Vol. 24, No. 24 — June 13, 2019
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How to Make Plans to Protect Your Genealogy for Future Generations
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You love your genealogical research. It is your passion and one of your life’s great works. You want it to endure forever, so that future generations can benefit from it and enjoy it the way you have done. Ideally, you would want to pass your work down to someone in your family, maybe one of your children or grandchildren. In a perfect world, that is what you would do, and that child or grandchild would treasure the
work, add to it, and hand it down to subsequent generations, who would also appreciate and protect it...
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The History of the Merry-Go-Round Museum
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Everyone loves a merry-go-round. They are fun for all ages, charming, enchanting, and wonderful reminders of our childhoods. At the same time, we can enjoy watching our children and grandchildren having fun on them. They are also one of the few carnival rides that we can enjoy riding with them. Merry-go-rounds are true family fun rides, suitable for and beloved by all ages...
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What is a Genealogy Wiki?
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Are you familiar with wikis? If you have ever used the Wikipedia website, then you have used a wiki and know what one looks like. It is a slightly different kind of website from what you are probably used to. Have you ever used one in your genealogy research? If not, you are missing out on a good source of not only gathering information but sharing it. Wikis for genealogy are excellent places to learn more about history
in general, a particular location, historical events, and even the location and availability of genealogical records. This article explains what wikis are and how they can help you with your family history research...
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American Folklore: New York
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One of the original thirteen British colonies in North America, New York was the eleventh state to ratify the Constitution, making it officially the 11th state to join the union. Prior to becoming a British colony, the area that was to become New York was the home of various Algonquin and Iroquois Native American tribes. Those tribes lived there for hundreds, and possibly thousands of years before the first Europeans
came to the area. French trappers and Jesuit missionaries were the first Europeans to arrive, then the Dutch, who settled the area and called it New Amsterdam. England obtained New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664 and re-named it New York. Over the centuries, it became a political and cultural hub for the United States and the world.
Naturally, a place with such a storied history will have some interesting folklore of its own, and New York is no exception. Here are some of the highlights of the unique folklore of New York...
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The Lost Treasure of Francis Wainwright, Chapter 20: Epilogue
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The Willick grandchildren have found the lost treasure of Francis Wainwright, and it is a journal written by the man himself, detailing his love story with his beloved Philippa. The only question now was what to do with it? Christine had an idea...
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If you haven't had the opportunity to download Genealogy Helps #1 you can do so by clicking here. Including topics
such as...
- Famous Civil War battlefields
- How the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution
- Marriage research advice for beginners
- Death Certificates: Your doorway to your ancestor’s lives
- What to do when there are no records
- Tips for researching British ancestors
- Cemetery research advice for beginners
Today's Photography Article
When to Add Prose to Your Images
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Text and images are a natural pairing. They go together like birds of a feather, you could say! But truthfully, both are an art form, and both are rich and descriptive. What better way to further enhance our photographs than with a meaningful bit of prose? Of course, not all images need some sort of text to accompany them, but for some, it could prove helpful. And some photographers may even find it enjoyable to design
images around text, or at least, to design images with the intent of writing a little something about them later on.
The thing to remember about combining the written word with the photograph, however, is that there is a wrong way to go about it! So let me explain what you should avoid, and then I’ll list a few ways that you can take your images to the next level with accompanying prose!
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