."
This story may give you an idea for a genealogy cruise for next year.
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Got Irish Ancestors? Your genealogical gold mine is almost here...
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"If you are researching an Irish ancestor, be sure to clear your appointments for July 8, 2015. That is the anticipated date of the release of the digitization of the entire collection of Catholic parish registers held by the National Library of Ireland. More than 390,000 digital images of these records will be online and available for free."
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Ancestry.com
"AncestryK12 is pleased to offer grants providing one year of access to Ancestry Institution (U.S. content), Fold3, and Newspapers.com to selected classrooms and schools. Teachers, school administrators, and district officials may apply to receive access to these amazing services for an entire year."
Maybe some of our members who are retired teachers may want to notify their school districts about this grant.
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Virginia Vital Records Are Here!
Ancestry Anne (A re-visit)
"Do you have Virginia ancestors? Wouldn’t it be great if you could have access to Birth, Marriage, Death and Divorce certificates? Can you imagine the goodies that you might find in there? Parents names and birth places, birth, marriage, and death dates and places, possible other relatives, burial places."
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Humorous Observations about Excited Genealogists:
Mary's Musings:
"As fellow genealogists you know how excited we get doing genealogy, so perhaps you will relate to these humorous musings. If you think of more, please let me know – as one thing I’ve learned about family historians, we all love a good laugh!"
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This Day In History:
1962: The first Walmart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
1937: Amelia Earhart and Navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight.
1777: Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
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