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| We had over 100 members at our August Workshop |
Eastern European Genealogy SIG
Meeting:
1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation CenterSteve Rockwood: 4 Four Ways Innovators Can Redefine the Genealogical Industry:
FamilySearch
"There’s a unifying and motivating feeling that comes with doing family history. Finding, preserving, and sharing one’s story often evokes feelings of happiness, satisfaction, unity, and love. These feelings motivate even the most seasoned family historian to continue to dive into records and seek ancestors."
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Top 10 Genealogy Resources:
Planting the Seeds
"Judy G. Russell, CG, CGL, posted her legal-centric list at “Top 10 genealogy websites” on her award-winning blog The Legal Genealogist. The theme was started by James Tanner’s post “My Top Ten Genealogy Programs for Now” at his blog Genealogy’s Star. Several other bloggers have also followed suit (and Judy names a few, so I will not repeat the list here).
My list will be a little different. I will not focus exclusively on resources or websites, but instead on foundational works."
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Left in Cardboard Boxes, Sisters Find Each Other 50 Years Later:
Ancestry
"Tammy and Liz are as close as two sisters can get. They have children who are the same age, share many interests, and even finish each other’s sentences.
But there is one detail that sets them apart from most: Their mother abandoned them both as infants, leaving them in cardboard boxes."
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How to Turn Off Enhanced Notifications for Windows Defender:
How-to-Geek
"With the Anniversary Update to Windows 10, Windows Defender now notifies you about a lot of actions that it used to keep in the background. If you want to return to the quieter days when it only alerted you about critical events, you can turn these enhanced notifications off."
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This Day In History: 27 August
1881: New York state’s Pure Food Law goes into effect to prevent “the adulteration of food or drugs.”
1894: The United States congress passes an income tax law as part of a general tariff act, but it is found unconstitutional.
1910: Thomas Edison demonstrates the first “talking” pictures–using a phonograph–in his New Jersey laboratory.
1950 Birthday: Charles Fleischer, actor, (Laverne and Shirley TV series) comedian, voice-over actor best known as the voice of Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?).
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Arizona:
1886: Indian fighting ends with Geronimo's surrender
1889: Capital moved to Phoenix
1912: Admitted to the Union
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