Today: Wednesday: April 27, 2016
Brick Wall SIG Meeting
8:30 AM in the
Today: Wednesday: April 27, 2016
General Monthly Meeting
Guest Speaker is George Morgan
10:00 AM in the Note meeting location changes for both meetings...
Genealogy Research Tips: Fact Checking:
GenealogyBank
"It’s always fascinating to fact check what people say happened in the past. Many authors and researchers are historically accurate, but some make statements that don’t hold true."
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Introducing the MyHeritage Community: Receive Help or Help Others...
MyHeritage
"We often come across stumbling blocks in our genealogy research, such as an old letter in a language we don't understand, a mysterious family photo in which we cannot identify the people, or a particular ancestor for whom we cannot find any information. Help from others can make all the difference in breaking through these genealogical brick walls."
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30 Years Later, An Anchorage Newborn Abandoned In A Cardboard Box Is Trying To Find His Birth Family:
Alaska Dispatch News
"The baby was still coated with afterbirth. His umbilical cord was clamped with the kind of plastic twist-tie used to secure a garbage bag."
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How to Speed Up Menu Animations in Windows:
How-to-Geek
"Windows includes various visual effects and animations that make using the operating system feel a little more friendly. A good example of this is the animation that fades or slides menus into view a few hundred milliseconds after you click them. Adjusting that delay, though, can make using your PC feel a little snappier."
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This Day In History: 27 April
1861: West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from the Union.
1865: The Sultana, a steam-powered riverboat, catches fire and burns after one of its boilers explodes. At least 1,238 of the 2,031 passengers–mostly former Union POWs–are killed.
1975: Saigon is encircled by North Vietnamese troops.
1822 Birthday: Ulysses S. Grant, Union general during the American Civil War, 18th President of the United States (1869-1877).
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