Weekly Genealogy Picks: Oct 21-27

Highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heritage, and Technology.

Genealogy News

• This week it was announced that Permira Funds is buying Ancestry.com (hat/tip: GeneaPress). Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers explains why Ancestry's sale is not a time to panic.

• Arlington National Cemetery has launched a database. (hat/tip: Genealogy Insider)

Research Advice

• Judy G Russell at The Legal Genealogist addresses the question of whether permission is required to take photos at cemeteries.

• Lorine McGinnis Schulze at The Olive Tree Genealogy provides some tips on Finding an Ancestor in Early Ontario Records Before 1869

• Michael W Twitty at Afroculinaria explains why he decided to pick cotton for 8 hours this week.

Technology/Blogging

• In If You Can't Open It, You Don't Own It - Leslie Johnston at Digital Preservation explores the difference between e-books and physical books.

• Robert Lee Brewer at My Name is Not Bob provides 3 Reasons Why SEO Matters for all bloggers. (Robert Lee Brewer is Poetry Editor at Writer's Digest)

 Cartoons and Poetry

• Cartoonist Steve Mitchell at Fisher Lane pokes fun at Who Do You Think You Are. (This is the seventh in a series of related cartoons.)

• Genealogy - a poem by Zen Doe at The Wind Horse Blog

Other Weekly Lists

• Julie Cahill Tarr's Friday Finds at GenBlog

• Diane Haddad's Genealogy News Corral at Genealogy Insider

• Lynn Palermo's Monday Morning Mentions at The Armchair Genealogist

• Randy Seaver's Best of the Genea-Blogs at Genea-Musings

Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks

Two Week Calendar

• Oct 28 - Reformation Sunday (Protestant Christian)
• Oct 30 - Mischief Night (North America)
• Oct 31 - Hallowe'en or All Hallows' Eve (Christian)
• Oct 31 - Samhain (Neopagan) - Sunset Oct 31 to Sunset Nov 1
• Nov 1 - All Saints Day (Christian)
• Nov 1 - Day of the Innocents (Mexico)
• Nov 2 - Day of the Dead (Mexico)
• Nov 2 - All Souls Day (Catholic)
• Nov 4 - Mischief Night (UK)
• Nov 5 - Guy Fawkes Night (UK)
• Nov 6 - Finnish Swedish Heritage Day
• Nov 8 - World Urbanism Day
• Nov 9 - Schicksalstag (Germany)
• Nov 9 - International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism
• Nov 10 - US Marine Corps birthday
• Nov 11 - New Year (Jain)
• Nov 11 - Father's Day (Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway)
• Nov 11 - Armistice/Remembrance/Veterans Day (US, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France, Belgium)
• Nov 11 - Deepavali/Diwali (Hindu) - Nov 11-15