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Finding Your Family Through DNA
Hunting for your ancestors is a popular hobby these days. There are few things more exciting than finding a famous ancestor or uncovering a juicy family secret.
Thomas Armat: Fredericksburg Native Was an Inventor of the Motion Picture Projector
By Dan Enos, CRRL Volunteer Most Fredericksburg cinephiles have to content themselves with a life far removed from the gaudy glamour of the flashy film world that has its yearly peak as “award season” takes over Hollywood. However, if not for the ingenuity and tenacity of Fredericksburg-born entrepreneur and movie projector inventor Thomas Armat (1866-1948)…
The Narrow Gauge Railroad
By Robert Hodge In 1852, Fredericksburg businessmen were concerned with the failure of the Rappahannock Canal (see Fredericksburg Times, Jan. 1978), the impassability of the turnpike, the incomplete state of the plank road and the loss of county trade to the Alexandria markets via the railroad. A meeting was held and it was decided to revive…
2019: A New Year in the Public Domain
Something unusual happened at the beginning of this year, so abruptly that you may not have even noticed. On January 1, 2019, new works entered the public domain for the first time in 20 years! However, the “new” public domain works all date from the year 1923, which seems like a very long time ago…
Book Corner: How (and Why) to Keep on Learning
Are you familiar with the phrase “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”? That turns out not to be true; the internet said so. The old-school way of thinking is that you can’t do certain things, such as learning a new language or instrument unless you start early in life. That sounds pretty discouraging…
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