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Daily Archives: December 2, 2019
6 famous descendants of Robert the Bruce – FindMyPast November 28, 2019
I missed this the other day on FindMyPast – 6 famous descendants of Robert the Bruce – FindMyPast November 28, 2019: https://www.findmypast.com/blog/discoveries/robert-the-bruce-descendants. I won’t spoil the surprise of the 6 descendants by naming them. Niall Cullen 28 November 2019 From presidents … Continue reading
Can You Spot the International Space Station? NASA Has a Spot the Station Locator Site – December 2, 2019
I stumbled across this link, https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/, several days ago. You can type in your location to determine if you can spot the International Space Station (ISS) from your area. You can sign up for e-mail notifications of when it will … Continue reading
#HolidayHeritage Challenge Week #2 – MyHeritage December 1, 2019
I saw this earlier today on MyHeritage – #HolidayHeritage Challenge Week #2 – MyHeritage December 1, 2019: https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/12/holidayheritage-challenge-week-2/. Some great entries. The winner from last week is announced in the link. Any entrant has the potential to win the Grand … Continue reading
New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 2 December 2019
I saw this today on FamilySearch – New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 2 December 2019: https://media.familysearch.org/new-free-historical-records-on-familysearch-week-of-2-december-2019/ New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 2 December 2019 FamilySearch.org added over 8 million new, free, historical records from WWII Draft Registration Cards (1940-1947) and Lincolnshire, England, Parish Registers (1538-1990). … Continue reading
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Tagged FamilySearch, Kansas, World War II
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Michael Douglas Reveals Plans for Father Kirk’s 103rd Birthday — Old Vintage Signs
Kirk Douglas has a birthday soon, he turns 103 next month on December 9! The veteran’s veteran had his wilder moments both onscreen and off, though this year will be a little quieter than usual. Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, … Continue reading
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Jaketown Site and Museum, Belzoni – Mississippi Mondays December 2, 2019
I focused on Belzoni, Mississippi for this week’s Mississippi Mondays post – Jaketown Site and Museum: https://www.belzonims.com/jaketownfaqs.pdf (PDF). Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaketown_Site. I looked for Jaketown Site, Jaketown Museum, and Jaketown Mounds. Official website: http://trails.mdah.ms.gov/mmt/jaketown/index.html (closest I could come to an official … Continue reading
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Tagged Kansas, Mississippi, Mississippi Mondays, Wichita, YouTube
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Optimizing LinkedIn for Freelancers — The Freewheeling Freelancer
This week I would like to share a guest post by Maeva Cifuentes, a location-independent consultant and blogger based in Barcelona, Spain. She ran this article on 1 August 1 2019. Although she is talking to translators, the principles for … Continue reading
Genealogical DNA Testing Companies and Current DNA Sales December 2, 2019
Current January 2019 DNA sales, updated daily or every other day. Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, FamilyTree DNA, LivingDNA, mtDNA, MyHeritageDNA, TeloYears, Veritas Genetics, WeGene
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Why Is It Called D-Day? – FamilySearch November 21, 2019
Been meaning to post this for a while, saw it on FamilySearch – Why Is It Called D-Day? – FamilySearch November 21, 2019: https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/why-is-it-called-d-day/. November 21, 2019 – by Annelie Hansen On June 6, 1944, Allied forces invaded German-occupied beaches of … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, FamilySearch, Naval History, World War II
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This Crazy Horse Monument Is So Enormous That The Work Needed To Complete It Beggars Belief – YouTube Video
I watched this on YouTube recently – This Crazy Horse Monument Is So Enormous That The Work Needed To Complete It Beggars Belief – YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCsmMLXgLAw&list=PL6_ErRL1Q_4aql4wEEFHXGX1jmCTtQ6lh (about 8:39 minutes long).
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