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Tag: Technology
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Family Tree Maker Support Site SCAM ALERT! They Want Your Money (And Your Data)
Family Tree Maker Support Site SCAM ALERT! They Want Your Money (And Your Data) Family Tree Maker Support Site: Picture this: It’s Saturday morning. You’ve got your coffee, your census records are lined up, and you’re ready to break down a brick wall in Family Tree Maker 2019. But then—a glitch. The software freezes. You…
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National Technology Day: From Microfilm to Megabytes
National Technology Day: From Microfilm to Megabytes National Technology Day: Happy New Year, everyone! As we settle into the first week of January, many of us are focused on resolutions or perhaps finally organizing those boxes of family photos we inherited over the holidays. However, there is a special occasion on the calendar that deserves…
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Grace Hopper: The Rear Admiral Who Helped Uncover Your Ancestors
Grace Hopper: The Rear Admiral Who Helped Uncover Your Ancestors Grace Hopper: Today – December 9 – marks the birth anniversary of a titan in the world of technology: Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. For many in the genealogy community, the name might ring a distant bell, perhaps associated with naval history or obscure computer…
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Laptop Prices Are About to Skyrocket (And What It Means for Genealogists)
Laptop Prices Are About to Skyrocket (And What It Means for Genealogists) Laptop Prices Are About to Skyrocket: If you have been waiting for a post-holiday clearance sale to replace your old genealogy research laptop, I have some difficult news: the bargain bin might be empty this year. A “perfect storm” in the tech world…
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Best Black Friday Tech Deals at Amazon – Amazing Savings for Genealogy and Tech Nerds!
Best Black Friday Tech Deals at Amazon – Amazing Savings for Genealogy and Tech Nerds! Best Black Friday Tech Deals at Amazon: (Because Your Research Setup Shouldn’t Still Be Running Like It’s 1985) If your genealogy “computer lab” still looks like the basement from Stranger Things—tangles of cables, one tiny monitor, and a wheezing old PC—this…
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IBM PC: How It Changed Genealogical Research Forever
The IBM Personal Computer was introduced today – August 12th – in 1981. It cost $1,565 (the equivalent of $5,410 in today’s currency). This was IBM’s first foray into the desktop computer market.
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National Hispanic Heritage Month Begins: Parish Registers That Reach Back Before Civil Registration
National Hispanic Heritage Month starts September 15. Catholic parish registers often carry a family line centuries before Latin American civil registration began.
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The Muppet Show at 50: Which Ancestor Was Your Miss Piggy?
The Muppet Show at 50: The Muppet Show meets genealogy. Find the Miss Piggy, Beaker, and Sam the Eagle in your family tree and start writing ancestor sketches.
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Grandparents Day: Use Social Security Applications to Rebuild a Grandparent’s Early Life
Grandparents Day: A single 1930s government form can reveal your grandparent’s birthplace, birth date, and parents’ names. Here’s why the SS-5 is genealogy’s best-kept secret.