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Ancestry “Sisters Day” Sweepstakes Official Rules:
Ancestry
"Want a vacation and do some genealogy at the same time? If you have British ancestry you may be interested in this sweepstakes being offered by Ancestry.com and British Airways."
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5 Ways to Prevent Genealogy Burnout:
MyCanvas
"The blessing and curse of genealogy is that, well, there’s a lot of it. Each additional generation researched doubles the amount of ancestors. That’s not even including the various cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers, and sisters of your ancestors!
So how can you enjoy working on your family history without feeling genealogy burnout? Try these 5 ways:"
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Augmented and Virtual Genealogy?
"James Tanner at Genealogy's Star has been discussing the future of genealogy in a series of posts on The Dawn of the Genealogical Information Age.
Science Fiction author David Brin asks the question: How will augmented reality change us?
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Montreat Student Newspapers Now Online:
DigitalNC
"We have worked with Montreat College to digitize 529 issues of their student newspaper, now available at DigitalNC. The newspapers here range from 1937-2016, starting with The Dialette (in 1937) and ending with The Whetstone (the newspaper’s current name)."
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How to Share a Google Calendar with Other People:
How-to-Geek
"We all lead busy lives, and keeping track of appointments and events is key to maintaining your sanity. Lots of people use Google Calendar to manage their schedules, which means it’s very useful to share some of your calendars with other people, like co-workers or family members."
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This Day In History: 18 August
1587: In the Roanoke Island colony, Ellinor and Ananias Dare become parents of a baby girl whom they name Virginia, the first English child born in what would become the United States.
1590: John White, the leader of 117 colonists sent in 1587 to Roanoke Island (North Carolina) to establish a colony, returns from a trip to England to find the settlement deserted. No trace of the settlers is ever found.
1898: Adolph Ochs takes over the New York Times, saying his aim is to give “the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that is permissible in good society, and give it early, if not earlier, than it can be learned through any other medium.”
1774 Birthday: Meriwether Lewis, American explorer who led the Corps of Discovery with William Clark.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Alaska:
Ancestry
"Want a vacation and do some genealogy at the same time? If you have British ancestry you may be interested in this sweepstakes being offered by Ancestry.com and British Airways."
Continue reading...
5 Ways to Prevent Genealogy Burnout:
MyCanvas
"The blessing and curse of genealogy is that, well, there’s a lot of it. Each additional generation researched doubles the amount of ancestors. That’s not even including the various cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers, and sisters of your ancestors!
So how can you enjoy working on your family history without feeling genealogy burnout? Try these 5 ways:"
Continue reading...
Augmented and Virtual Genealogy?
"James Tanner at Genealogy's Star has been discussing the future of genealogy in a series of posts on The Dawn of the Genealogical Information Age.
Science Fiction author David Brin asks the question: How will augmented reality change us?
Continue reading...
Montreat Student Newspapers Now Online:
DigitalNC
"We have worked with Montreat College to digitize 529 issues of their student newspaper, now available at DigitalNC. The newspapers here range from 1937-2016, starting with The Dialette (in 1937) and ending with The Whetstone (the newspaper’s current name)."
Continue reading...
How to Share a Google Calendar with Other People:
How-to-Geek
"We all lead busy lives, and keeping track of appointments and events is key to maintaining your sanity. Lots of people use Google Calendar to manage their schedules, which means it’s very useful to share some of your calendars with other people, like co-workers or family members."
Continue reading...
This Day In History: 18 August
1587: In the Roanoke Island colony, Ellinor and Ananias Dare become parents of a baby girl whom they name Virginia, the first English child born in what would become the United States.
1590: John White, the leader of 117 colonists sent in 1587 to Roanoke Island (North Carolina) to establish a colony, returns from a trip to England to find the settlement deserted. No trace of the settlers is ever found.
1898: Adolph Ochs takes over the New York Times, saying his aim is to give “the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that is permissible in good society, and give it early, if not earlier, than it can be learned through any other medium.”
1774 Birthday: Meriwether Lewis, American explorer who led the Corps of Discovery with William Clark.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Alaska:
1867: Purchased by the United States
1870-1876: Gold discovered in Juneau, Sitka and Windham Bay
1877: US troops withdrawn from Alaska
1870-1876: Gold discovered in Juneau, Sitka and Windham Bay
1877: US troops withdrawn from Alaska
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