Today: November 8, 2016
Genealogy Writers SIG Meeting
Genealogy Writers SIG Meeting
This meeting has been cancelled due to Election Day!
Tomorrow: November 9, 2016
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center
"The Names of Witches in Scotland, 1658 collection, digitised from original records held by the Wellcome Library, holds the names of both women and men who were accused of witchcraft during a period of Scottish history in which persecution of supposed witches was rife."
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"Each month, FamilySearch publishes a list of new changes and updates to the FamilySearch.org website. This list includes changes to Family Tree as well as other parts of FamilySearch.org. In some cases, these changes will also be published as individual articles where the need to do so exists."
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"If you’ve seen TV shows such as “Who Do You Think You Are,” you might have wondered about this whole genealogy thing and how you find your own ancestors. One way is to get famous and wait for someone to invite you onto that show. A more practical way is to start finding the information yourself."
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"The Legal Genealogist refused to trade her lederhosen for a kilt just because the AncestryDNA ethnicity estimates might have said so.
And I refuse to add cousins to my family tree — even cousins I might like to be able to add — just because of some app from Ancestry either."
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"In iOS 10, Apple made a change to how you take and attach photos in iMessage. It’s a small change but it might take you a moment, or five, to figure it out."
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1904: President Theodore Roosevelt is elected president of the United States. He had been vice president until the assassination of President William McKinley.
1960: John F. Kennedy is elected 35th president, defeating Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the closest election, by popular vote, since 1880.
1887 Death: Doc Holliday, who fought on the side of the Earp brothers during the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 6 years earlier, dies of tuberculosis in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Iowa:
1820: As part of the Missouri Compromise made a non-slave state
1833: Burlington settled
1836: Census reported 10,500 living in the Iowa District
Double Bubble, Toil And Trouble: Names Of Witches In Scotland, 1658 Collection Launches:
Ancestry"The Names of Witches in Scotland, 1658 collection, digitised from original records held by the Wellcome Library, holds the names of both women and men who were accused of witchcraft during a period of Scottish history in which persecution of supposed witches was rife."
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What’s New on FamilySearch—October 2016:
FamilySearch"Each month, FamilySearch publishes a list of new changes and updates to the FamilySearch.org website. This list includes changes to Family Tree as well as other parts of FamilySearch.org. In some cases, these changes will also be published as individual articles where the need to do so exists."
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Beginning Genealogy: How to Get Started the Right Way:
FamilySearch"If you’ve seen TV shows such as “Who Do You Think You Are,” you might have wondered about this whole genealogy thing and how you find your own ancestors. One way is to get famous and wait for someone to invite you onto that show. A more practical way is to start finding the information yourself."
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No, Actually, We’re Not Related:
Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist"The Legal Genealogist refused to trade her lederhosen for a kilt just because the AncestryDNA ethnicity estimates might have said so.
And I refuse to add cousins to my family tree — even cousins I might like to be able to add — just because of some app from Ancestry either."
Continue reading...
How to Take and Attach Photos to Messages in iOS 10:
How-to-Geek"In iOS 10, Apple made a change to how you take and attach photos in iMessage. It’s a small change but it might take you a moment, or five, to figure it out."
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This Day In History: 8 November
1864: President Abraham Lincoln is re-elected in the first wartime election in the United States.1904: President Theodore Roosevelt is elected president of the United States. He had been vice president until the assassination of President William McKinley.
1960: John F. Kennedy is elected 35th president, defeating Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the closest election, by popular vote, since 1880.
1887 Death: Doc Holliday, who fought on the side of the Earp brothers during the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 6 years earlier, dies of tuberculosis in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.Iowa:
1820: As part of the Missouri Compromise made a non-slave state
1833: Burlington settled
1836: Census reported 10,500 living in the Iowa District
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