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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Nov 15, 2017, 2:40 AM UTC

Remember CompuServe?

I didn't even know that CompuServe was still around. But it is. And those who use its forums are in for a lousy surprise. The company is shutting them down. The Genealogy Forum on CompuServe dates ba…

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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Nov 15, 2017, 2:17 AM UTC

Finally there's been a breakthrough.

I've been looking for records on my great-great grandfather for ages. Now, I have to work on deciphering these to glean whatever information I can. ajh

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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Nov 13, 2017, 12:09 AM UTC

#WatertownApplebyFoleyGroverKampeskaPelicanRauvilleWaverly

I JUST HAD TO MAKE A HASHTAG OUT OF IT In my grandfather's Social Security file, there's a long list of towns, places where he worked, I think. This is rather unusual. Most files only list one place,…

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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Nov 13, 2017, 12:02 AM UTC

Bluetooth technology is named after Harald Bluetooth, whose initials in runic script — ᚼᛒ — make up the logo.

FIRST KING OF THE DANES The Bluetooth name is an Anglicized version of the Scandinavian word Blåtand, sometimes spelled Blåtann. In Old Norse it's Blátǫnn. The word is the epithet of the tenth-centur…

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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Nov 12, 2017, 11:56 PM UTC

Debating in German

I am trying to sort through a debate, mostly in German, on the meaning of the word Einwohner throughout history. I had no idea that I'd set this into motion with a simple question about my great gran…

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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Nov 6, 2017, 12:04 AM UTC

Well, this is strange. Did Emil make the trip to America or die in the Old World?

One of the puzzles on my family tree is my great grandparents' son <a href="https://aaronjhill.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/reminding-me-of-my-greatuncle-emil-fromke-lost-to-history-sadly/" target="_b…

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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Oct 24, 2017, 1:01 AM UTC

Manhattan, 1887

When my great grandparents landed at the Castle Garden immigration depot at the tip of Manhattan in 1887, this is what New York City looked like, at least on one street. It must have been exciting, t…

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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Oct 20, 2017, 12:04 AM UTC

History is personal

One of my ancestors, a Revolutionary War vet, Martin Tidd. His father, John, died during the French and Indian War.

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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Oct 19, 2017, 11:49 PM UTC

Goodbye, Cousin

THERE ARE LOTS of us, no doubt. Cousins, that is. As you go back in time, the fewer the people and therefore the increased likelihood that any two people today share a common ancestor. Such is the ca…

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aaronjhill
@aaronjhill Oct 18, 2017, 11:36 PM UTC

Words that are a foot-and-a-half long?

While reading a bit of commentary from north of the border, I came across a word, a big word unknown to me, sesquipedalian. So I had to look it up, and Douglas Harper and his Online Etymology Diction…

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