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Amy Johnson Crow
"You’ve read the books. You’ve searched in the databases. But did you know that one of the best resources in a genealogy library is often the librarian? Get more out of your visits to the library by asking these three things."
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Joe Biden Visits County Meath and County Louth:
Ancestry
"U.S. Vice President Joe Biden tours Newgrange, a prehistoric world heritage site in County Meath, and then walks through a beautiful cemetery where members of his family were laid to rest and then visits a local pub in County Louth. This video will give you a good view into the sites and sounds of Ireland. (Official White House Video. Rachel Kopilow, Senior Video Producer)"
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The Final Numbers:
Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist
"Great success in indexing...
The final numbers are in and it turns out that the recent 72 hour weekend Worldwide Indexing Event was a success beyond anything anybody hoped for or expected."
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War of 1812 Files A Rich Cache For Ancestry Hunters:
Tampa Bay Times
"Did your ancestor serve in the war where the United States invaded Canada? Seriously, that really happened — several times in 1813."
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How to Make Windows Hibernate More Often (Instead of Sleep)
How-to-Geek
"By default, Windows will automatically put your PC to sleep after several minutes of inactivity, or when you close the lid. It will hibernate your computer a certain number of minutes later, but if you’d rather it hibernate more often, the settings are a bit tricky to find."
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This Day In History: 26 July
1529: Francisco Pizarro receives a royal warrant to “discover and conquer” Peru.
1759: The French relinquish Fort Ticonderoga in New York to the British under General Jeffrey Amherst.
1775: The Continental Congress establishes a postal system for the colonies with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general.
1895 Birthday: Gracie Allen, actress, wife and foil of George Burns.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
South Carolina
1685: Huguenots from Germany arrived in Beaufort, SC
1702: 500 Carolinian's pillaged St. Augustine
1736: Welsh Baptists from Pennsylvania settled along the Great Pee Dee River
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