Tomorrow: Thursday, September 3, 2015
Eastern European Genealogy SIG
Meeting:
1:00 PM in the Triple Crown
Room at Churchill Recreation Center.Defying Other Government Officials, the Federal Trade Commission’s Chief Technologist Strongly Recommends Encryption to Everyone:
Dick Eastman
"Some government officials and presidential candidates have recently been quoted as saying that encryption by private individuals is a bad thing because it hinders law enforcement officers from snooping in citizens’ private files and messages. Ashkan Soltani, Chief Technologist for the Federal Trade Commission, has posted an article about his recent experience showing that encryption has far more uses than just law enforcement concerns."
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4 Fabulous Ways to Use the Library of Congress for Genealogy:
Lisa Louise Cooke
"The Library of Congress (LOC) is a dream destination for many U.S. genealogy researchers, but most of us can’t get there in person. Here are 4 ways–all online–to access the mega-resources of the Library of Congress for genealogy."
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Free State Research Guides:
Ancestry.com
"Learning about the history and what resources are available for the places your ancestor lived can give your research a solid boost. Our state research guide series includes historical background, a chronology, helpful information on census and vital record availability, highlighted collection for that place on Ancestry.com, and links to important resources beyond Ancestry.com."
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Debt collectors threatened this woman's dead father - here is her brilliant reply:
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This Day In History: September 2
1666: The Great Fire of London, which devastates the city, begins.
1910: Alice Stebbins Wells is admitted to the Los Angeles Police Force as the first woman police officer to receive an appointment based on a civil service exam.
1945: Japan signs the document of surrender aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II.
1948 Birthday: Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian passenger on a space mission. During that mission, she and the six other crew members on the space shuttle Challenger perished in an explosion shortly after launch.
This Day In History: September 2
1666: The Great Fire of London, which devastates the city, begins.
1910: Alice Stebbins Wells is admitted to the Los Angeles Police Force as the first woman police officer to receive an appointment based on a civil service exam.
1945: Japan signs the document of surrender aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II.
1948 Birthday: Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian passenger on a space mission. During that mission, she and the six other crew members on the space shuttle Challenger perished in an explosion shortly after launch.
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