AncestryTo Be Sold



Read the latest news from Dick Eastman  on the sale of Ancestry to a European private equity firm. The announcement was made this morning, acquiring company bought the genealogical mogul for $1.6 billion dollars.



http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2012/10/ancestrycom-to-be-sold-to-investor-group-led-by-permira-for-16-billion.html#more

Historic Cloud Cap Inn Presention

Ron
Kikel will give a slide presentation about the historic Cloud Cap Inn at the
Discovery Center this Saturday, October 20, beginning at 1 p.m. in the Murdock
Theater. This program will be provided with daily admission to the museum, free
to Museum members, or $3 for just the program.

Kikel
has worked for the Hood River Ranger District for the past 10 years as an
Information Assistant and certified Interpreter. His degree in American History
from the University of Nebraska in Omaha caused his interest in this historical
building, the oldest commercial building on Mt. Hood, predating Timberline Lodge
by 46 years. The Inn was built before the frontier of the West was considered
closed, and the Chinese laborers used to build the access road were not
considered citizens. The Inn had amenities, such as indoor plumbing and
telephones, that most Americans would not see in their own homes for decades.
Ron has been providing summer time tours of the Inn since 2006.

Octobers Program Recap

 

 

Fred Henchell did a great job leading us through the wreckage of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, both from the perspective of published accounts and photographs, and his family’s experience including his grandfather’s post- quake photographs. I don’t think there was anyone left unaffected when Fred explained that his grandparents piled what they could carry in the baby carriage, and fled to the ferry landing with Fred’s one year old father clutched in his mother’s arms. They ferried across the bay safely and later the elder Fred Henchell went back and took photographs which our Fred only recently discovered. After this poignant introduction, he did a very thorough job of showing us alternative ways to search out ancestors when the vital records are gone. He also forayed into an area that Linda Colton will continue next month, in tracking his great grandfather who signed onto a ship in Germany, and probably jumped ship in 19^{th century San Francisco to create a new life. A lively discussion ensued about "lost" records in other places. Thank you from all of us.}





 

River Fest Event October 6, 2012

Fall Family HIstory Workshop

 

 

 

 

Fall Family History Workshop

Saturday, October 20th

9 am - 2 pm

Mid-Columbia Family History Center

LDS Church - 18th & May St in Hood River

For more info, call 541-490-0344

Free workshop with classes for beginners and experienced
researchers