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I saw this last night on MyHeritage – Genealogy Basics Chapter Five: Digitizing and Storing Photos and Documents: https://blog.myheritage.com/2020/09/genealogy-basics-chapter-five-digitizing-and-storing-documents-and-photos/. Chose to show a fair portion. I think it is important to also check the back as sometimes you will miss … Continue reading →

I was checking my list of military unit and branch birthdays today and noticed I had missed the Air Force‘s Birthday yesterday. Here’s the Military.com article – https://www.military.com/air-force-birthday. It’s a longer article, with a slideshow and some photos. Air Force … Continue reading →

When we need to buy our friend a birthday present, it’s easy to pop in Walmart and grab a candle, a knick-knack, a planter, etc. But items that are handmade or made responsibly are way cooler! Let’s discuss why we … Continue reading →

Updated – added the new links I found and noted it on the post – Harvey County Historical Museum and Historical Society, Newton – Kansas Tuesdays September 15, 2020. When I scheduled it last night, I checked the time and … Continue reading →

By way of introduction… the ongoing campaign My friend Rich Mckee has been running an ongoing campaign of the relatively ancient roleplaying game EMPIRE OF THE PETAL THRONE for a long time now. I have some knowledge of EPT from … Continue reading →

Favorites Post #64 Orignally Posted on October 12, 2012: Two years before the movie Karate Kid came out at the movies in 1984, I had learned the secret of “Wax On, Wax Off”. One that made a significant difference to … Continue reading →

Estimates! They’re only estimates! Yes, The Legal Genealogist got the same update in the admixture estimates at Ancestry as everyone else this week. Yes, my estimates changed. No, I’m not going to lose my mind over the fact that I … Continue reading →

I saw this last night on Space.com – How to see Uranus in the night sky (without a telescope) this week: https://www.space.com/uranus-neptune-skywatching-september-2020.html. As it’s time sensitive, I thought it was important to put up as soon as I had a … Continue reading →

Each week on Randy Seaver’s Genea-musings blog he has a post for Saturday night Genealogy fun. Because of the time difference, I have called my series Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun. This week’s mission was: 1) What was your childhood home like?  How big … Continue reading →

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – In honor of the 19th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is paying tribute to the heroes who lost their lives and those who saved countless others. In a video … Continue reading →