Legacy Family Tree
"If we double the number of ancestors in each generation, 2 parents, 4 grandparents, and so on, we can see that by the time we are back 10 generations, we have the potential for 1024 ancestors. If we were to go back to the time of Charlemagne, we would find we had the potential for 281 trillion ancestors all living at that one moment in history. But this is statistically impossible!"
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History Of Nursing Captured In New Nursing Registers:
Ancestry
"Janet Davies, Royal College of Nursing Chief Executive and General Secretary, explores the new nursing register collection and shines a spotlight on the record of one of the RCN’s founders, Sarah Swift."
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The Family Historian’s Holiday:
AncestryAncestry
"Janet Davies, Royal College of Nursing Chief Executive and General Secretary, explores the new nursing register collection and shines a spotlight on the record of one of the RCN’s founders, Sarah Swift."
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The Family Historian’s Holiday:
"August is a time for holidays. Assuming your family haven’t agreed to holiday in the National Archive like you wanted, then most likely it’s a holiday away from your computer and the big pile of records sitting on your desk."
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Tracing Your Ancestor’s Education:
Ancestry Guide
"Whether you’re looking for a valedictorian or a class clown, education records can open a priceless window into someone’s younger years. You might get a look at their academic endeavors, extracurricular interests, athletic achievements, bosom buddies—maybe even a glimpse of their prom date. So where do you find these pearls of insight (and possible incrimination)?"
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Chilling Mountaintop Find May Confirm Dark Greek Legend:
Boston Globe
"ATHENS — At the top of a mountain once worshipped as the birthplace of the god Zeus, archeologists have made a sinister discovery that might corroborate one of the darkest legends of antiquity."
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Reminder! Your Evernote Plan Changes Soon:
Evernote
"Are you an Evernote user? The Evernote Free Basic plan will soon only sync your notes on 2 devices, unless you upgrade to one of their paid plans."
How-to-Geek
"Wine is an open source program for running Windows software on non-Windows operating systems. While it’s most often used on Linux, Wine can run Windows software directly on a Mac, too–without requiring a Windows license or needing Windows running in the background."
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This Day In History: 15 August
1914: The Panama Canal opens to traffic.
1935: American comedian and “cowboy philosopher” Will Rogers dies in an airplane accident, along with American aviation pioneer Wiley Post.
1942: The Japanese submarine I-25 departs Japan with a floatplane in its hold which will be assembled upon arriving off the West Coast of the United States, and used to bomb U.S. forests.
1769 Birthday: Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France (1804-1815) and military leader.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Alaska:
1784: First white settlement started in Three Saints Bay
1799: Russian-American Company started and Russia established a post in Old Sitka area
1818: Russian Navy took control of Alaska
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