Today: December 16, 2016
Topic: "How Scandinavian countries celebrate Christmas"
Topic: "How Scandinavian countries celebrate Christmas"
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Genealogy Tip: Social History Finds in the Newspaper:
GenealogyBank"What is social history and why is it important to genealogists? Social history is how historical events and everyday life affected your ancestors. Social history is less about the general study of history, which concentrates on the lives of the famous or infamous, and more about the everyday lives of ordinary people. As family historians, we use newspapers to find mentions of our ancestors’ names."
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How A Dog Tag Found In A French Farm Is Finally Being Reunited With The Family Of The Ranger Hero Who Lost It In One Of WWII's Most Brutal Battles:
DailyMail"When a French farmer stumbled across an American World War II dog tag as he cleared a building, he assumed it was evidence of another sorry casualty of war."
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The Secret of the Silver Cup: Opening the Door to Personal History:
Verissima"The ornate silver cup had been given to my husband at his birth, inscribed with his name and birth date. When our child was born, the same cup was inscribed again with the name and birth date of our son. We had always been puzzled by the original inscription on the cup:"
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Archivists Still Piecing Together Veterans Records Damaged By 1973 Fire In St. Louis:
St. Louis Public Radio"Archivist Marta O’Neill was standing inside a warehouse-sized storage bay at the cavernous National Personnel Records Center, just off interstate 270 in north St. Louis County.
It houses only B-files: the 6.5 million records salvaged from the 1973 fire at the center’s old facility on Page Avenue."
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How to Develop a Better Eye for Taking Good Photos:
How-to-Geek"Digital cameras have gotten really good. Most of the time, you can put them in Auto, press the shutter button, and, click, you’ve a perfectly adequate photo of what’s in front of you. It won’t be anything special (and it’ll be the exact same photo that everyone who was standing nearby took), but you’ll have something to share with your friends on social media."
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This Day In History: 16 December
1773: To protest the tax on tea from England, a group of young Americans, disguised as Indians, throw chests of tea from British ships in Boston Harbor.1835: A fire in New York City destroys property estimated to be worth $20,000,000. It lasts two days, ravages 17 blocks, and destroys 674 buildings including the Stock Exchange, Merchants’ Exchange, Post Office, and the South Dutch Church.
1950: President Harry Truman declares a state of National Emergency as Chinese communists invade deeper into South Korea.
1485 Birth: Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII, who bore him six children; only one, Mary I, survived to adulthood.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.Minnesota:
1803: US received western part in Louisiana Purchase
1819: St. Paul & Minneapolis settled
1823: First steamboat reached Fort Snelling from St. Louis
1836: Wisconsin Territory include Minnesota
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