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Genealogy News and Tips from the Heritage Room
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UK Opens Access to 91 Million Orphan Works
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An orphan work is a copyrighted work whose owner is impossible to identify or contact. The Intellectual Property Office of the government of the United Kingdom has opened access to millions of orphaned works created in the UK. Read more in Dick Eastman's newsletter. The preceding article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyrighted by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com.
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Do you have photographs in various places? Are there pictures on your phone,computer and digital camera? FamilyTree Magazine has an article, "Saving Lives," in their October/November, 2014 issue for you. These tips can get you on your way to organization: 1-Collect all your photos in one place. 2- Edit and organize your photos. 3- Identify and "tag" your pictures. 4- Create backups. 5 -Manage your collection. 6- Ensure future access. Come by the Heritage Room and read the entire article.
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The Confederates Who Moved to Brazil
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Many citizens of the Confederacy disappeared from public records at the end of the Civil War or soon thereafter. If you can’t find your relatives during that time, you might be tempted to say, “Oh well, he (or she) probably died in the war.” Don’t be so sure. Americana is a small city about 100 miles from São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city. The town was settled by disgruntled American Confederates after their side lost the Civil War. Descendants of the original settlers still live there today, and most of them still speak English with a strong southern drawl. Some locals (especially from Oglethorpe County) moved there after the Civil War. The book,The Confederados: Old South Immigrants in Brazil, is available for check-out and in the Heritage Room. The preceding article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyrighted by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com.
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New Databases on FamilySearch and Ancestry
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FamilySearch has recently added more than 3.7 million indexed records and images from Australia, Canada, Isle of Man, South Africa and the United States. Read more here. FamilySearch is a free resource. Ancestry.com has recently added records from Savannah, Georgia - Select Board of Health and Health Department Records, 1824-1864, 1887-1896. Check this database out here. A list of other recently added or updated databases can be found here. Ancestry.com is a paid resource but can be accessed for free in any of Georgia's public libraries.
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Tombstone Markers on Behalf of Deceased Veterans
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The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published, in the Federal Register, a proposed rule to amend the existing definition of eligible applicants by expanding the types of individuals who may request headstones or markers on behalf of decedents. The amendment addresses concerns that the existing applicant definition is too restrictive and results in identified Veteran gravesites going unmarked. The preceding article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyrighted by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com.
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Huge New King County, Washington, Database Unveiled
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The Seattle Genealogical Society is proud to announce the availability of a huge database, the SGS King County Court Cases Index, 1881-1980, or KC3I for short. This index contains over 1.7 million records. Of these, divorces and other end-of marriage cases comprise over 700,000 of the entries, and probate and similar cases account for nearly 300,000 more. As its name suggests, the KC3I is an index only. It does not contain abstracts or summaries of these cases. Anyone with ancestors who lived in King County, Washington between 1850 and 1980 should be aware of this index, which is not available anywhere else, other than in the King County Superior Court Clerk’s office. The preceding article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyrighted by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com.
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he Family Tree Board Game Course costs $39 and will provide families step-by-step instructions on how to create a board game featuring all immediate family members and ancestry. The course requires a computer with Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat and especially Adobe Photoshop (or a similar graphics program). This course will only reference Photoshop for graphics, access to a print and copy store (Staples, Kinkos, Office Depot etc.) for 11×17 paper prints, a home printer, digital copies of family photos, spray glue and/or double sided tape and glue stick, and scrap cardboard sheets, scissors and a cutting knife. Learn more about the Genealogy Family Tree Board Game here. The preceding article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyrighted by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com.
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