Today: Thursday, November 12, 2015
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center
Tomorrow: Friday, November 13, 2015
Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Rhett Butler Room at the Savannah Center
Familial Ties to Slavery, Bound by Vintage First-Person Accounts
New York Times
"BUFFALO — The Michigan Street Baptist Church, built here in the 1840s, was a haven for fugitives on the Underground Railroad, and a place of worship for illustrious citizens like Mary Burnett Talbert, a founder of the movement that led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P.
But one afternoon last weekend, its modest sanctuary hosted some other notable guests: nearly a dozen descendants of authors of slave narratives and other African-American antislavery activists."
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Remembrance Day miracle: A Bible carried by a soldier during WW1 and lost for 100 YEARS is returned his family after being found in a second-hand store:
DailyMail
"A mother handed her son a small brown Bible on November 11, 1915, with a carefully inked sentiment of her well wishes as he headed off to fight in World War I. On Tuesday, one day shy of the Bible’s 100-year anniversary and Armistice Day, it was returned to the soldier’s grandson, Hugh Batters."
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Where Do We Stand Now?
Preserve the Pensions
"We are at that point in the War of 1812 Preserve the Pensions campaign. That point where things start to drag, where it seems like we’ve been asking for your support for forever. As of September 28, we have raised 57% of the necessary funds to save all of the War of 1812 pension files!"
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Finding Out Who You Aren't With Help From Ancestry.com: Viewpoint
MassLive
"Yes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, our family's surname ranks fourth on the "most common" list. We even beat out Jones, which was kind of a surprise. In our case, though, Brown has been our family name only since the late 1800s. That much has been established by a couple of genealogy buffs in the family, whose due diligence has traced my father's side back through Quebec, then to France of the early 1500s.
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Burial Vault, Bones Discovered Beneath Greenwich Village Street:
Newsday
"Workers upgrading century-old water mains under Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village this week made a surprising and grisly discovery: a burial vault dating back to the 19th century with a large pile of skeletal remains."
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This Day In History: 12 November
1859: The first flying-trapeze circus act is performed by Jules Leotard at the Circus Napoleon.
1867: Mount Vesuvius erupts.
1903: The Lebaudy brothers of France set an air-travel distance record of 34 miles in a dirigible.
1929 Birthday: Grace Kelly, American actress and Princess of Monaco.
Familial Ties to Slavery, Bound by Vintage First-Person Accounts
New York Times
"BUFFALO — The Michigan Street Baptist Church, built here in the 1840s, was a haven for fugitives on the Underground Railroad, and a place of worship for illustrious citizens like Mary Burnett Talbert, a founder of the movement that led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P.
But one afternoon last weekend, its modest sanctuary hosted some other notable guests: nearly a dozen descendants of authors of slave narratives and other African-American antislavery activists."
Continue reading...
Remembrance Day miracle: A Bible carried by a soldier during WW1 and lost for 100 YEARS is returned his family after being found in a second-hand store:
DailyMail
"A mother handed her son a small brown Bible on November 11, 1915, with a carefully inked sentiment of her well wishes as he headed off to fight in World War I. On Tuesday, one day shy of the Bible’s 100-year anniversary and Armistice Day, it was returned to the soldier’s grandson, Hugh Batters."
Continue reading...
Where Do We Stand Now?
Preserve the Pensions
"We are at that point in the War of 1812 Preserve the Pensions campaign. That point where things start to drag, where it seems like we’ve been asking for your support for forever. As of September 28, we have raised 57% of the necessary funds to save all of the War of 1812 pension files!"
Continue reading...
Finding Out Who You Aren't With Help From Ancestry.com: Viewpoint
MassLive
"Yes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, our family's surname ranks fourth on the "most common" list. We even beat out Jones, which was kind of a surprise. In our case, though, Brown has been our family name only since the late 1800s. That much has been established by a couple of genealogy buffs in the family, whose due diligence has traced my father's side back through Quebec, then to France of the early 1500s.
Continue reading...
Burial Vault, Bones Discovered Beneath Greenwich Village Street:
Newsday
"Workers upgrading century-old water mains under Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village this week made a surprising and grisly discovery: a burial vault dating back to the 19th century with a large pile of skeletal remains."
Continue reading...
This Day In History: 12 November
1859: The first flying-trapeze circus act is performed by Jules Leotard at the Circus Napoleon.
1867: Mount Vesuvius erupts.
1903: The Lebaudy brothers of France set an air-travel distance record of 34 miles in a dirigible.
1929 Birthday: Grace Kelly, American actress and Princess of Monaco.
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