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)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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
- 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
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
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