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| Dick Eastman with VP Pat Adams at the NGS Conference |
British Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center
9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center
Was Great Grandpa's Name Changed at Ellis Island?
LegacyFamilyTree
"My great-grandpa's name was changed at Ellis Island!" How often have we genealogists heard this statement? Sadly, this is a commonly held misconception."
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Mending Broken Branches in Your Family Tree:
Genealogy Jen
"Sunbathing on the deck with my mom, at 17, I was imagining my future life. Would I get married and have kids first, or would it be my younger brother? I mentioned that I would like to be the first one to have kids.
My mom interrupted my stream of consciousness chatter, “You know you’re not your dad’s only daughter right?”
Her words slapped me.
“What do you mean, Mom?”
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How to Preserve Your Genealogy Research:
Amy Johnson Crow
"You’ve spent a lot of time, energy, and money tracing your family tree. Not to be morbid, but have you thought about what happens to all of that when you’re gone? Don’t leave things to chance. Here are 5 ways to preserve your genealogy research."
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How to Remotely Fetch Any File On Your PC with OneDrive:
How-to-Geek
"OneDrive may primarily be a cloud syncing service, but even if you don’t use OneDrive as your primary cloud storage, it has one killer feature: with it, you can remotely access any file on your PC, even if that file is not in your OneDrive folders."
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This Day In History: 6 May
1862: Henry David Thoreau dies of tuberculosis at age 44.
1877: Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska. Crazy Horse brought General George Custer to his end.
1937: The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1915 Birthday: Orson Welles, actor, director, and writer (Citizen Kane).
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