How to Mine Family Memories for Genealogy Clues?
Genealogy Insider
"Your memories also can provide critical research clues for genealogy research. When's the last time you mined your own memories for details you can use to research your family tree?"
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What’s New on FamilySearch—August 2016:
FamilySearch
"Each month, FamilySearch publishes a list of new changes and updates to the FamilySearch.org website. This list includes changes to Family Tree as well as other parts of FamilySearch.org. In some cases, these changes will also be published as individual articles where the need to do so exists."
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Disorderly Conduct:
The Legal Genealogist
"So… your ancestor was charged in early Michigan with being disorderly.
Just what exactly did he do?"
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Pulling The Strings:
The Legal Genealogist
"After the post about disorderly persons in early Michigan laws, reader Ann Curtis Collins was puzzled.
She wrote: “I would like to know the history of why these people were listed under this topic: ‘who exhibit or perform for profit any puppet-show’.”
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Family Maps and Migration Routes Traced with New Tech Tools:
Lisa Louise Cook
"Family maps and migration routes can sometimes uncover new record finds and answer brick wall questions. It’s fast and simple to use these free tech tools to map your family’s history!"
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How to Clear Your File Explorer “Recent Files” History in Windows 10:
How-to-Geek
"You’ve probably noticed that File Explorer keeps a list of files and folders you’ve recently opened, displaying them at the bottom of the File Explorer window. It’s handy, for sure, but there are times you’ll want to clear that file history. Here’s how to do it."
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How to Hold a Conference Call With Your iPhone:
How-to-Geek
"Your iPhone allows you to call up to five people at once, making it easy to set up a quick conference call. The other people don’t need anything special–just any old cellular or landline telephone."
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This Day In History: 1 September
1676: Nathaniel Bacon leads an uprising against English Governor William Berkeley at Jamestown, Virginia, resulting in the settlement being burned to the ground. Bacon’s Rebellion came in response to the governor’s repeated refusal to defend the colonists against the Indians.
1807: Aaron Burr is arrested in Mississippi for complicity in a plot to establish a Southern empire in Louisiana and Mexico.
1836: Protestant missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman leads a party to Oregon. His wife, Narcissa, is one of the first white women to travel the Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail emigrants who chose to follow Stephen Meek thought his shortcut would save weeks of hard travel. Instead, it brought them even greater misery.
1907 Birthday: Walter Reuther, labor leader who merged the American Federation of Labor with the Congress of International Organizations.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Arkansas:
1837: Major migration from the Deep South began
1859: All free blacks ordered to leave the state
1871: Railroad completed from/to Little Rock
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