Today: Friday, December 18, 2015
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation CenterFamilySearch Worker Receives over 50,000 Family Photos:
FamilySearch
"Imagine receiving over 20,000 photographic slides and an additional 30,000 or more prints or negatives documenting your family history? That is exactly what happened to Jim Greene, Senior Product Manager for FamilySearch, the world’s largest genealogical organization. He described his feelings at receiving the enormous collection and the task of identifying, labeling and storing it as “overwhelming” and “monumental.”
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How AncestryDNA United Previously Unknown Sisters:
Ancestry
"After years of researching her European ancestry, JoLynn was surprised to discover a document that indicated one of her great-grandmothers was of African descent. Without more of a paper trail to follow, she took an AncestryDNA test to confirm her ethnicity results and discovered MUCH more!
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10 Top Tips for How to Bust Through Your Genealogy Brick Wall:
Lisa Louise Cook
"Apply the Top 10 Genealogy Research Tips that Dave Obee gives Genealogy Gems Winner Sarah Stout at #Rootstech to your own research and get results. You can read all the details on Sarah's ancestor's incredible story and the complete list of tips at Lisa Louise Cooke's blog.
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Tech Today - 10 Tricks to Find Anybody’s Email Address:
AboutTech
"When it’s easier to stay in contact than ever, it’s pretty surprising how hard it can be to track down a simple email address for someone. Doesn’t matter whose address you’re looking for, try these basic search strategies to get in touch in no time."
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This Day In History: December 18
1865: Slavery is abolished in the United States. The 13th Amendment is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution, ensuring that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
1916: The Battle of Verdun ends with the French and Germans each having suffered more than 330,000 killed and wounded in 10 months. It was the longest engagement of World War I.
1956: Japan is admitted to the United Nations.
1886 Birthday: Ty (Tyrus Raymond) Cobb, American baseball player, first man to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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