Today Marks Our 300th Blog Post
Don't Let Your International History Go Undiscovered:
Ancestry.com
"More than 95 percent of Americans descend from individuals who did not live on this continent in the 18th century. While immigration has occurred steadily since the first settlers ventured to the new world, most arrivals can be categorized into three major waves."
Download the guide "Finding Your American Immigrant Ancestors"
Visiting Mom at Family Tree DNA:
DNAeXplained
"Mom swabbed for me, several times in fact. She wasn’t terribly interested in DOING genealogy, but she was quite interested in the outcome of the process, and she loved to go along with me on our “larks,” as she would call them, where we would go and find our family land, or house…or something interesting…like the original bar in the Kirsch House..."
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New at Family Search: United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014:
You now can browse through the index of the "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014." Database on FamilySearch.org.
When you find a person that you are interested in you will something similar to the following information...
Deceased Name: The persons name would be here...
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 11 Jul 1991
Event Place: Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 87
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birth Year (Estimated): 1904
Death Date: about 11 Jul 1991
Newspaper: Dayton Daily News
Since this database is in partnership with GenealogyBank.com, to see the actual image you will need an account with the GenealogyBank subscription service.
Obituaries...
How to Stop Windows 10 From Asking You For Feedback:
How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 doesn’t just automatically collect information about your computer usage. It does do that, but it may also pop up from time to time and ask for feedback. Here’s how to disable any Windows Feedback pop-up notifications you may see."
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Elderly Woman Discovers Long-Lost Family Then Tragically Dies Just Months After Meeting Them:
Huffpost Lifestyle
A Sad Story But an Interesting Read
"A woman's search for her long-lost family had a bittersweet ending, after she discovered she had two brothers, but died just months after meeting them."
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This Day In History: December 23
1861: Lord Lyons, The British minister to America presents a formal complaint to secretary of state, William Seward, regarding the Trent affair.
1921: President Warren G. Harding frees Socialist Eugene Debs and 23 other political prisoners.
1933: Pope Pius XI condemns the Nazi sterilization program.
1805 Birthday: Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church.
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