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Postcards May Help Tell Your Family History Story
GenWeekly reports “Postcards may be a great way to enhance – and enlighten – your family history”, something I’ve been working on for a while. Dedicated to helping researchers appreciate and explore the social history aspect of their own genealogy, … Continue reading
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Thursdays in February: History of New England Styles
According to Boston 1775, each Thursday in February 2007 will offer a midday presentations of “Fashion Conscious: A History of New England Style” at the Old South Meeting-House in downtown Boston. Check the article for more information and links to … Continue reading
Brown County, Wisconsin says: No Digital Cameras
In another heart breaking announcement, GenealogyBlog announces Digital Cameras to be Banned in Document Areas of the Brown County, Wisconsin, Courthouse. Don’t plan on avoiding copying fees in some Brown County offices by using your digital camera. The Brown County … Continue reading
What Do You Put Into Your Family History Blog?
As the writer, editor, cook, and bottle washer of several blogs, starting a family history blog was easy for me. What wasn’t easy was my family’s understanding what our family history blog would contain. If I want your family’s help … Continue reading
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Human-Neanderthal Link: Connecting Our Oldest Ancestors
Associated Press reports on “Skull Suggests Human-Neanderthal Link”: A skull found in a cave in Romania includes features of both modern humans and Neanderthals, possibly suggesting that the two may have interbred thousands of years ago. …The skull bearing both … Continue reading
Footnote.com: Millions of Historical Documents Online
“Footnote Millions of Historical Documents Online” by Solution Watch recommends Footnote, an historical documents online service developed in partnership with the US National Archives: Footnote is an impressive resource which launched last week that allows users to access and annotate … Continue reading
Last Letters of Antarctic Explorer Robert Scott Revealed
According to Discovery News, “Antarctic Explorer’s Letters Revealed”, the last letters from Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the second explorer in the race to be “first to the South Pole”, have been revealed and donated to the Scott Polar Research Institute … Continue reading
Master Genealogist: Connecting Life Experience with Tags
I’m still struggling to learn about how The Master Genealogist (TMG) genealogy research and family history software program works. It’s not for the casual family history researcher. It is for the very serious genealogist, determined to dig into all the … Continue reading
A Lifetime Found in a Resume
Going through my father’s papers, I found many of his resumes, going back decades. The most recent ones written in the past 25 years were resumes I helped him put together. Before that, my mother did them for him. He … Continue reading
Exploring the Genome of the Neanderthal
Scientific American reports “Genomic ‘Time Machine’ May Pinpoint Divergence of Human and Neanderthal” in a recent issue. According to the article, a short, fossilized femur from a 38 year old Neanderthal, found in a museum in Croatia, may become a … Continue reading
