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This project is for the parish and municipality of Kymi, specifically the village project for the Mussalo island (Mussalö) in present-day Kotka. The village's property registration number begins with 285-407-. Mussalo (Swedish: Mussalö) is an island located on the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland, west of Kotkansaari, the central island of Kotka. The island is divided into three district...
The city of Baranovichi, in modern-day Belarus Belarusian: Бара́навічы [ba%CB%88ranav%CA%B2it%CA%82%C9%A8], Łacinka: Baranavičy, Baranavichy; Russian: Бара́новичи, Polish: Baranowicze, Yiddish: באראנאוויטש, Baranovich, began as a Polish village, growing to a town with a 50% Jewish population in 1897, and serving as a seat of Jewish learning and culture. It became part of the Soviet Union and se...
Oriel College, University of Oxford=Oriel Square, 0xfordFounded by Adam de Brome 1324[ ]On 24 April 1324,[9] the Rector of the University Church, Adam de Brome, obtained a licence from Edward II to found a "certain college of scholars studying various disciplines in honour of the Virgin" and to endow it to the value of £30 a year.[10] De Brome bought two properties in 1324, Tackley's Hall, on t...
Top 50 Greatest Screen LegendsThe following list includes the top 50 greatest actors in the history of film, according to the American Film Institute. The American Film Institute defines an American screen legend as “an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after...
The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise is a Ukrainian award. It is awarded for distinguished services to the state and people of the Ukrainian nation in the field of state building, strengthening the international prestige of Ukraine, development of economy, science, education, culture, art, health care, for outstanding charitable, humanistic and public activities. The Order is named for Yarosla...
People Connected to Devon == Historic County of England ===== Image right by Nilfanion - CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki Commons See also>===== Devon - Main Page >===== Devon Genealogical Resources >===== Historic Buildings of Devon >===== Devon Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards
Forsby bruksförsamling Församlingen grundades år 1691 i Pernå socken. Greve Lorenz Creutz fick 1682 tillstånd att bygga ett bruk här. Församlingen nedlades år 1826. Församlingens språk var svenska. Koskenkylän tehdasseurakunta Vuonna 1691 perustettu tehdasseurakunta Pernajan pitäjässä. Kreivi Lorenz Creutz sai 1682 luvan perustaa tänne rautaruukin. Seurakunta lakkautettiin vuonna 1826. Seurak...
19th Century British Politicians Picture to right: General George Anson (1769-1849) British officer and politician who sat for many years as a Whig Member of Parliament. Image by Thomas Barber - BBC Your Paintings (now available by Art UK), Public Domain, Wiki Commons The list below is from Wikipedia UK MPs 1801–02 . Although there will be duplications through the years this is still ...
This project is on History Link 1918 Influenza Pandemic Please DO NOT add profiles to this project but find the one suitable according to where they died. Because of the numbers involved this project is the umbrella project covering a series of sub-projects where GENi profiles of those affected by the influenza pandemic can be added according to where they were from and whether they surviv...
Jokseenkin keskellä Kirvua sijaitsi kolme kylää Maamäki, Ahola ja Karvala, jotka muodostivat yhden ja saman jakokunnan. Kaikkein vanhimmissa maakirjoissa ei mainita mitään näistä kolmesta kylästä, vaan ne luettiin Kirvunkylään, jonka entisille alueille muodostui asutuksen lisäännyttyä monia uusia kyliä. Jo 1500-luvun lopussa Maamäki esiintyy erillisenä kylänä. Vuonna 1635 kylässä oli seitsemän ...
The backbone of this project is from an online article, Lebanese americans, by Paula Hajar and J. Sydney Jones. (See links below).OverviewThe earliest immigrants from the Eastern Mediterranean were generally lumped together under the common rubric of Syrian-Lebanese, and it is consequently difficult to separate the number of ethnic Lebanese immigrants from ethnic Syrian immigrants. Neither of t...
Known and unknown Black actresses, comediennes, dancers, sports figures, and musicians that are alive or deceased. They made many contributions and accomplishments to motion pictures and the stage. Check out the Documents section for photos and posters. See below for bios, filmographies and our Links section for more info on these legends. Join us as we pay tribute to these fabulous and often u...
Cross-dressing is the act of wearing items of clothing not commonly associated with one's sex.[1] Cross-dressing has been used for purposes of disguise, comfort, comedy, and self-expression in modern times and throughout history. Please add profiles of historic people known to cross dress . From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Historical figures have cross-dressed for various reasons a...
Involutional melancholia or involutional depression is an obsolete name for a psychiatric disorder affecting mainly elderly or late middle-aged people, usually accompanied with paranoia. * It is classically defined as “depression of gradual onset occurring during the involutional years (40-55 in women and 50-65 in men), with symptoms of marked anxiety, agitation, restlessness, somatic concerns,...
Telegraph A telegraphist (British English), telegrapher (American English), or telegraph operator is an operator who uses a telegraph key to send and receive the Morse code in order to communicate by land lines or radio.The telegraph industry grew greatly starting in the 1830s, and reached California about 1860. Only at the very beginning were messages actually transmitted using one finger and ...
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) , sometimes known as Hughes syndrome, is a disorder of the immune system that causes an increased risk of blood clots. * Occurs when the immune system mistakenly creates antibodies that make the blood much more likely to clot.* This means people with APS are at greater risk of developing conditions such as: ** Kidney failure can result from decreased blood flow t...
Small intestine cancer is a rare disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the small intestine.===* The small intestine, a long tube (about 20 feet long) connecting the stomach to the large intestines, is part of the body's digestive system which also includes the esophagus, stomach, and large intestine. It folds many times to fit inside the abdomen.* The small intestine ...
A strangulated hernia occurs when the blood supply to the herniated tissue has been cut off. This strangulated tissue can release toxins and infection into the bloodstream, which could lead to sepsis or death. Strangulated hernias are medical emergencies. A hernia is a weak spot or other abnormal opening in a body wall that permits part of the organ to bulge through.* It may develop in various ...
Famous Flappers=Flappers were a "new breed" of young women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms.Flappers h...
Please feel free to add the profile of anyone living with or who lived with Sjogren’s syndrome. == Sjogren's (SHOW-grins) syndrome (SS) is a disorder of your immune system identified by its two most common symptoms — dry eyes and a dry mouth.The condition often accompanies other immune system disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. In Sjogren's syndrome, the mucous membranes and mois...
Multiple Sclerosis=====Add the profiles of those who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and/or died from this disease.===Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body.The cause of MS is still unknown – scientists believe the disease is triggered by...
The Story of Rosie The Riveter Women who worked during the war building the planes and amo...My best friend now 91 and her sister were two of the best..They worked at a factory in Ohio, and the tales she has told me are amazing. They evidently even made bomb parts, built planes, rivited parts into planes, and were told everything was top secret. They really need to be acknowledged. Rosie the Ri...
Wikipedia The University of Tokyo (東京大学, Tōkyō daigaku, abbreviated as Tōdai (東大) in Japanese and UTokyo in English[7]%29 is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era institutions, its direct precursors include the Tenmongata, founded in 1684, and the Shoheizaka Institute.[8] A...
Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, even though the former is a description of music which is popular (and can include any style).As a genre, pop music is very eclectic, often...
This project aims to identify founders, notable teachers and students of Bologna University from 1088 to present day. If in your family tree you have an individual who was a notable professor, administrator or student of a high professional achievement (later in life), whose education was associated with University of Bologna, please add them to this project. It would be great if within profile...