How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 includes some flashy new features like Task View virtual desktops,Cortana, the Edge browser, a Start menu, and apps that run in windows. Here are some of the other, more overlooked improvements. If you’re upgrading from Windows 7, you’ll also discover many of the improvements from Windows 8 . This includes everything from the new file copy dialog and Task Manager with a startup manager to improved security."
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Pensioner says he has the world's biggest family tree after tracking down 10,000 relatives (which include William the Conqueror, Alfred The Great and the Queen)
Daily Mail
"Roy Blackmore, 83, from Taunton, Somerset, said he discovered he is the Queen's 22nd cousin, once removed, after tracing his relatives back to AD 500. Mr Blackmore, who was born in Bath, also found out he had ties with Alfred the Great after painstakingly tracing his relatives for more than 60 years."
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Limerick DNA Project Provides Blueprint for Irish Family History:
Limerick Post
"A genealogical project pioneered by Limerick’s Mary Immaculate College that uses DNA to trace the genetic history of Limerick families may serve as an inspiration to other Irish communities on how to engage with their heritage, according to Minister Jimmy Deenihan."
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Full List of Mayflower Passengers in Gov. Bradford’s Newly-Restored Journal:
GenealogyBank
"The Northeast Document Conservation Center took on the task of conserving, repairing and restoring this historic manuscript. The NEDCC has now put a detailed article about the conservation process for this important document online."
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This Day in History: September 7
1630: The town of Trimountaine in Massachusetts is renamed Boston. It became the state capital.
1813: The earliest known printed reference to the United States by the nickname “Uncle Sam” occurs in the Troy Post.
1888: An incubator is used for the first time on a premature infant.
1860 Birthday: Anna Marie Robertson (Grandma Moses), American folk painter who started her career at age 78, best known for her paintings of rural life.
Pensioner says he has the world's biggest family tree after tracking down 10,000 relatives (which include William the Conqueror, Alfred The Great and the Queen)
Daily Mail
"Roy Blackmore, 83, from Taunton, Somerset, said he discovered he is the Queen's 22nd cousin, once removed, after tracing his relatives back to AD 500. Mr Blackmore, who was born in Bath, also found out he had ties with Alfred the Great after painstakingly tracing his relatives for more than 60 years."
Continue reading...
Limerick DNA Project Provides Blueprint for Irish Family History:
Limerick Post
"A genealogical project pioneered by Limerick’s Mary Immaculate College that uses DNA to trace the genetic history of Limerick families may serve as an inspiration to other Irish communities on how to engage with their heritage, according to Minister Jimmy Deenihan."
Continue reading...
Full List of Mayflower Passengers in Gov. Bradford’s Newly-Restored Journal:
GenealogyBank
"The Northeast Document Conservation Center took on the task of conserving, repairing and restoring this historic manuscript. The NEDCC has now put a detailed article about the conservation process for this important document online."
Continue reading...
This Day in History: September 7
1630: The town of Trimountaine in Massachusetts is renamed Boston. It became the state capital.
1813: The earliest known printed reference to the United States by the nickname “Uncle Sam” occurs in the Troy Post.
1888: An incubator is used for the first time on a premature infant.
1860 Birthday: Anna Marie Robertson (Grandma Moses), American folk painter who started her career at age 78, best known for her paintings of rural life.
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