Monday Recap for July 7, 2014

Posted July 7, 2014 by Amanda | One Comment

Did you have an excellent 4th of July weekend? Kickstart the new work week right with these family history articles from around the web.

Image: Many English Last Names Began as Nicknames – Here are their Original Meanings / Business Insider

Calculating age at death – and why (Vita-Brevis.org) – A good explanation of how early colonial America calculated the deceased’s age in years, months and days for tombstone engravings
Many English Last Names Began as Nicknames – Here are their Original Meanings (Business Insider) – Check out this list of surnames and their likely corresponding meanings. Is your family’s surname on this list?
‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ Star Mark Wahlberg’s Family Tree is FULL of Fellow Celebs — Like Elvis and Eminem! (Life & Style Weekly Magazine) – See what celebrities were found in Mark Wahlberg’s family tree on Geni!
A suspicious first cousin (Vita-Brevis.org) – A suspicouls phone call leads to the discovery of long lost family
This is the Most Devoted Couple, Ever (ViralNova.com) – A couple in England never spent a day apart from each other for the last 68 years…even in death
Genealogy Brick Wall Busters: 10 Places to Find Your Ancestor’s Family, Friends and Neighbors (FamilyTree Magazine) – Good tips on the best places to find the names of those in your ancestor’s cluster

Monday Recap for June 30, 2014 – Last week’s recap
Genealogy in the Classroom – Read what the students of West Valley Middle School discovered when they used Geni and WorldVitalRecods to research their family history
Watch as the U.S. Center of Population Heads West – See this gif of the U.S. center of population moving west over the last 220 years