Google's RSS Reader
I have written a number of times about RSS newsfeeds. Using a newsreader (software that reads RSS news feeds) can save a lot of time per day. For instance, you can read all the new articles on this newsletter's web site and on many other web sites in minutes instead of hours. You save a lot of time because you do not have to keep returning to a number of web sites or entering web site addresses of "http://www..."With any RSS newsreader, you can "subscribe" to the web sites you want to check frequently. That is, you tell the RSS newsreader software to check a list of web sites, and you create the list. The RSS newsreader software then retrieves all the new ar

Thumbizy: Instant Website Thumbnail Generator
I know I am going to use this often! If you create presentations for societies or if you write a blog that mentions other web sites, you will want to take a look at Thumbizy.Thumbizy is a free instant website thumbnail generator that can help you to take snapshots of any website. You only need to give the URL of the web site and select the thumbnail size. Thumbizy will instantly provide you a screenshot of your given web site, which you can store locally, then insert it into

Mysterious Headstones Discovered in Montana Backyard
A fire that destroyed part of a Great Falls, Montana house earlier this year led to some much needed renovations - which turned up more than just dirt.Cindy Torrez's son discovered five five burial headstones in his neighbor's backyard when he was taking out the trash on Thursday. Then another neighbor came forward, saying she found two more in her backyard.Willard Cook is in charge of the cemetery records for the Great Falls Genealogy Society, and says that the stones look authentic, but are not typical of the era etched on them. He remarked that they look, "...professional. But normally people used monuments back then." The Genealogy society sa

(+) How to Charge for Your Content on the Web
The following is a Plus Edition article, written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. Do you, your employer, or your local genealogy society have information that you would like to offer to others online for a fee? Do you have questions about how to do that or how to charge money or how to handle credit cards? Do you want to know how to control access to the information? If you would like to save some time, money, and frustration with these tasks, this article can help! I have decided to share with you some of my own “lessons learned” in finding and implementing a solution that has worked well for me and for many others. In this newsletter and el

An Interesting NASCAR Tombstone
The "My Good Life" blog is written by Mark Aubrey. He has posted some pictures from the Greenwood Cemetery in Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana and one of them caught my eye. I collect pictures of unusual tombstones so I had to save this one. Perhaps you will also.This tombstone shows a picture of a Mr. and Mrs. Davis with what probably was a major item in their lives: a stock car. Having the race car also pictured on the tombstone is a nice touch, in my opinion. However, if it was my tombstone, I think I would have left off the logo of one of the commercial sponsors. What do you think? Check out the picture at