Today: - Wednesday, August 24:
Brick Wall SIG Meeting
8:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center.
Today: - Wednesday, August 24:
Summer Workshop
10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center.Using WWI Registration Cards To Trace Your Ancestors:
Ancestry
"The National Registration Act (UK) came in to play in July 1915 – and it required the registration of all men and women aged 15-65 effective on the 15th of August 1915.
In our new WWI Registration Cards for Bexley, we have digitised 11,100 surviving records pertaining to Bexleyheath in Kent, as it was then."
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Why Irish Genealogy Is So Hard:
FindMyPast
"In late June of 1922, crucial evidence of your Irish ancestors was blown to smithereens. The very same event that began the Irish Civil War."
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Finding Your Ancestors on Facebook:
FamilySearch
"You already know that Facebook is a great place to share news and photos and to connect with old friends. But did you know that Facebook can also be a great place to connect with your ancestors—or at least to find the answers you need to connect your ancestors to your family tree? With FamilySearch’s Facebook groups, you can interact with other people tracing their families who lived in the same areas as your family and perhaps even break through your brick wall or help others break through theirs."
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The Freedmen’s Bureau Project: Success Stories Are Possible:
FamilySearch
"On August 2, 2016, an amazing family history discovery happened just by chance. On that day, 72 educators were in attendance at the New Jersey Amistad Commission Summer Institute at Kean University. FamilySearch representative Thom Reed provided an overview of the Freedmen’s Bureau Project to these educators. As part of his presentation,"
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How to Use Your Free Windows 10 License After Changing Your PC’s Hardware:
How-to-Geek
"The free Windows 10 license you receive is tied to your PC’s hardware. You’re still allowed to use Windows 10 on that same PC even after changing its hardware. Activating that license is easier than ever in Windows 10’s Anniversary Update."
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This Day In History: 24 August
1814: British troops under General Robert Ross capture Washington, D.C., which they set on fire in retaliation for the American burning of the parliament building in York (Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada.
1891: Thomas Edison files a patent for the motion picture camera.
1992: Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Florida. The Category 5 storm, which had already caused extensive damage in the Bahamas, caused $26.5 billion in US damages, caused 65 deaths, and felled 70,000 acres of trees in the Everglades.
1905 Birthday: Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, blues singer, a major influence on Elvis Presley.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Arizona:
1848: U.S. gained control of portions of area as a result of the Mexican War
1853: Gadsden Purchase presented the U.S. with the rest of Arizona
1854: Gold discovered around Tubac
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