Tomorrow: December 7, 2016
French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting:
9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room at the La Hacienda Recreation Center
"Nancy Bane was a 62 year old housewife living in Gallia County, Ohio. Her attacks of mania started when she was 47. She was often kept under lock at key for at least part of the day.
She was defective."
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“No, no, Nanette! What negative evidence is . . . and isn't” by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
"Negative evidence is the hardest type of evidence to understand or use in genealogical research. By definition, a “type of evidence arising from an absence of a situation or information in extant records where that information might be expected.”
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Do You Have a Defective Ancestor?
Amy Johnson Crow"Nancy Bane was a 62 year old housewife living in Gallia County, Ohio. Her attacks of mania started when she was 47. She was often kept under lock at key for at least part of the day.
She was defective."
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BCG Offers Free Webinar by Judy G. Russell 20 December 2016 8pm Eastern:
GeneaPress“No, no, Nanette! What negative evidence is . . . and isn't” by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
"Negative evidence is the hardest type of evidence to understand or use in genealogical research. By definition, a “type of evidence arising from an absence of a situation or information in extant records where that information might be expected.”
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Twila Van Leer: Using The Timeline Approach To Starting Your History:
Deseret News"A few weeks ago, I gave readers the Van Leer approach to starting a personal history. By interpretation, that means waking up one morning and giving it a go, starting at whatever juncture in your life seems most important to you."
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Find a Grave:
Findagrave.com
"Born Archibald Leach, this famous actor left school at 14 to become a mime, juggler, & acrobat. Who is he?"
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"Born Archibald Leach, this famous actor left school at 14 to become a mime, juggler, & acrobat. Who is he?"
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How to Batch Rename Multiple Files in Windows:
How-to-Geek
"Got a bunch of files you want to rename, but don’t want to go through them each one by one? Windows provides more ways to do this than you may realize."
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"Got a bunch of files you want to rename, but don’t want to go through them each one by one? Windows provides more ways to do this than you may realize."
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This Day In History: 6 December
1492: Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Santo Domingo in search of gold.
1877: Thomas A. Edison makes the first sound recording when he recites “Mary had a Little Lamb” into his phonograph machine.
1934: American Ambassador Davis says Japan is a grave security threat in the Pacific.
1886 Birthday: Joyce Kilmer, American poet, best known for “Trees.”
Maryland:
1781: Baltimore becomes a port of entry
1787: Steamboat launched on the Potomac River
1813: First steamboat on Chesapeake Bay
1829: Chesapeake & Delaware Canal opened
1877: Thomas A. Edison makes the first sound recording when he recites “Mary had a Little Lamb” into his phonograph machine.
1934: American Ambassador Davis says Japan is a grave security threat in the Pacific.
1886 Birthday: Joyce Kilmer, American poet, best known for “Trees.”
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.Maryland:
1781: Baltimore becomes a port of entry
1787: Steamboat launched on the Potomac River
1813: First steamboat on Chesapeake Bay
1829: Chesapeake & Delaware Canal opened
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