Several articles caught my attention this week but these two stood out:
“Do
You Have a Defective Ancestor?” by Amy Johnson Crowe reminds us all that
the insane, blind, deaf, homeless and imprisoned all leave great paper trails.
I myself have an aunt (Aunt Ethel) who lived at a special “school” because she
had epileptic seizures.
David McRae wrote a post yesterday titled “On
This Day in Family History” which reminds me I need to get back in the
habit of posting similar. There for awhile I had been posting a similar weekly
post but I think perhaps an On This Day kind of post might be more suitable.
Thanks for the reminder, David!
I also attended two webinars this week.
The first was on Tuesday. Crista Cowen, of Ancestry.com, did
her weekly presentation. It is often a very helpful presentation. Last night, I
tried to attend one from FamilySearch and it was disappointing. The slides were
fine and I could follow – though nothing was new information – the presentation
on naturalization. However, I could not get the volume to work and when I
requested help from the host, I got a general answer to everyone that was
simply “you need to connect.” Needless to say, I bailed early on that one since
I was not getting anything from it.
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© Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
Amy's post was one of my favorites this week too! ~ Cathy
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