Tomorrow: September 21, 2016
Mid-Atlantic States SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Defender Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center- Topics:
- Using the new Google Earth with David Rumsey's historical map collection.
- Information about Lisa Louise Cooke and her genealogy audio show.
- Discussions on our searches in the 8 States.
Tomorrow: September 21, 2016
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Chateaugay Room at the Chatham Recreation Center
2:30 PM in the Chateaugay Room at the Chatham Recreation Center
Topic: "Getting Started on Your Genealogy"
3 Reasons German Research Is Easier Than You Think:FamilySearch
"I have talked to many researchers tracing their families who are plodding right along, finding their ancestors in United States records with reasonable success, extending their family trees back generation by generation. Then something happens that brings them to a screeching halt—they reach a German immigrant ancestor. Many people seem to believe that once you come across a German in your family, it’s time to throw in the towel and switch to a different family line. German research is just too hard. Right?"
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Haplogroup X2b4 is European, Not Native American:
DNAeXplained
"Recently, I had reason to look at the results of one of Radegonde’s descendants again, and discovered that enough time has elapsed that new results are in, and based on full sequence matches and other evidence, it appears that X2b4 is indeed European and not Native."
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The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke - Your Family History Show
Lisa Louise Cook
Episode 195: Listen now... (1 Hour) or Learn more about this episode...
Research Genealogy – 6 Books to Help You!
The Genealogy Guide
"Genealogy, or family history, as the name suggests is the study of families and tracing people’s lineage. You may either be a beginner or have been researching your family’s ancestors for a while. It is therefore a good idea to have a book or two to show you how to research genealogy."
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How to Keep Windows 10’s Start Menu and Action Center Black While Using a Custom Accent Color:
How-to-Geek
"Annoyed that Windows 10 gives you only one setting to change the color of the taskbar, Start menu, and Action Center all at once? There’s no way to change each color individually, but we’ve got a quick Registry hack that will get you part of the way there."
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This Day In History: 20 September
1784: Packet and Daily, the first daily publication in America, appears on the streets.
1806: Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark pass the French village of La Charette, the first white settlement they have seen in more than two years.
1952: Scientists confirm that DNA holds hereditary data.
1917 Birthday: Arnold “Red” Auerbach, second most wins basketball coach in history with 1,037 victories for the Boston Celtics.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Connecticut:
1638-37: Pequot War
1638" New Sweden colonists arrived and New Haven settled by colonists from Massachusetts & England
1713: Massachusetts Connecticut boundary estanlished
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