Writing Ancestor Articles in 12 Easy Steps:
DNAeXplained
"Lots of people have asked how I go about the research for these articles, so I’d like to share that with you, in the hope that you too will do something similar. If you don’t publish accurate information about your ancestor in one form or another, who will?"
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Why I Wish the DAR DNA Policy Was a Little Different:
Lisa Louis Cook
"The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) accepts limited DNA evidence to prove descent from a Revolutionary War veteran. In my opinion, the DAR DNA policy is a little too limited. Here’s why–and what you can do."
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Concepts – Sorting Spreadsheets for Autosomal DNA:
DNAeXplained
"This article covers both sorting in Excel and how to identify an overlapping segment, and what that means to you as a genetic genealogist."
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Tulane Archive Preserves The History Of Steamboats:
Tulane University
"The Louisiana Research Collection (LaRC) at Tulane University has made accessible to the public a new online guide to the Steamboat Image Collection."
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Steamboat Collections...
All Tulane Collections...
How to Open a Specific Set of Webpages When You Start Your Browser:
How-to-Geek
"If you have certain webpages that you visit every time you open your browser, you can save time by having them automatically open when you start your browser. We’ll show you how to set this up in the five most popular browsers."
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This Day In History: 22 August
1777: With the approach of General Benedict Arnold‘s army, British Colonel Barry St. Ledger abandons Fort Stanwix and returns to Canada.
1911: The Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, is stolen from the Louvre in Paris, where it had hung for more than 100 years. It is recovered in 1913.
1922: Michael Collins, Irish politician, is killed in an ambush.
1647 Birthday: Denis Papin, inventor of the pressure cooker.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Arizona:
1531: Spain began colonizing the region
1692: Guevavi Mission is founded
1776: Mexico built fort at Tucson
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