Today: October 6, 2016
Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting:
1:00 PM in the Daytona Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center
Tomorrow: October 7, 2016
British Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation Center
Upcoming Free Webinars:Legacy Family Tree
The following webinars are all on Family History Day, Tomorrow: October 7th.
Read More and/or Register... 1:30 p.m.
Read More and/or Register... 3:30 p.m.
Read More and/or Register... 6:00 p.m.
10 Quick Research Tasks for the Busy Family Historian:
FindMyPast
"Having trouble finding time to grow your family tree? Whether you've put off starting your family tree or can't find time to get back to your research, here are some quick research tasks for the person with a packed schedule. Many of these take only a few minutes and can help you make strides in tracing your ancestry."
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18 Historical and Modern Rules of Civility for Genealogists:
GenealogyBank
"In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak has some fun taking etiquette rules George Washington wrote down when he was a boy – and seeing how they apply to genealogy today."
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Why Is Cortana Still Running in the Background After You Disable It?
How-to-Geek
"Disable Cortana, and Windows 10 will switch to using local search for everything. But, if you open the Task Manager, you’ll still see “Cortana” running in the background anyway–why is that?"
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This Day In History: 6 October
1866: The Reno brothers–Frank, John, Simeon and William–commit the country’s first train robbery near Seymore, Indiana netting $10,000.
1927: The first “talkie,” The Jazz Singer, opens with popular entertainer Al Jolson singing and dancing in black-face. By 1930, silent movies were a thing of the past.
2007: Explorer and author Jason Lewis becomes the first person to complete a human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
1846 Birthday: George Westinghouse, prolific inventor, held over 100 patents on creations including air brakes for trains.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
District of Columbia:
1812: War of 1812
1814: British burn buildings, including the White House
1819: Congress moved back to Washington
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