• aaronjhill (28)in #internet • 8 years ago

  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…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #genealogy • 8 years ago

  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 (28)in #genealogy • 8 years ago

  #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…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #bluetooth • 8 years ago

  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…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #german • 8 years ago

  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…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #genealogy • 8 years ago

  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 Emil. Passenger records have him arriving with his parents at the immigration depot known as Castle Garden…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #history • 8 years ago

  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…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #art • 8 years ago

  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 (28)in #genealogy • 8 years ago

  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…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #etymology • 8 years ago

  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…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #quotes • 8 years ago

  Liberty lies in the hearts of men & women...

  “Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.” — Justice Learned Hand

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• aaronjhill (28)in #notafan • 8 years ago

  In the Land Soon To Be Overflowing with Cheerios

  General Mills has been busy tweeting out corporate propaganda, attempting to benefit off of natural disasters and taking a dig at Trump and his supposed lackluster response to…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #history • 8 years ago

  The Mexican War

  When I first learned that the brother of one of my ancestors had fought in the Mexican War, I began an in-depth study of the conflict, which I otherwise wouldn't have pursued.…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #genealogy • 8 years ago

  Study Your Family History!

  I love researching my family's history. I'm a big proponent of it. Everyone should be doing it. There are many ways to go about it,from traditional genealogy to scientific…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #wwi • 8 years ago

  So looking forward to seeing these memorial coins firsthand, honoring the soldiers of the First World War.

  Sure, technically the war started in 1917. But gearing up for war took time, and though American soldiers arrived on the Western Front by June, combat didn’t start in earnest for…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #twitter • 8 years ago

  I love Twitter, but corporate management is ruining it! The interlopers must stop micromanaging!

  Twitter is such a wonderful tool. I've become addicted to it. I post all kinds of stuff, from stupid ideas to notes on items I am researching, such as my family tree. But the…

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• aaronjhill (28)in #genealogy • 8 years ago

  WHAT WAS HE DOING IN SOUTH AMERICA? IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY?

  AND WHERE IS YOUR WIFE? My great grandmother’s younger brother, Leslie Warren Darling, was engaged to a girl named Ruth June Amos. But his death during the First World War…

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