Below are some highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past few weeks that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heritage, and Technology.
On Libraries and Archives
- Illinois has released a new online database catalog for their state archives (MoSGA Messenger)
- While I've seen several mentions of it this past week on various social networks, the story isn't new. A few months ago a 2011 campaign to save the Troy, Michigan Public Library won an award. The video is an impressive display of what social networking can accomplish. (BoingBoing)
Technology/Apps
- WolframAlpha's Geography Course assistant may be of some interest to genealogists, providing information on political boundaries, demographics, and economics. (Current, not historical)
For fans of Tolkein
Heartwarming story of the week
Other Weekly Lists
Randy Seaver's Best of the Genea-Blogs at Genea-Musings
Diane Haddad's Genealogy News Corral at Genealogy Insider
Julie Cahill Tarr's Friday Finds at GenBlog
Below is a list of upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks
Two Week Calendar
Sept 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Sept 16 - Rosh HaShana (Jewish New Year) - Sept 16 (sunset) to Sept 18 (sunset)
Sept 19 - International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Sept 21 - International Day of Peace
Sept 22 - Mabon (NeoPagan celebration of the Autumnal Equinox)
Sept 22 - Hobbit Day
Sept 23 - Holocaust Memorial Day (Lithuania)
Sept 25 - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) - Sept 25 (sunset) to Sept 26 (sunset)
Sept 26 - European Day of Languages
Sept 30 - International Translation Day
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1 comment:
Thanks for including the copyright post -- and for all those other great finds!
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