from genealogy blogs, newspaper articles and elsewhere
- A 90-year old Tampa, Florida woman refuses to return Davy Crockett's marriage license to Tennessee officials. (hat/tip: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter)
- Also in Tampa, New Years Eve, a set of twins were born on opposite sides of midnight. (Some newspapers, such as the New York Daily News have chosen the sensationalistic and grammatically incorrect headline announcing the kids were born a decade apart. They were born in separate decades, but not a decade apart.)
- The St. Elmo Historical Society needed to raise some money, so they came up with a calender they called "Naughty, but nice." "It features 13 color shots of everybody from the city veterinarian to the local newspaper owner to a waitress with a seductive smile posing in the altogether. Strategically arranged props, ranging from an impressively sized bolt-action rifle to a golden retriever (which even appears to be smiling), cover the truly naughty bits, although readers' imaginations are given free rein." The Post Dispatch article shares a 'recreation' of the photo of the veterinarian and the golden retriever.
- The Library of Congress and the Internet Archive have put 60,000 books online. Many of a historical or genealogical nature.
- Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak writes about Annie Moore, the first Ellis Island Immigrant, for The Huffington Post.
- Missouri Secretary of State, Robin Carnahan, talks about the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative
- You still have the rest of today to enter the Data Backup Weekend Contest over at GeneaBloggers.
- Mark Tucker at ThinkGenealogy writes about the new social networking site, FourSquare, and how genealogists might use it.
- Craig Manson at GeneaBlogie concludes his mock courtroom argument on certification.
- Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak's Genealogical Round-up at RootsWorld
- Randy Seaver's Best of the Genea-Blogs at Genea-Musings
- Apple's Weekly Rewind at Apple's Tree
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