AmericasFootprints
"The genealogy world is at a crossroads right now. Some purists continue to avoid adapting modern tech innovations into their research procedures, while others have fully embraced the brave new world of modern genealogy."
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Researching an ancestor who was a U.S. Veteran:
TravelYourGenealogy
"Research Guides and Genealogy Tips."
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Editor's note: This is a very good site for military links...
School Days: A Trip To Boston City Archives:
TravelYourGenealogy
"Are there records that family historians can use to learn about their ancestor’s early life in school? Yes, there are, but it depends on whether the records have survived."
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What You Might Be Missing in City Directories:
Amy Johnson Crow
"City directories (and their lesser-known county/farm directory counterparts) are fantastic resources for putting people in a specific place at a specific time. They’re also easy to use. Look up a name, find the address, and — boom! — you’re done. Or are you?"
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How to Turn Your Windows PC Into a Wi-Fi Hotspot:
How-to-Geek
"Windows can turn your PC into a wireless hotspot, allowing it to share its wired or wireless Internet connection with other wireless devices. But how you set it up that depends on what version of Windows you’re running. Here’s how it all works."
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Tech Term Confusion: “Memory” Means RAM, Not Storage:
How-to-Geek
"Some people say they have “a smartphone with 64 GB of memory”, but they don’t. Those people might have smartphones with 64 GB of disk space, or storage, but that’s different than memory. It’s time to clear up this tech term misconception."
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This Day In History: 2 September
1666: The Great Fire of London, which devastates the city, begins.
1789: The Treasury Department, headed by Alexander Hamilton, is created in New York City.
1910: Alice Stebbins Wells is admitted to the Los Angeles Police Force as the first woman police officer to receive an appointment based on a civil service exam.
1948 Birthday: Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian passenger on a space mission. During that mission, she and the six other crew members on the space shuttle Challenger perished in an explosion shortly after launch.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Arkansas:
1887: Bauxite discovered southwest of Little Rock
1906: Diamonds found near Murfreesboro
1909: Tornado in Brinley, 49 dead
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