Ancestry
"On his sixth and final day in Ireland, the Vice President attended a lunch hosted by Taoiseach Enda Kenny at Dublin’s Farmleigh House — the official Irish State guest home."
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Vice President Biden Answers Your Family History Questions:
Ancestry
"When the Vice President announced he was heading to the Emerald Isle to walk in the footsteps of some of his Irish ancestors, we put a call out for questions relating to his family history, noting he would be responding to several of them during the trip. His answers are noted in italic."
Cemetery Crowdsourcing: A Guide to What It Is and Its Benefits:
FamilySearch
"Finding an excuse to stroll quietly through cemeteries, observing the final resting place of people once vibrant with life, and enjoying the silence of dew drops drying off of memorial stones just got easier."
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DPLA and FamilySearch Partner to Expand Access to Digitized Historic Books Online:
FamilySearch
"In concert with the American Library Association national conference in Orlando, Florida, this week, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world, have signed an agreement that will expand access to FamilySearch.org’s growing free digital historical book collection to DPLA’s broad audience of users including genealogists, researchers, family historians, students, and more."
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News For Those Interested In Indiana Genealogy:
IGS
"From School for the Deaf students to coal miners to prisoners to Odd Fellows -- there's a little bit for everyone in the newest databases on the IGS website."
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How to Rearrange or Hide the Extension Buttons on the Chrome Toolbar:
How-to-Geek
"Some Google Chrome extensions add a button to the right side of the toolbar, which usually provides access to the extension’s main features. These buttons are added in the order the extensions were installed, and that order may not be to your liking."
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This Day In History: June 28
1778: Mary “Molly Pitcher” Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carries water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth.
1874: The Freedmen’s Bank, created to assist former slaves in the United States, closes. Customers of the bank lose $3 million.
1884: Congress declares Labor Day a legal holiday.
1902 Birthday: Richard Rodgers, American composer.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Illinois:
1773: Land company purchased most of southern Illinois.
1774: Quebec annexed Illinois
1778: George Rogers Clark claimed Kalkaska & Cahokla for America.
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