Weekly Genealogy Picks: Nov 4 - Nov 10

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.

The US Election

• Judy G. Russell at The Legal Genealogist discussed Voting and The Law

• Jeanne Kramer-Smyth's Election Eve: Fighting for the Right to Vote at Spellbound Blog shared several historical images of suffragists

• Bill West at West in New England presented the poem, The Poor Voter on Election Day by John Greenleaf Whittier

• The Children's BBC explained the US Presidential Election to its young readers.

Other Topics

• Malka Margolies at The Tablet wrote about rescuing her father's library

• Jasia at Creative Gene published The 123rd edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. The theme was birthdays. Jasia also announced that the Carnival of Genealogy is taking a hiatus.

Other Weekly Lists

• Ruth Blair's Ruth's Recommendations at The Passionate Genealogist
• Julie Cahill Tarr's Friday Finds at GenBlog 
• Dan Curtis's Monday's Link Roundup at Personal Professional Historian 
• Diane Haddad's Genealogy News Corral at Genealogy Insider 
• Michael J Leclerc's From the Blogs at Mocavo Genealogy Blog 
• 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

• 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
• Nov 11 - Birth of Baha'u'llah (Bahai) - Nov 11 (sunset) to Nov 12 (sunset)
• Nov 13 - World Kindness Day 
• Nov 14 - World Diabetes Day
• Nov 14 - Hijra (Islamic New Year) - Nov 14 (sunset) to Nov 15 (sunset) 
• Nov 15 - Shichi-Go-San (Japan)
• Nov 15 - Beginning of Winter Lent (Eastern Orthodox)
• Nov 16 - International Day of Tolerance
• Nov 17 - International Students' Day
• 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)