Genealogy
tip for the day: SHORTIE TIP – Reference Librarians
Ever heard of the movie “Support Your Local
Sheriff”? Not that the librarians are anything like a sheriff, but let me
paraphrase that to “Support Your Local Librarian”.
Your local reference librarian should be your ‘next
best friend’-- your BFF! Get to know your local library and their reference librarians.
Besides books on the shelves, they may know about databases, out of print books
and other hard to find items to help in your research. Sometimes an item may
not necessarily be in what you think is a logical place. There are a lot of
sources that are typically “non-genealogical” but still give you information
you may need.
It could be you need to look at statistical reports,
or historical trends, or geographic information about a country. They can
assist you in ways you may not think about. So be sure and dig into this
sometimes-untapped resource … their minds!
“History is who we
are; Genealogy is who I am” sg
If any of these posts are helpful drop us a line in
the comments section below. We just want to know if the information we provide
to you is beneficial in anyway.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Are you a Lord of the Rings lover? We are having a LOTR marathon starting March 22!! Don't miss it!
Summer Reading Program will be starting
soon. Watch for announcements on that and registration information. This is for
ages Adults through young children! Come Join Us - and explore new worlds.
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| Mass. Bay Colony Charter |
Today in History
March 14
March 14
1629
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A Royal charter is granted to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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1743
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First American town meeting is held at Boston's Faneuil
Hall.
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1757
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British Admiral John Byng is executed by a firing squad on
board HMS Monarch for neglect of duty.
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1794
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Inventor Eli Whitney receives a patent for his cotton gin.
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1900
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United States currency goes on the gold standard.
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1903
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The Senate ratifies the Hay-Herran Treaty, guaranteeing
the United states the right to build a canal in Panama.
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1912
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An anarchist named Antonio Dalba unsuccessfully attempts
to kill Italy's King Victor Emmanuel III in Rome.
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1915
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The British Navy sinks the German battleship Dresden
off the Chilean coast.
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1918
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An all-Russian Congress of Soviets ratifies a peace treaty
with the Central Powers.
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1923
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President Warren G. Harding becomes the first U.S.
President to file an income tax report.
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1936
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Adolf Hitler tells a crowd of 300,000 that Germany's only
judge is God and itself.
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1939
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The Nazis dissolve the republic of Czechoslovakia.
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1943
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The Germans reoccupy Kharkov in the Soviet Union.
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1947
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The United States signs a 99-year lease on naval bases in
the Philippines.
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1951
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U.N. forces recapture Seoul for the second time during the
Korean War.
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1954
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The Viet Minh launch an assault against the French
Colonial Forces at Dien Bien Phu.
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1964
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A Dallas jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of
assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
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1967
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John F. Kennedy's body is moved from a temporary grave to
a permanent one in Arlington Cemetery.
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1978
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An Israeli force of 22,000 invades south Lebanon, hitting
the PLO bases.
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1990
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet
Congress.
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1991
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The "Birmingham Six," imprisoned for 16 years
for their alleged part in an IRA pub bombing, are set free after a court
agrees that the police fabricated evidence.
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Born on March 14
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1804
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Johann Strauss, violinist and composer.
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1833
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Lucy Hobbs Taylor,
first woman dentist.
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1854
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Paul Ehrlich, German bacteriologist who received the Nobel
Prize for medicine.
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1864
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Casey Jones, railroad engineer.
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1879
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Albert Einstein, German-born mathematician best known for
his theories on relativity.
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1934
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Eugene Cernan, American astronaut, the last man on the
moon.
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PRONUNCIATION:
(GLAS-go
kis, GLAZ-)
MEANING:
noun: A headbutt: a strike with the head
to someone's sensitive area (such as the nose).
ETYMOLOGY:
This slang for headbutt is relatively
recent. The OED shows this 1982 citation from the Daily Mirror as the first
printed use of the term:
"Glasgow has its own way of welcoming people ... There is a broken bottle gripped in the fist of greeting. Or there's the Glasgow Kiss -- a sharp whack on the nose with the forehead."
The term arose from allusion to violence in part of the city. An earlier term is a Liverpool kiss.
"Glasgow has its own way of welcoming people ... There is a broken bottle gripped in the fist of greeting. Or there's the Glasgow Kiss -- a sharp whack on the nose with the forehead."
The term arose from allusion to violence in part of the city. An earlier term is a Liverpool kiss.
USAGE:
"The
General Medical Council, the most useless body in Britain, can't even get the
name of their new boss right. If John Reid is half as tough as he pretends
he'll give this rotten lot a Glasgow kiss!"
David Mellor; Man of The People: Headbangers; People; Jun 15, 2003.
Today’s
Recipe
March -
Breakfast Foods
Needed: Coconut water (frozen into ice cubes, you will need
12), three cups of fresh berries, greek yogurt.
Directions: For each layer blend 1/4 cup yogurt, 4 coconut
water ice cubes and 1 cup of berries. Add each layer to the cup, rinse your
blender and repeat. Enjoy!
Mar 4th Corned Beef Hash
Mar 5th Sunday Morning Muffins
Mar 6th Breakfast Pizza
Mar 10th Baked Fruit
– 3 ways
Mar 11th French
Toast Sticks – Kid Friendly
Mar 12th Mini
Quiche
Mar 13th Red
Velvet Waffles, with cream cheese gravy – (I didn’t say they would be
healthy!)
Mar 14th Triple
Berry Smoothie – not just for breakfast any more.
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
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