I stumbled across an interesting web site recently. It claims, “Start your own Gravesite Maintenance Business right now to make money providing Grave Plot Maintenance, Gravestone Cleaning, and Summertime Floral Grave Decorations! We’ll show you how.” I’m a bit busy right now, so I will pass on this “opportunity.” Instead, I’ll pass it on you …
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U.S. Census Bureau History: “Public Enemy Number One” John Dillinger and America’s First Responders
The following is a press release issued by the (U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration: On July 22, 1934, FBI agents tracked down notorious gang leader John Dillinger at a movie theater in Chicago, IL. Dillinger’s months-long crime spree came to an end in a hail of bullets as he attempted to elude capture. The …
Settlement Houses – Virtual Genealogy Class slated for July 20
Join the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center (in Colorado) for another wonderful and intriguing virtual genealogy program presented by Terri Meeks. If you had early 20th-century immigrant ancestors, they may have taken advantage of the social services offered by the Settlement House Movement. Join them to hear about those who served and those …