Sunday, November 18, 2012

Weekly Genealogy Picks: Nov 11-17

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.
  • Those who use Gmail for their email will be pleased to know you can now search for emails by their size. So if you are running out of space, finding those photographs you emailed to relatives is now significantly easier. Even if you were utilizing FindBigMail or a similar application, you will likely find Gmail's new search functions are an improvement.
Other Weekly Lists
Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks

Two Week Calendar
  • Nov 20 - Universal Childrens' Day
  • Nov 21 - National Adoption Day (US)
  • Nov 21 - Yule (Neopagan)
  • Nov 22 - Thanksgiving (US)
  • Nov 23 - Ashura (Islam) - Nov 23 (sunset) - Nov 24 (sunset)
  • Nov 24 - Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom (Sikh)
  • Nov 25 - Feast of Christ the King (Christian)
  • Nov 26 - Day of the Covenant (Baha'i)
  • Nov 28 - Ascension of Abdu'l-Bahá (Baha'i)
  • Nov 28 - Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib (Sikh)
  • Nov 30 - St. Andrew's Day (Christian)
  • Dec 1 - Great Union Day (Romania)
  • Dec 1 - National Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks Day
  • Dec 2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
  • Dec 2 - Advent - First Sunday (Christian)

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