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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Time Capsule Fun

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!



Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1) Go to the dMarie Time Capsule Website - http://dmarie.com/timecap/

2) Select a date in your family history that you want to know about. You might pick a birth date or wedding date of your parents or grandparents.

3) Enter the date into the search form, and select the news, songs, toys, books and other things that you want to feature.

4) Share the date, why you picked it, and the results of your Time Capsule study on your own blog, in a comment to this post, or in a comment or post on Facebook. 


I chose my grandparent's wedding day, 23 September 1964. 


Top News Head Lines of the Week: 

Sept 24- "Munsters" premieres on TV

Sept 24- 1st MinuteMan II ICBM was tested 

Sept 24- Will Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of German DR 

Sept 24- Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd 

Sept 25- Jens Otto forms minority govt in Denmark


Top Songs in 1964

- The House of The Rising Sun by Animals

- Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison

- There! I've Said It Again by Bobby Vinton

- She Loves You by Beatles

- Chapel of Love by Dixie Cups

- Can't By Me Love by Beatles

- I Feel Fine by Beatles

- I Want to Hold Your Hand by Beatles

- Baby Love by Supremes

- I Get Around by Beach Boys


1964 Prices:

Bread: $0.21/loaf

Milk: $ 1.06/gal

Eggs: $0.98/doz

Cars: $ 2, 350

Gas: $0.30/gal

House: $20,500

Avg Income: $7,336/yr



The U.S President in 1964 was Lyndon B. Johnson.


Some TV shows in 1964 were The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gilligan's Island, The Addams Family, Bewitched, The Twilight Zone, The Flinstones, and The Andy Griffith Show.


Hot Toys in 1964 were Easy Bake Oven, Creepy Crawlers, Agent Zero-M Invisible Ink Set, Bobbing Head Beatles Dolls, and Nutty Mads. 
Thanks for reading,
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  1. Linda StufflebeanSeptember 6, 2020 at 11:05 AM

    1964 is the best year ever for music! Every one of those songs is terrific. I guess I am showing my age. :)

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