Today: Friday: February 5, 2016
British Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center
Spain Offering Citizenship To Kin Of Those Who Fled Inquisition:
Features
"Ana Pacheco, the city of Santa Fe’s official historian, was not surprised when she had her father’s DNA tested and found it could be traced back to Spanish Jewish families who were probably expelled from the region during the government-led Spanish Inquisition."
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Do You Have A German Ancestor?
SFGGS
"Starting your German research can be daunting! We just have it all together to do research here in the United States and suddenly we find that we have a German ancestor and must begin the search to find him/her. That can really be scary! Right? Yes... German research is different than that with which we are familiar... but it's very doable!"
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What Are Primary & Secondary Sources?
The Genealogy Assistant
"If you are new to genealogy research, you may or may not have heard the terms "Primary Source" or "Secondary Source". So,what are these terms and how do they relate to your ancestral research?"
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Vast Digitizing Project Will Put Harvard’s Colonial Archives Online:
PBS Newshour
"Harvard University has launched a project to digitize almost half a million items from its 17th and 18th century archives – the largest digitizing effort the university has ever undertaken. The letters, journals, documents and drawings tell the story not only of the nation’s oldest institution of higher learning, but also the history of our nation." 4 minute video
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This Day In History: 5 February
Spain Offering Citizenship To Kin Of Those Who Fled Inquisition:
Features
"Ana Pacheco, the city of Santa Fe’s official historian, was not surprised when she had her father’s DNA tested and found it could be traced back to Spanish Jewish families who were probably expelled from the region during the government-led Spanish Inquisition."
Continue reading...
Do You Have A German Ancestor?
SFGGS
"Starting your German research can be daunting! We just have it all together to do research here in the United States and suddenly we find that we have a German ancestor and must begin the search to find him/her. That can really be scary! Right? Yes... German research is different than that with which we are familiar... but it's very doable!"
Continue reading...
What Are Primary & Secondary Sources?
The Genealogy Assistant
"If you are new to genealogy research, you may or may not have heard the terms "Primary Source" or "Secondary Source". So,what are these terms and how do they relate to your ancestral research?"
Continue reading...
Vast Digitizing Project Will Put Harvard’s Colonial Archives Online:
PBS Newshour
"Harvard University has launched a project to digitize almost half a million items from its 17th and 18th century archives – the largest digitizing effort the university has ever undertaken. The letters, journals, documents and drawings tell the story not only of the nation’s oldest institution of higher learning, but also the history of our nation." 4 minute video
Continue reading...
This Day In History: 5 February
1783: Sweden recognizes U.S. independence.
1846: The first Pacific Coast newspaper, Oregon Spectator, is published.
1917: U.S. Congress nullifies President Woodrow Wilson‘s veto of the Immigration Act; literacy tests are required.
1848 Birthday: Belle Starr, Western outlaw.
1846: The first Pacific Coast newspaper, Oregon Spectator, is published.
1917: U.S. Congress nullifies President Woodrow Wilson‘s veto of the Immigration Act; literacy tests are required.
1848 Birthday: Belle Starr, Western outlaw.
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