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Continue reading →: Tick, Tack, Toe – or Time, Place, Person.
Airplane pilots will tell you that one of their primary skill sets involves determining time, speed, and distance. Each affects the other two when getting to a destination on time safely. For the genealogist, we have something similar: Time, Place, and Person. The Social Scientist in me always strives to…
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Continue reading →: My Secret Weapon, Inter-Library Loan.
I’ve posted my approach to visiting a research library elsewhere on this blog. It’s all about books and other written materials. I can get anything on the computers at home, and nowadays, even information found on films (microfilm and microfiche) can typically be found online or at the local Family…
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Continue reading →: According to Microsoft Excel, the World began on January 1st, 1900 – My Ancestors will disagree.
In a previous post, I demonstrated the power of using the date format YYYY.MM.DD in Microsoft Explorer allows you to place anything in one folder chronologically. This is a very powerful tool. However, when working with Excel, the rules change. Recently, I added several Civil War battle dates to an…
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Continue reading →: FamilySearch – FamilyTree, a love-hate thing.
I’ve had this post bouncing around in my head for a few weeks. If it is written down, maybe I can get it out of my head and move on. Let’s see. I’m a big football fan. My teams are the New Orleans Saints and the LSU Tigers. I also…
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Continue reading →: The Mendocino County Historical Society.
The Mendocino County Historical Society maintains the Held-Poage Research Library at 603 West Perkins Street in Ukiah, California 95444. Their website is http://www.mchs.ws. While working on one of my long-standing authorship projects, I enjoyed visiting the Mendocino County Historical Society’s library in Ukiah, California. The library is housed in a…
Hello,
I’m Aaron
My path toward discovery is never ending. Notice I say toward discovery. True discovery comes from the understanding that the journey is actually the destination.
I use this blog to share my discovery. Topics vary – ranging from my exercises in micro history and travel, to the strange things that come to my mind and how I engage them.
Aaron Tassin, MLIS 