Tomorrow: Thursday, October 1, 2015
Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:
1:00 PM in the Triple Crown Room at Churchill Recreation Center
Hitler's Black Book:
Borders Ancestry
"To mark 15 September, Battle of Britain Day (its 75th anniversary), a remarkable historical record can be viewed in English - and online - for the first time. Known as Hitler’s Black Book listing ‘enemies of the state, traitors and undesirables, marked for punishment or death’, it has been painstakingly translated from the original German by specialist military genealogy website Forces War Records. It documents 2,820 of the Reich’s ‘most wanted’ people in Britain, for targeting following invasion."
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23 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information:
Ancestor Hunt
"When researching our ancestors, one of the most important events is their marriage - in some cases there are none, or just one, and I have some who had six. Determining the date and location of marriage is important as we document major events in their lives."
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Genealogy: Origins of surnames and how they become Americanized:
Barry Ewell
"As I have research my family surnames I been able to find clues in the surnames that help guide me defining nationality and country of origin. Almost all family names may be classified on the basis of their derivation in one or more of the four following groups:"
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How to Share Your Exact Physical Location With Family and Friends:
How-to-Geek
Do you have family travelling and want to know where they are at all times?
"Thanks to modern smartphones, it’s possible to know where your family members and friends are at all times. Apple, Google, and Microsoft all have their own solutions for sharing your pinpoint location in real time."
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As Consumer Genomics Databases Swell, More Adoptees Are Finding Their Biological Families:
genomeweb
"While adoptees have been using the autosomal DNA testing services offered by AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, and 23andMe since their inception, during the past year the rate of adoptees identifying their birth parents has quickened, according to service providers and genetic genealogists assisting adoptees."
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How to Enable and Use iCloud Drive on Your iPhone or iPad:
How-to-Geek
"Apple’s iCloud Drive normally just works in the background on an iPhone or iPad. iOS 9 makes iCloud more accessible and useful, providing a new iCloud Drive app that lets you browse, view, and manage all the files stored in iCloud Drive."
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This Day In History: September 30
1630: John Billington, one of the original pilgrims who sailed to the New World on the Mayflower, becomes the first man executed in the English colonies. He is hanged for having shot another man during a quarrel.
1791: Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute is performed for the first time in Vienna
1846: The first anesthetized tooth extraction is performed by Dr. William Morton in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
1861 Birthday: William Wrigley, Jr., founder of the Wrigley chewing gum empire and owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
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