Friday, August 26, 2016

VGS Latest News & Tips: 26 Aug 2016

Online Photo Collections That Can Help Tell Your Family’s Story:
FamilySearch
"They say a photo is worth a thousand words—and this principle certainly holds true for family history research. Documents can give you specific dates and details about your ancestors, but a photo—of the events your ancestors experienced, the places they lived,  or perhaps even the actual people—can provide insights impossible to glean from words alone. But how do you find these invaluable photos? A growing number are now online, just a click away if you know where to look for them. Here are a few places to start."
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Rhode Island Cemetery Makes Grave Error By Burying Two Mn In The WRONG Plot:
Daily Mail
"The problem started in October, when a 65-year-old man was placed in the wrong family plot at Pocasset Hill Cemetery in Tiverton. No one noticed until March..."
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Remembering Camp Douglas:
Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist
"Chicago genealogist Tony Burroughs posted on Facebook this past week that he had signed a Change.org petition to urge that Camp Douglas be placed on the National Register of Historic Places."
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Artist Embroiders Black And White Photographs To Adorn The Past:
Visual News
"The past doesn’t always shine whole, as much as you struggle to hold onto memories like keepsakes. You remember bits, you recall pieces, but the alluring scene of a bygone moment plays with a flickering fade. But the key ingredient of an instant stays, sometimes even brighter than you think. In artist Satoru Aoyama‘s embroidered photographs, history lingers with labor and art practically shimmering."
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Your Computer Doesn’t Care If You Lose Everything: Back It Up Right Now:
How-to-Geek
"The thing about catastrophic data loss is that it’s difficult to picture it happening to you…until it does. You’ve probably rolled your eyes at a hundred articles just like this, and assumed you’d be okay, or you’ll get to it eventually. Before you scroll past this one too, give me a chance to explain why you should, back up your photos, documents, and creative work right this minute— and how to do it the right way."
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This Day In History: 26 August
1429: Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris.
1920: The 19th Amendment to the Constitution is officially ratified, giving women the right to vote.
1957: Ford Motor Company reveals the Edsel, its latest luxury car.
1910 Birthday: Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu), missionary, Nobel Prize laureate for her work in the slums of Calcutta.

State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Arizona:
1863: Territory of Arizona created
1879: Town of Tombstone founded
1881: First railroad crossed the territory

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