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[image] I think
most of us enjoy a story with a happy ending.
As genealogists, we enjoy the story even better if the title is Mystery Solved:
‘Missing’ County Records Returned 60 Years After They Disappeared.
Though nowadays document control is quite prevalent, in the past,
document handling was much more casual.
For example, the NC State Archives has a whole collection called CRX,
which refers to documents (honest to goodness “original” documents) that left
the hands of the creating county at some point and eventually found their way
home to the archives, often decades later.
The newest
season of Who Do You Think You Are premieres July 23 and the lineup is: Christina
Applegate, Kelly Clarkson, Cindy Crawford, Zooey Deschanel, Chelsea Handler, Chris
O’Donnell, Jim Parsons, and Trisha Yearwood.
Learn more here and do watch the preview video. Another preview here, TVGuide.com.
The
Canadian government recently purchased a collection of War of 1812
documents. Ultimately, this should make
these documents more available to researchers.
To learn more about the purchase read Canada buys
collection of War of 1812 documents for $685,000
The War of the Rebellion: A
Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies is available via ehistory at Ohio State
University
Good news for
Georgia Researchers! As reported on the Georgia Archives website, as of July 31st, the Georgia
Archives will be open to the public 4 days a week, Wednesday through Saturday,
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Quite an improvement over the current 2 days a week.
[image] Maps are
always good. Given how many of us
research 17th century and earlier emigrant ancestors, you might find
Mapped: British,
Spanish and Dutch Shipping 1750-1800 quite interesting. The maps reflect
digitized information from the log books of ships (mostly from
As is said, pictures can speak a thousand words. Check out the images and one video that accompany
the article The
United States of decay: Forgotten ruins of once booming towns that litter
landscape in some of America's most populated areas. These, and other
places like them, might be where our ancestors spent some time.
Summer can be a time for some fun! Given
that, please enjoy Watch World’s
Longest Domino Book Chain Collapse.
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Keeping in theme with the 7th item above, images of abandoned detroit, http://www.weather.com/travel/modern-ruins-abandoned-detroit-photos-20130715
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