Today: Tuesday: August 9, 2016
Genealogy Writers SIG Meeting: (Our newest SIG)
2:30 PM in the Churchill Downs Room at Pimlico Recreation Center
Ancestry and British Airways Unite British and American Sisters For the First Time:
Ancestry
"In honor of National Sisters’ Day, we teamed up with British Airways to unite two sisters from Texas, for the first time, with their long-lost sister in the UK.
Mandy Shore was born in Britain during World War II..."
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Concepts – Relationship Predictions:
DNAeXplained
"One of the ways people utilize autosomal DNA for genealogical matching is by looking for common segments of DNA that match with known, or unknown, relatives. When the relationship to the person is unknown, we attempt to utilize how much DNA we share with that person as a predictor of how, or at what level, we’re related to them – so in essence where or how far back we might look in our tree for a common ancestor."
Continue reading...
Are You A Member of Your State Genealogical Society?
Many state genealogical societies have genealogy databases as part of their membership. These databases may contain information about your ancestors. For example, the Indiana Genealogical Society has recently added new databases for Henry and Jackson Counties. Also see if your state society has a blog where you can keep up with their activities and other information they provide.
Check out the Indiana Blog...
I Thought All Our Members New About Findagrave.com:
I was wrong again! For those who may not be familiar with findagrave.com, it is a free service and mission is to find, record and present final disposition information from around the world as a virtual cemetery experience. Find a Grave memorials may contain rich content including pictures, biographies and more specific information. Members can leave remembrances via 'virtual flowers' on the memorials they visit, completing the virtual cemetery experience. They currently have over 150 million records. Check our what you can find with their service, I'll use Joseph Palmer as an example.
View his memorial...
Why Does My Windows 10 Home Edition Have Remote Desktop and BitLocker?
How-to-Geek
"It is no secret that the Home Editions of Windows systems have had certain features trimmed out or made inaccessible without an upgrade, so why would a person see features that are supposedly not included? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a confused reader’s question."
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This Day In History: 9 August
1483: Pope Sixtus IV celebrates the first mass in the Sistine Chapel, which is named in his honor.
1645: Settlers in New Amsterdam gain peace with the Indians after conducting talks with the Mohawks.
1936: Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in track and field events at the Berlin Olympics.
1927 Birthday: Robert Shaw, actor and writer
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Oregon:
1843: provisional government formed
1843: 800 people established a wagon road to Oregon
1844: Four wagon trains arrived
US-Mexican War, 1846-1848
FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES AND THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
PARTNER FOR NEW PRESERVATION PROJECT
PARTNER FOR NEW PRESERVATION PROJECT
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the National Park Service’s Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park announce a partnership to develop a searchable database of more than 130,000 soldiers of the U.S.-Mexican War.
Read the entire announcement HERE.
Read the entire announcement HERE.
Ancestry
"In honor of National Sisters’ Day, we teamed up with British Airways to unite two sisters from Texas, for the first time, with their long-lost sister in the UK.
Mandy Shore was born in Britain during World War II..."
Continue reading...
Concepts – Relationship Predictions:
DNAeXplained
"One of the ways people utilize autosomal DNA for genealogical matching is by looking for common segments of DNA that match with known, or unknown, relatives. When the relationship to the person is unknown, we attempt to utilize how much DNA we share with that person as a predictor of how, or at what level, we’re related to them – so in essence where or how far back we might look in our tree for a common ancestor."
Continue reading...
Are You A Member of Your State Genealogical Society?
Many state genealogical societies have genealogy databases as part of their membership. These databases may contain information about your ancestors. For example, the Indiana Genealogical Society has recently added new databases for Henry and Jackson Counties. Also see if your state society has a blog where you can keep up with their activities and other information they provide.
Check out the Indiana Blog...
I Thought All Our Members New About Findagrave.com:
I was wrong again! For those who may not be familiar with findagrave.com, it is a free service and mission is to find, record and present final disposition information from around the world as a virtual cemetery experience. Find a Grave memorials may contain rich content including pictures, biographies and more specific information. Members can leave remembrances via 'virtual flowers' on the memorials they visit, completing the virtual cemetery experience. They currently have over 150 million records. Check our what you can find with their service, I'll use Joseph Palmer as an example.
View his memorial...
Why Does My Windows 10 Home Edition Have Remote Desktop and BitLocker?
How-to-Geek
"It is no secret that the Home Editions of Windows systems have had certain features trimmed out or made inaccessible without an upgrade, so why would a person see features that are supposedly not included? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a confused reader’s question."
Continue reading...
This Day In History: 9 August
1483: Pope Sixtus IV celebrates the first mass in the Sistine Chapel, which is named in his honor.
1645: Settlers in New Amsterdam gain peace with the Indians after conducting talks with the Mohawks.
1936: Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in track and field events at the Berlin Olympics.
1927 Birthday: Robert Shaw, actor and writer
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Oregon:
1843: provisional government formed
1843: 800 people established a wagon road to Oregon
1844: Four wagon trains arrived
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