High-Tech Headstones

                            

Dave Quiring, president of Quiring Monuments, has created living headstones where a smart tag is built into the gravestone which visitors  can scan into their smart phone and are taken to a personalized website full of information about the departed person. Here their lives can be remembered with photos, sayings, stories, obituaries, videos, and even humor.
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 High-tech headstones immortalizing life stories by Eric Johnson

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Another Day...Another Raid

  
1936

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Thrifty Drug Stores & the 5 cent Scoop

         

Thrifty Drug Stores: where they had the best ice cream for just 5cents/scoop.  

A summertime delight was just a dime and a bicycle ride away.

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Occupation: Coremaker

1899 Cleveland City Directory

entry for Michael & Peter Busch:

                       
                           Occupation:  Coremaker
                                A person who makes cores for foundry molds.

An early 1900's foundry image

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Historic Family Cemeteries in Virginia

 Preservation Virginia 
has prepared a map of Historic Family Cemeteries in Virginia that are endangered due to neglect, vandalism, inappropriate development, and/or agricultural practices.

You are invited to share the location of an endangered  historic family cemetery with Preservation Virginia.

Mother's Day Greetings

 

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The Ideal Mother's Day Gift

 

 May 8, 1934  

Trenton Evening Times 

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Robillard Family History

 
Robillard:  Of French origin; first seen in Normandy

One of the first settlers of this surname in Quebec was Claude Robillard who arrived in New France in 1663.

(click image to enlarge chart)

Robillard Family Genealogy Forum

Robillard on Geni

Olvera Street - Happy Cinco de Mayo!

    

Located in the oldest part of Los Angeles, Olvera Street is colorful Mexican marketplace and the setting for Mexican style music, dancing, and holiday celebrations.

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A celebrated holiday since 5 May 1862, commemorating the unexpected victory over the French army at the Battle of Puebla.

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"Here's where the fun begins!" - Han Solo

         
Sharing a favorite that never fails to make me smile!

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May the Force be with you

in your genealogical quests.

Book tells of a president's secret surgery at sea

A President's Secret Surgery at Sea

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Virtual Library Legislative Day - Contact Congress from home

ALA Virtual Legislative Day allows library advocates to contact Congress from home  

Virtual Library Legislative Day is part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) National Library Legislative Day on May 10, when hundreds of library advocates will descend on Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress and their staffs. Library advocates who cannot make it to Capitol Hill for the event can still be a part of the effort by calling and/or e-mailing their elected officials on May 10 – or any time the week of May 9-13. 

So the trip to Washington isn’t in your budget? No problem! By calling and/or e-mailing your elected officials in Washington and asking them to vote for libraries, you can make a difference. Just five minutes of your time will help support and strengthen the efforts of the library supporters in Washington rallying on May 10. If you cannot call or e-mail your elected official on May 10, please do so sometime between May 9-13.

 Spread the word – please share this opportunity to voice support for libraries to your Friends group members, Board of Trustees, library staff, patrons, and community at large. To help you achieve this, ALTAFF has provided a reproducible bookmark and flyer. Both can be found at  http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/altaff/advocacy/virtualmarch/index.cfm. You can also promote on Facebook. RSVP (and share the event on your Facebook page) at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215175918508373.