Mid-Atlantic SIG News:
There will be no meetings of the Mid-Atlantic SIG during the months of June, July and August. Their next meeting will be in September at their usual time and location.
3 Keys to a Great Photo Backup Plan
FamilySearch
"Like any asset, your photos need to be safely stored. Think of your photos in the same way you think of your retirement savings. Just as you shouldn’t keep your life savings under your mattress, you shouldn’t keep your photos shoved in boxes—or hard drives—in your closet. And the reality is, having hard drives shoved in your closet is as dangerous as having printed photos shoved into boxes. If disaster struck, you could lose all your priceless photographs in a matter of minutes. "
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Funeral Records Are Useful For Genealogists:
The Advocate Messenger
"Ann Yeager Hamlin McCrosky, a funeral director at Stith Funeral Home on Broadway, explained how to research funeral records and what is available during the recent Forkland Genealogy Workshop."
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The Biggest Mistake in Reading Old Handwriting – and How to Avoid It:
Amy Johnson Crow
"It’s thrilling to find a document that can solve one of our genealogical problems. But that thrill can turn into frustration when we can’t read a name or an important word. As we try to decipher it, it’s normal to focus on the troublesome word. However, focusing too much on that word or name could be keeping you from reading old handwriting. Here’s a way around that."
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What Is “Compatibility Mode” in Microsoft Office?
How-to-Geek
"When you open a document created in an older version of Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint in a modern version of Office, you may see “Compatibility Mode” appear after the name of the document in the titlebar. This changes the way the document appears and prevents you from using some modern features."
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DNA for Adoption: Katie’s Genetic Roots Were Closer Than She Thought:
Lisa Louise Cook
"This story of DNA for adoption research tells how one Genealogy Gems listener discovered biological roots that were closer to her adopted home than expected."
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This Day In History: 6 June
1930: Frozen foods are sold commercially for the first time.
1934: President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1944: D-Day: Operation Overlord lands 400,000 Allied American, British, and Canadian troops on the beaches of Normandy in German-occupied France.
1755 Birthday: Nathan Hale, American revolutionary.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Vermont:
1761: Bennington settled
1770: Green Mountain Boys formed to drive out New Yorkers
1777: Declared its independence from Great Britain
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