Dating Family Photographs Using Historical Fashion Clues:
Ancestry.com
"The women in this photo are wearing soft, formal gowns of the early 1930s. Their short hairstyles and coronet-shaped headpieces are of the era except for the bridesmaid on the right who is somewhat fashion forward, her hair is longer as worn in 1935."
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Getting Connected:
The Willards
"Q. Is there an easy way to gather genealogy information from living family members? I've tried calling and writing but have not had much luck."
The latest edition of The Willard's monthly genealogy newspaper article is now available on our website. It is one of thirty-two newspaper articles that are available.
Log into the "Members Only" section of our website.
The New Ancestry: Feature Update:
Ancestry.com
"Features updated since the launch of the new Ancestry site."
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Bring The Windows 7 Start Menu to Windows 10 with Classic Shell:
How-to-Geek
"If there’s one complaint you can expect to hear when a new version of Windows rolls out, it’s “What did they do to the Start Menu?” If you just want the start menu in Windows 10 to look and function the way the Windows 7 Start Menu did...
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If It Isn’t All Accurate, How Can You Judge It?
FamilySearch
"If you didn’t do the work to create that tree on Family Search or any of the other major genealogy search engines, don’t assume it is correct – in fact your work may have errors!"
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This Day In History:
1790: The Revenue Cutter service, the parent service of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, is organized.
1914: Germany invades Belgium causing Great Britain to declare war on Germany.
1944: RAF pilot T. D. Dean becomes the first pilot to destroy a V-1 buzz bomb when he tips the pilotless craft’s wing, sending it off course.
Birthday of the Day:
1901: Louis Armstrong, legendary jazz trumpeter.
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