Tomorrow: September 8, 2016
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation CenterUpcoming Free Webinar:
Legacy Family Tree
More Information and/or Register HERE...
A Family History Discovered On Ebay Is A True Fabulous Find:
WorthPoint
"It all began in April 2014, as I was conducting on-line research into my maternal grandfather’s military service on the Mexican Border (1916). After many swings and misses, lo and behold, I discovered an eBay auction for a number of “postcards, Mexican Border, Pancho Villa.”
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Could your ancestor have been an orphan workhouse girl who emigrated in 1853?
Irish Central
"A group of 33 young girls were transported to Australia on the Palestine ship, in 1853 from the Mountbellew workhouse. It was renowned that these bride-ships carried destitute girls from orphanages, poorhouses or those who had a sponsored fare the Great Famine"
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YouTube Offers Genealogy Education In Your Pocket:
Jersey Journal
"It's sort of a vicious circle. In order to become a good genealogy researcher, you have to sit down and do research. But then how do you know what to look for? So you need to learn about genealogy research."
Continue reading...
How to Add Dropbox (or Other Cloud Services) to the Send To Menu in Windows:
How-to-Geek
"If you use Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and iCloud Drive to share and back up files, you can add them to the Send To context menu in Windows for quicker file moving."
Continue reading...
Windows 10’s Free Upgrade Offer Is Over: What Now?
How-to-Geek
"The free Windows 10 upgrade offer is finally over, and Microsoft will stop harassing Windows 7 and 8.1 users with misleading upgrade popups. But Windows 7 and 8.1 aren’t done for. They’re both solid operating systems that Microsoft will be officially supporting for years to come."
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This Day In History: 7 September
1630: The town of Trimountaine in Massachusetts is renamed Boston. It became the state capital.
1888: An incubator is used for the first time on a premature infant.
1892: The first heavyweight-title boxing match fought with gloves under Marquis of Queensbury rules ends when James J. Corbett knocks out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round.
1860 Birthday: Anna Marie Robertson (Grandma Moses), American folk painter who started her career at age 78, best known for her paintings of rural life.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
California:
1846: Mexico rejected U.S. offer to purchase California
1848: San Francisco began attracting Chinese, Gold discovered in western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Mexico gave up California
1849: Major Chinese immigration commenced
WorthPoint
"It all began in April 2014, as I was conducting on-line research into my maternal grandfather’s military service on the Mexican Border (1916). After many swings and misses, lo and behold, I discovered an eBay auction for a number of “postcards, Mexican Border, Pancho Villa.”
Continue reading...
Could your ancestor have been an orphan workhouse girl who emigrated in 1853?
Irish Central
"A group of 33 young girls were transported to Australia on the Palestine ship, in 1853 from the Mountbellew workhouse. It was renowned that these bride-ships carried destitute girls from orphanages, poorhouses or those who had a sponsored fare the Great Famine"
Continue reading...
YouTube Offers Genealogy Education In Your Pocket:
Jersey Journal
"It's sort of a vicious circle. In order to become a good genealogy researcher, you have to sit down and do research. But then how do you know what to look for? So you need to learn about genealogy research."
Continue reading...
How to Add Dropbox (or Other Cloud Services) to the Send To Menu in Windows:
How-to-Geek
"If you use Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and iCloud Drive to share and back up files, you can add them to the Send To context menu in Windows for quicker file moving."
Continue reading...
Windows 10’s Free Upgrade Offer Is Over: What Now?
How-to-Geek
"The free Windows 10 upgrade offer is finally over, and Microsoft will stop harassing Windows 7 and 8.1 users with misleading upgrade popups. But Windows 7 and 8.1 aren’t done for. They’re both solid operating systems that Microsoft will be officially supporting for years to come."
Continue reading...
This Day In History: 7 September
1630: The town of Trimountaine in Massachusetts is renamed Boston. It became the state capital.
1888: An incubator is used for the first time on a premature infant.
1892: The first heavyweight-title boxing match fought with gloves under Marquis of Queensbury rules ends when James J. Corbett knocks out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round.
1860 Birthday: Anna Marie Robertson (Grandma Moses), American folk painter who started her career at age 78, best known for her paintings of rural life.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
California:
1846: Mexico rejected U.S. offer to purchase California
1848: San Francisco began attracting Chinese, Gold discovered in western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Mexico gave up California
1849: Major Chinese immigration commenced
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