Today: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Chateaugay Room at the Chatham Recreation Center
10 Simple Tips to Start Researching Your Family History:
Crestleaf
"The following guidelines will put you on a plan to kickstart your family history research, plus help you develop good research habits that you can pass on to your family members."
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BARNES OLD CEMETERY: An Abandoned Graveyard Being Reclaimed By Nature:
Flickering Lamps
"Most of the information to be found about the burial ground is negative. One or two posts on online forums warn that it’s a known cruising spot, and others slam its state as being disrespectful to those buried there. It was with some trepidation, then, that I made my way to Barnes Common in search of this abandoned cemetery."
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Tip: Finding Women in Civil War Photos:
Fold3
"Did you know that you can find photos of women in Fold3's collections Civil War Photos and Brady Civil War Photos?
While it's true that these collections are composed predominately of photos of men, there are numerous photos of women if you know how to look. One way to look is by simply browsing, but as it can take quite some time to go through the collections photo by photo, a faster way is to search, limiting your results to the Civil War photo collections."
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Firefox is Killing Support for Browser Plugins, and That’s a Very Good Thing:
How-to-Geek
"Firefox used to lead the charge when it came to making a better web experience, but these days they are a little behind — thankfully the good news is that they are catching up quickly. Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge have both abandoned plugins and integrated Flash in a more direct way to make sure that it stays updated, and now Firefox is joining the party." Whis is this happening? "Browser plugins are the biggest security risk on your computer at this point. If you download and run something bad, nothing can really protect you."
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This Day In History: October 21
1837: Under a flag of truce during peace talks, U.S. troops siege the Indian Seminole Chief Osceola in Florida.
1872: The U.S. Naval Academy admits John H. Conyers, the first African American to be accepted.
1879: After 14 months of testing, Thomas Edison first demonstrates his electric lamp, hoping to one day compete with gaslight.
1833 Birthday: Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prizes.
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