Today: November 4, 2016
British Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Courageous Room at the Lake Miona Recreation CenterIncorporating Family Heirlooms Into Your Decor:
Ancestry
"Grandma’s bookcase, your great-grandfather’s clock, your aunt’s vanity—it’s easy to see how family heirlooms can stack up in the attic fast. Clean out the attic by incorporating your family treasures into your home decor. They not only tell your story and history, but they can also compliment your savvy style."
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Over 8 Million Dutch Records Added to Geneanet"
Geneanet
"We are happy to announce that Geneanet recently partnered with FamilySearch to provide collections of birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records from all over the Europe. Many more collections will be added soon"
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Historical Research Maps: How Your Ancestors Died:
familytreemagazine
"As genealogists, we spend a lot of time thinking about how our ancestors lived. But certain resources can teach us something more morbid (but just as important) about our ancestors: how they died. Some maps, like this one, can convey how prevalent various causes of death were in populations."
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What You Might Be Missing in Land Records:
Amy Johnson Crow
"Land records can be hard to wrestle with, and not just because of their size. There are a lot of details. But when we’re careful, we can get so many clues. Here are five things that you might be missing in land records."
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Take Control of Your Smartphone’s Automatic Photo Uploads:
How-to-Geek
"Modern smartphones and cloud photo services want to automatically upload every single photo you take to the cloud. This ensures all those photos you take are safely backed up somewhere, but it isn’t ideal for every single photo. Unfortunately, companies like Apple and Google haven’t gotten that message. Here’s how to control which photos get uploaded, and to where."
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This Day In History: 4 November
1842: Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill.
1854: Florence Nightingale and her nurses arrive in the Crimea.
1922: The U.S. Postmaster General orders all homes to get mailboxes or relinquish delivery of mail.
1916 Birthday: Walter Cronkite, reporter and news anchor for CBS News; dubbed “The Most Trusted Man in America.”
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Idaho:
1873: Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation established
1877-78: Nez Perce and Bannock Indian Wars
1879: Silver strikes in Eureka, Nevada and Leadville
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