Vol. 21, No. 31 - April 25, 2016
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When you begin your genealogy research, you will probably be using a family tree software program and using genealogy websites. Before long, you are bound to come across the term GEDCOM, probably on a research site or a genealogy message board. People in the genealogy field refer to GEDCOMs a lot, both in a hobbyist and professional way. You will likely wonder what this is and if it is
something you should be using.
Here is everything you need to know about GEDCOMs...
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This Week’s Free Genealogy Lookups |
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The Wright Brothers: How They Became Aviation Pioneers |
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The Wright Brothers are famous as the inventors of manned, controlled flight. Their first successful flight, in an airplane of their own invention, as at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. While people in the United States and Europe had been experimenting in human flight for decades, the Wright Brothers were the first to build an aircraft that used controls to adjust the wings.
It was this invention that made sustained, controlled flight in a heavier than air vehicle possible. Though they fought for years for official recognition, as they did their flight experiments in relative secrecy and few people believed what they accomplished was possible, they were eventually granted the recognition they deserved.
The Wright Brothers were named Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville
(1871-1948), and were two of seven children born to Milton and Susan Wright (these children included fraternal boy and girl twins who died in infancy). Orville and Wilbur never married or had children, with Wilbur once stating he did not have the time or monetary resources for both inventing and a wife. Their sister Katherine married in her 50’s and never had children, leaving only their elder brothers, Reuchlin and Lorin Wright to marry and have children to carry on the Wright family line into
the present day...
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Latest Genealogy Gold Podcast
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Have you heard of surname studies? These most basic of genealogical study groups can actually yield a lot of good information, especially in the age of DNA. Join me today on the Ancestral Findings Podcast and I’ll show you where to find them can how to use them...
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Click here to submit your Hard to Find Surname.
Making the Most of Your Telephoto Lens, Part 2 |
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Last week, we talked about some of the things that you can do with telephoto lenses — and some ways to use them that will make it easier to you to get great shots
consistently. However, there is a whole lot more to using telephoto lenses than the things I discussed last week. And, in fact, there are more things that can be done than I will be able to discuss today. Nevertheless, I’d love to give you a taste of a few more interesting telephoto techniques, so when you are ready, here are some of the more advanced things that you can do with your long lenses...
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