October 2012 Blog Posts (33)

William Womack Sr.

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The 1940 Census is now fully indexed just in time for October's Family History Month! To commemorate these two great occasions, Archives.com created a fun and informative interactive graphic showcasing all 23 Censuses! The interactive graphic can be found at the following URL:



http://www.archives.com/1940-census-facts.html



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Photographs, Aging and What to Do.

 Like this bolt of lightening that rippled between the clouds, this thought hit me.

 What is going to happen to our photographs? Especially the old inherited ones of the 1850's 1860's forward.

 Will someone in my family keep them or take them out and burn them?

 When my husbands' Grandmother passed, the family  dumped many photos into the yard and had a bonfire with all the things they did not…

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I would like to find any Living Relatives of my Grandfather, Henry Blessington Peters who was from Calcutta, India who moved to London, England in 1961. He was a Prominent Musician in India with My Great Grandfathers Band and talked about Friends with Names like Buckie and an American GI called Paul Meeks who wanted Him to go to the USA after the War and Marry His Sister. Any Info on any of the people i…

In every family, someone ends up with Mom’s and Dad’s “stuff” – a lifetime’s worth of old photos, letters, papers, and memorabilia packed into boxes, suitcases, closets,…

Research and Where to Look

Research and where to look and no, I do not mean on line. At a recent event, in fact, two recent events we had attendees whom are still not on computers, or at least do not own one.

Yes, many of them are older and never were exposed to a Computer via school or work. Others were young, and could not yet afford the luxury of a computer. It is not a life need for many. They were learning to use Library computers.

Last fall…

CeCe Moore, DNA Professional to Speak Bonita-Sunnyside Library

CeCe Moore, DNA professional will be talking about DNA on 7 October from 1 to 3 P M at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library, Bonita, CA.  4375 Bonita Road Bonita, CA 91902 

CeCe Moore is coming to the Bonita-Sunnyside Library to talk on DNA. October 7th from 1 p m to 3 p…

 1000memories’ Online Photo Digitizing Technology Brings New Sharing

Capabilities to Ancestry.com Users (PROVO, Utah) – Oct. 3, 2012 – Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM), the world’s largest online family history resource, announced today it has acquired 1000memories Inc., the San Francisco-based startup that has been focused on helping people digitize and share the estimated 1.7 trillion paper photos stored in their albums, attics, and shoeboxes.

Founded…