Sunday, January 20, 2013

Weekly Genealogy Picks: Jan 13-19

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 Missouri History Museum has been indexing the names that appear in St. Louis area company employee magazines. They have a fair-sized collection, but are seeking more. (MoSGA Messenger).
Technology
Other Weekly Lists
Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks
Two Week Calendar
  • Jan 20 - World Religion Day (Baha'i)
  • Jan 21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (US)
  • Jan 24 - Mawlid an Nabi (Islam)
  • Jan 25 - Conversion of St. Paul (Christian)
  • Jan 26 - Tu B'shvat (Jewish)
  • Jan 27 - Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)
  • Jan 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
  • Jan 28 - Data Privacy Day
  • Jan 30 - Martyr's Day (India) 
  • Feb 1 - National Freedom Day (US)
  • Feb 2 - Imbolc/St. Brighid's Day (Celtic/Pagan)
  • Feb 2 - Groundhog Day
  • Feb 2 - Candlemas (Christian)
  • Feb 3 - Setsubun-sai (Shinto)

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