Genealogist website March 6, 2021

Genealogist website March 6, 2021

HAVE A HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY AND STAY AWAY FROM GREEN BEER!

 

Modern Abe

Does this guy seem familiar?

Would you say he has an honest face?

Would you vote for him?

Check out him and some of his peers with their modern look at the link below.

https://mymodernmet.com/modern-presidents-magdalene-visaggio

 

 

Underground railroad to Mexico

 

The Underground Railroad allowed many escaped slaves to gain their freedom by feeling northward as far as Canada.

 

I had never heard about a southern version of the Underground Railroad that led south into Mexico.

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/971325620/a-chapter-in-u-s-history-often-ignored-the-flight-of-runaway-slaves-to-mexico?

 

 

 

Movie cameras did not become widely available until 1923.

Even if you had a reel of film from the 1920’s it would not be easily viewable. There was roughly a 75-year period where our only photo images of our ancestors were still shots. What if you had the opportunity to view those old pictures in an animated form? Would they seem more alive, more human?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/28/22306097/ai-brings-still-photos-life-meme-twitter-geneaology-myheritage

 

 

purging booksNow that we are things digital, have you ever wondered what happens to old books?

I know genealogists worry that references to families of the past will be lost in the purge.

https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-education/university-libraries-are-purging-millions-of-books

https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/college-libraries-are-purging-book-collections-are-they-discarding-thought-well/



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