American Canyon Mayor Plants Seed, Hopes to Grow Oral History of Military Service:
Times-Herald News
"AMERICAN CANYON >> How many war stories are there in this city?
Mayor Leon Garcia, for one, said he thinks there are likely many hundreds, and that it would be a shame if they were lost. He proposes a project chronicling the military service of residents and their families — an ongoing oral history on the order of Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Project."
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Stop ‘Saving’ Records to Your Ancestry Tree Until You Read This:
FamilyHistoryDaily
"It’s no secret that we love free genealogy sites here at Family History Daily. But, we have to admit, we also really like Ancestry.com. Next to FamilySearch.org, you’re not going to find a larger, more diverse genealogy website — and many of us are willing to pay their subscription fees for that reason alone.
But we also like Ancestry for the convenient free family tree they offer. It’s easy to get started with, maintain and share (or keep private). Plus, they’ve made it extremely convenient to add records from Ancestry’s databases. A couple of clicks and you can easily attach any number of sources, or names, to your tree (although we could tell you why that’s generally a bad idea)."
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Privacy and your life online -- A Genealogist's Viewpoint:
Genealogy's Star Blog
"Let me start this particular version of my views on privacy with a hypothetical situation. Let's suppose that you want total privacy. That is, you do not want anyone to know anything about you that you have not expressly given them permission to know. What are some of the things that you cannot do?"
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Save Family Photos in Archival Albums, Digital Files:
hometownlife
"Thanksgiving Day is the perfect time to reminisce over photo albums, slides and videos — and to assess the wear and tear of those family artifacts.
Disappearing color on old photos is just one of the problems do-it-yourself family historians face as they preserve treasured mementos."
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Tech Today - Why Are More Hard Drive Crashes Happening?
about tech
"It’s easily one of the most frustrating experiences you can have with a computer. If your PC can’t read the data on its hard drive, it’s pretty much useless. Though many computers were originally designed to operate for a few hours at a time, they’ve become increasingly vital in our daily lives. But have we set them up to fail?"
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This Day In History: November 24
1859: Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. The first printing of 1,250 copies sells out in a single day.
1864: Kit Carson and his 1st Cavalry, New Mexico Volunteers, attack a camp of Kiowa Indians in the First Battle of Adobe Walls.
1902: The first Congress of Professional Photographers convenes in Paris.
1784 Birthday: Zachary Taylor, general during the Mexican War, 12th President of the United States.
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