Today: Friday, August 21, 2015
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center.Online Historical Newspaper Collection of the Day - Portal to Texas History:
The Ancestor Hunter
"Today's collection is Portal to Texas History newspapers. This is a collection of currently about 900 titles, 300,000 total issues and several million pages that have been digitized and are available for full text searching for free. The collection is brought to you by the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit."
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British Newspaper Archive: Take a speedy taster for free...
IrishGenealogy News
"The British Newspaper Archive is running a mini promotion to non-subscribers: three free page views in return for registering an account. Following the recent spate of new Irish titles in the database (it now includes 81 historical newspapers published in Ireland), this could be good timing."
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TYING THE ‘KNOT’ IN THE BORDERS ~ A Look At Regular & Irregular Marriages in the Scottish Borders and Dispelling the Myths:
Borders Ancestry
"As a researcher by far the most frequently asked question I receive concerns marriage records, or indeed the lack of them. Whilst the terms “clandestine “ or “elopement” conjure up images of a hopelessly romantic nature, the term “irregular” infers something seedy and underhand. This is simply not the case..."
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8 Tips for Online Safety Used by Security Experts:
makeuseof
"When it comes to personal online security, advice is tricky. A lot of it sounds good in theory, but how much of it actually works as intended? Some oft-repeated wisdom is tried and true while others are just cyber security myths."
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10 Top Tips for How to Bust Through Your Genealogy Brick Wall:
Lisa Louise Cooke 13.29 minutes
"Apply the Top 10 Genealogy Research Tips that Dave Obee gives Genealogy Gems Winner Sarah Stout at #Rootstech to your own research and get results.
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August 21: This Day In History
1858: he first of a series of debates begins between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Douglas goes on to win the Senate seat in November, but Lincoln gains national visibility for the first time.
1942: U.S. Marines turn back the first major Japanese ground attack on Guadalcanal in the Battle of Tenaru.
1959: Hawaii is admitted into the Union.
1938 Birthday: Kenny Rogers, singer, actor; one of top-selling artists of all time; voted Favorite Singer of All Time in 1986 poll.
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