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Voice of the Mid-Columbia | Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, Wash. |
The world's first telegram was sent May 24, 1844, from Washington to Baltimore. Inventor Samuel Morse borrowed from the Old Testament for his first message, which was the sentence,"What hath God wrought?"
The Internet is providing genealogists with such a veritable avalanche of new digital databases it's literally impossible to keep up.
As wonderful a resource as the Internet is, genealogists can't get very far without interviewing people.