Saturday September 26 - Sunday October 4
A selection of blog entries and newspapers articles from the past week:
A selection of blog entries and newspapers articles from the past week:
- AnceStories' October 2009 Calendar of Events
- Genealogy's Star on standards of genealogical evidence
- NARAtions (the blog of the National Archives) asks for input on the process for ordering copies of their archival records.
- Daly History has an entry on Birth, Marriage and Death certificates in the UK
- footnoteMaven at Shades of the Departed has an entry on pet photography in the 1870s and 1880s
- Craig Manson at Shades of the Departed has an entry on what to do if one thinks they may have Classified Photographs
- GeneaMusings has a list of unindexed databases at Ancestry.com. (I discovered the Missouri Still Birth and Miscellaneous records back in March of 2008. I still haven't found time to browse through the 72,000 pages of unindexed material for St. Louis.)
- Cpaphill Vintage Postcards links to the Official Channel of the British Monarchy on YouTube, which has several historical videos of interest.
- Auschwitz blueprints are online (hat tip: GenealogyBlog)
- A press release from LiveRoots.com (hat tip: MoSGA Messenger)
- On September 26th, Robert M. Doerr, editor of the Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal, passed away at the age of 82.
- Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis marks its 160th anniversary
- Ardi, the oldest and most complete skeleton of a potential human ancestor
- Velveteen Rabbi's poem for Sukkot (A week-long Jewish festival which began the evening of October 2nd)
Thanks for the mention. I always monitor your site. Also, thanks for your contributions.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind mention of my Calendar of Events.
Hi John, thank you for the mention. I will be sure to check back regularly!
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