Bob Larson

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Google is Changing Picasa Photo Editing Program

(Dick Eastman’s Daily Newsletter – February 17) Google’s Picasa has been one of my favorite photo editing tools for several years. Now there is bad news and good news about the free service. Bad news: Google will stop supporting the Picasa desktop application on March 15th, 2016. It will still work beyond March 15th, but …

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Tips for Finding More Free Historical Records Online at FamilySearch

(Kimberly Powell’s Weekly Blog – January 26) 1. Image Only Historical Records On FamilySearch FamilySearch, the free genealogy website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has millions of digitized records available online that have not yet been indexed. What this means for genealogists and other researchers is that if you are only …

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National Archives Launches Free History Hub

(Dick Eastman – January 20, 2016) The National Archives and Records Administration has recently launched a FREE History Hub, an online research support community, where members of the public can ask questions about research at NARA. The new site is a pilot for the next six months, and hopefully will be fully funded after that …

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