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HOW PROFESSIONALS WORK TOGETHER.
I just spent a week working in the Province of Frosinone with Janeen Bjork a professional researcher from America. She was working on a huge DNA project involving diverse families whose patriarchs were recruited to work in a stone quarry in Upstate New York...
The Evolution of American Newspapers: Style, Philosophy, Role in Society
Is it time to write an obituary for American newspapers? Where once almost every adult in America read a ‘broadside’ or newspaper, today hard-copy editions…
Back to school: Darien, Rowayton seniors close the generation gap
Locals of a certain age go back to school next month to pursue the second most popular hobby in the U.S.: Genealogy (second to gardening). Genealogy is a multi-billion dollar industry but genealogy courses offered at Norwalk Community College...
Darienite.com: Students, 50 and Over, Find Forgotten Family History in NCC Genealogy Class
by Carol Wilder-Tamme
Twenty “Genealogy & Computers” students took part in Moving Up ceremonies on Monday, May 2, in recognition of the eight weeks of study they undertook starting in March at the non-profit Lifetime Learners Institute at Norwalk Community College. The students received certificates...
Ten Lessons My Great-Great Grandfather Taught Me
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Janeen shared the lessons she learned researching her first ancestor who was famous for more than 15 minutes. CNYGS’ Genealogy Technology Interest Group meets at the Salina Library, 100 Belmont Street, Mattydale (Syracuse), NY, less than four miles from where her ancestor was murdered.
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