Sunday, January 6, 2013

Weekly Genealogy Picks: Dec 30-Jan 5

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.
  • Randall Munroe, of XKCD entitled the below comic, "Instagram," but the metaphor is appropriate for any free online service.

Controversy
Poetry
Other Weekly Lists
Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks
Two Week Calendar
  • Jan 6 - Epiphany (Christian)
  • Jan 6 - Feast of the Theophany (Orthodox Christian) 
  • Jan 7 - Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christian)
  • Jan 7 - The Festival of Seven Herbs (Japan)
  • Jan 13 - Maghi (Sikh)
  • Jan 13 - Orthodox New Year/Old New Year (Eastern Orthodox)
  • Jan 14 - Ratification Day (US)
  • Jan 17 - Blessings of the Animals (Hispanic Catholic)
  • Jan 19 - Timkat (Ethiopian Orthodox Christian)
  • Jan 20 - World Religion Day (Baha'i)

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