Coming Events:
Monday: December 5, 2016
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center
Monday: December 5, 2016
Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting:
10:00 AM in the MacArthur Room at the Eisenhower Recreation Center
Topic: "Navigating JewishGen - Family Finder and Town Finder"
Wednesday: December 7, 2016
French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting:
9:00 AM in the Julio Iglesias Room
at the La Hacienda Recreation Center
Thursday: December 8, 2016
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the
Late Miona Recreation Center
Topic: "Road trip to the John F. Germany Public Library in Tampa"
Friday: December 9, 2016
Genetic Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Rhett
Butler Room at the Savannah Center
Topic: "Genetic Genealogy News"
"Here's a list of a dozen gifts your favourite genealogist might like for Christmas. Maybe you could even sneak one or two for yourself!"
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"Trying to discover the identities of your own birth parents means navigating a maze of records access laws, genetic matches and family stories. Make sure you cover these 5 first steps to researching your own adoption as you begin your search:"
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"Lisa Parry Arnold has a rich Quaker heritage. A tenth generation descendant of Quakers, Arnold was a birthright Friend of the same Westfield Friends Meeting in Cinnaminson, New Jersey, that her family had attended since 1816. She attended a Quaker boarding school and married at a Quaker meeting."
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"A video doorbell is really nothing more than a regular doorbell with a built-in video camera. But is the price tag worth it in the end? Here are some things to keep in mind if you’re in the market for a video doorbell, like the Ring or SkyBell HD."
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1906: The U.S. Supreme Court orders Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) leaders extradited to Idaho for trial in the Steunenberg murder case.
1979: Eleven are dead and eight injured in a mad rush to see a rock band (The Who) at a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1826 Birthday: George B. McClellan, Union general who defeated Robert E. Lee at Antietam and ran against Abraham Lincoln for president.
Louisiana:
1909: Sulphur mining began near Sulphur
1926: Waterway opened from Gulf of Mexico to Lake Charles
1927: Flooding left 300,000 homeless
12 Christmas Gifts for a Genealogist:
Olive Tree Genealogy"Here's a list of a dozen gifts your favourite genealogist might like for Christmas. Maybe you could even sneak one or two for yourself!"
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5 First Steps to Researching Your Own Adoption:
FamilySearch Magazine"Trying to discover the identities of your own birth parents means navigating a maze of records access laws, genetic matches and family stories. Make sure you cover these 5 first steps to researching your own adoption as you begin your search:"
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Quaker Records Offer a Wealth of Information:
FamilySearch"Lisa Parry Arnold has a rich Quaker heritage. A tenth generation descendant of Quakers, Arnold was a birthright Friend of the same Westfield Friends Meeting in Cinnaminson, New Jersey, that her family had attended since 1816. She attended a Quaker boarding school and married at a Quaker meeting."
Continue reading...
Should You Buy a Video Doorbell?
How-to-Geek"A video doorbell is really nothing more than a regular doorbell with a built-in video camera. But is the price tag worth it in the end? Here are some things to keep in mind if you’re in the market for a video doorbell, like the Ring or SkyBell HD."
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This Day In History: 3 December
1847: Frederick Douglass and Martin R. Delaney establish the North Star, and anti-slavery paper.1906: The U.S. Supreme Court orders Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) leaders extradited to Idaho for trial in the Steunenberg murder case.
1979: Eleven are dead and eight injured in a mad rush to see a rock band (The Who) at a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1826 Birthday: George B. McClellan, Union general who defeated Robert E. Lee at Antietam and ran against Abraham Lincoln for president.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.Louisiana:
1909: Sulphur mining began near Sulphur
1926: Waterway opened from Gulf of Mexico to Lake Charles
1927: Flooding left 300,000 homeless
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