Let’s Get Jiggy with Civil War Dudes!
Let’s Get Jiggy with Civil War Dudes is a blog that pathologically features officers of the American Civil War.
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Month: January 2011
Vintage WWII US Navy Posters Encouraging Proper Food Etiquette
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New page: William Rhodes of Newport RI (c.1672- c.1716)
Transcibe your documents and mutitask with AquaSnap
In two of my blog posts of 2010 I have featured AeroSnap and FreeSnap, at these links : http://rhodesfamily.org/Blog////index.php/2010/04/23/great-little-piece-of-software-aerosnap plus http://rhodesfamily.org/Blog////index.php/2010/07/04/freesnap
I have discovered a new piece of software that takes the best of both programs and added additional features–it is called AquaSnap. On AeroSnap you can view only two windows vertically, by dragging and dropping the program window to one side of the screen. When using FreeSnap you can view up to four windows both vertically and horizontally, but you will need to use the keyboard to do so.
AquaSnap is the best of both worlds, like FreeSnap, you can view up to four windows both vertically and horizontally, and in any combination. Similar to AeroSnap, with AquaSnap you are dragging and dropping a program window to different parts of the screen, without touching the keyboard.
In my book this is a must have program for any genealogist, and mutitasker.
The following is a link to HowtoGeek.com where they have a great review and how-to overview of AquaSnap here.
Here is the program page link.
Geraldine Doyle, 86, dies; one-time factory worker inspired Rosie the Riveter and ‘We Can Do It!’ poster
Geraldine Doyle, 86, who as a 17-year-old factory worker became the inspiration for a popular World War II recruitment poster that evoked female power and independence under the slogan “We Can Do It!,” died Dec. 26 at a hospice in Lansing, Mich.
Her daughter, Stephanie Gregg, said the cause of death was complications from severe arthritis.
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Researchers: Ancient human remains found in Israel
Professor Avi Gopher from the Institute of Archeology of Tel Aviv University holds an ancient tooth that was found at an archeological site near Rosh Haain, central Israel, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. Israeli archaeologists say they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man. A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said Monday they found teeth about 400,000 years old. The earliest Homo sapiens remains found until now are half as old. Archaeologist Avi Gopher says further research is needed to solidify the claim. If it does, he says, “this changes the whole picture of evolution.” (AP Photo/Oded Balilty).
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The History of Santa Claus
Santa Claus came about when the story of the St. Nicholas of Myra was melded with the legend of Odin. The image was refined by poetry, illustration, and advertising. Get the details on the origins of Santa Claus at it THING
http://itthing.com/the-history-of-santa-claus
Jamestown unearths inscribed 400-year-old pipes
RICHMOND, Va. ? Archeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who’s who of early 17th century colonial and British elites, underscoring the importance of tobacco to North America’s first permanent English settlement.
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Military genealogy site for the UK
Military Genealogy is the ONLY site where you can find military records of over 2 million British Armed Forces personnel exclusively cross matched with over 4000 Regiments, Bases and Ships of the British Armed Forces going back to before 1630, making your genealogy task much easier and more complete.
Here is the link.
Celtic tomb hailed as great archaeological find
In a discovery described as a ?milestone of archaeology,? scientists have found a 2,600-year-old aristocratic burial site at the Celtic hill fort at Heuneburg in Baden-W?rttemberg.
You can see the article in it’s entirety here.