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| Family History Expo from 2010 |
Technology SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the Keeping Room at the Colony Recreation
CenterTopic: " Managing Your Computer Files: Making Sense of the Chaos"
Wednesday: September 28, 2016
Family History Expo
11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Scarlet O'Hara Theater at the Savannah Center
This event is open to all residents of The Villages
There will be many hourly door prizes. You must be present to win.
North Carolina’s Anti-LGBTQ Law Will Cost the State more than $395 Million and Even Affects Genealogy Conferences:
Dick Eastman eogn.com
"Normally, this would not be a genealogy-related story and I would ignore it. However, it became a genealogy story because the National Genealogical Society is planning to hold its annual conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 10 to 13, 2017. Information about that conference is available on the NGS web site at: http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org."
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This event is open to all residents of The Villages
There will be many hourly door prizes. You must be present to win.
North Carolina’s Anti-LGBTQ Law Will Cost the State more than $395 Million and Even Affects Genealogy Conferences:
Dick Eastman eogn.com
"Normally, this would not be a genealogy-related story and I would ignore it. However, it became a genealogy story because the National Genealogical Society is planning to hold its annual conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 10 to 13, 2017. Information about that conference is available on the NGS web site at: http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org."
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Ancestry
"Searching Glasgow’s Electoral Registers just got a whole lot easier. Over 100 years of electoral registers (or voters rolls) from the Mitchell Library’s extensive family history collection have been digitised and made available on Ancestry."
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Beyond The Shaky Leaf:
Christa Cowan at Ancestry
"We all love to see that shaky leaf pop up in our online tree. It often leads us to census records or draft cards that provide more information about our family history. But, did you know that there is more available? Join Crista Cowan as she takes you beyond the shaky leaf to help you ensure you are climbing your family tree and not someone else's."
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How to Stop YouTube from Automatically Playing Videos on iOS, Android, and the Web:
How-to-Geek
"Over at YouTube, they love it when you watch more YouTube. If you’re sick of YouTube automatically queuing up more videos for you, however, it’s easy enough to turn the autoplay feature off and go back to watching your videos at your own pace."
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This Day In History: 24 September
1789: Congress passes the Judiciary Act of 1789, establishing a strong federal court system with the powers it needs to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and federal law. The new Supreme Court will have a chief justice and five associate justices.
1929: The first flight using only instruments is completed by U.S. Army pilot James Doolittle.
1979: CompuServe (CIS) offers one of the first online services to consumers; it will dominate among Internet service providers for consumers through the mid-1990s.
1936 Birthday: Jim Henson, puppeteer who created the “Muppets” in 1954 and television’s Sesame Street.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Connecticut:
1880: Disputed Long Island Sound border settled with New York
1897: Automobile plant opens in Hartford
1910: US Coast Guard Academy moved to New London
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