It’s Time To Preserve The World’s Records! Are You In?
FamilySearch
"Soon, you can watch athletes break records, but you can also preserve a different kind of record for generations to come. During 72 hours from July 15 to 17, help us index the world’s historical records, making them freely searchable on the Internet and helping families worldwide find their ancestors.
Join us as we "rewrite" history."
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5 Classic Records Road Bumps, And How To Overcome Them:
FindMyPast
"Every family historian hits a brick will in their research from time to time. Don't give up, we've all been there! Here are some hints that might help you."
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10 Top Tips for How to Bust Through Your Genealogy Brick Wall:
Genealogy Gems
"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."
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Financial Firms Offer a New Service to Wealthy Clients: Family History:
Wall Street Journal
"Financial firms working with ultrahigh-net worth clients increasingly are offering a new service to go along with their investment-management, estate-planning and tax-advice offerings: chronicling the family’s history."
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Five-minute Tech Tips That Will Change Your Life:
The Gadget Website
"Technology is all around us, from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep, and being able to master the hardware and software we interact with every day has never been more useful - so we're here to offer seven quick tips to help you do just that."
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This Day In History: 16 June
1858: Abraham Lincoln, in accepting the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, declares that, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
1910: The first Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
1952: Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States.
1917 Birthday: Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
California:
1768: Spanish King ordered settlement of region.
1776: Spanish settlers reach San Francisco
1848: Gold found in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
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