Thursday, July 23, 2015

VGS Latest News & Tips: 23 July 2015

Should You Upgrade to the Professional Edition of Windows 10?
How-to-Geek
"However you’re getting Windows 10 — either with the free upgrade offer or on a new PC — you’re probably getting Windows 10 Home. You can pay to upgrade that Windows 10 Home system to Windows 10 Professional — but should you?"
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Do You Have a Graveyard Kit? Here are the 13 Things I Keep in Mine.
Family History Daily
"Is it weird that I have a graveyard kit?  How else can you go grave hunting in an organized and well-equipped manner?"
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Not Elizabeth!
The Legal Genealogist
This is an interesting story that reminds me not to believe everything you read, no matter where it comes from, especially online. Always, check your data and your sources.
Judy Russell writes, "My fifth great grandmother was Elizabeth (Pettypool) Jones. She was born around 1750, and died in September 1818. She is buried at Sandy Run Baptist Cemetery in Cleveland County, North Carolina."
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Research: Address Books as a Resource:
MyHeritage Blog
"Do you have an address book? Have you inherited an old address book from your parents or grandparents? This is almost as good as discovering an ancestor's journal."
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This Day In History:
1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
1827 - 1st US swimming school opens In Boston, Massachusetts.
1877 - 1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations.


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