Tomorrow: - Wednesday, August 24:
Brick Wall SIG Meeting
8:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center.
Tomorrow: - Wednesday, August 24:
Summer Workshop
10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center.
10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center.
Avoiding Distractions in Our Genealogy:
Amy Johnson Crow
"When we’re researching our families, every ancestor we find presents us with the opportunity (and challenge!) of finding two more people: his or her parents. Add the siblings in and you have a whole bunch of people to research. Spice things up with a curiosity to learn new things and you have a recipe for spending a lot of time…. but not actually accomplishing very much. We fall down the Genealogy Rabbit Hole."
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Finding French Ancestors:
Legacy Family Tree Webinar
Genealogical Society Wants A Memorial To Honor Unmarked Graves:
"Genealogy Society wants to honor Woodlawn Cemetery unnamed graves with a memorial"
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Desperately Seeking a Place:
Ancestry
"These pictures depict a timeless moment. Six people went on a sight seeing trip on a hazy summer day in the mid-1940s."
Solving the Riddle.
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How to Set Your Default Location for Windows 10 Apps:
How-to-Geek
"Windows 10 can find your device’s location in a variety of ways, often by examining nearby Wi-Fi networks. But this doesn’t always work well, especially on desktop PCs. That’s why Windows 10 offers a way to set a “default location” that is reported to apps if it can’t get a solid read on your location."
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This Day In History: 23 August
1775: King George III of England refuses the American colonies’ offer of peace and declares them in open rebellion.
1821: After 11 years of war, Spain grants Mexican independence as a constitutional monarchy.
1950: Up to 77,000 members of the U.S. Army Organized Reserve Corps are called involuntarily to active duty to fight the Korean War.
1926 Death: American film star Rudolph Valentino dies, causing world-wide hysteria and a number of suicides.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Arizona:
1821: Mexico gained control
1821: American trappers & traders began to arrive
1832-36: Continuous general warfare with Apaches
1821: American trappers & traders began to arrive
1832-36: Continuous general warfare with Apaches
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