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.

• Megan Smolenyak at the Huffington Post shares how the holiday Monday might have become Michael Luther Branham Day.

• In Copyright and the Wire Photo and the follow-up, Copyright, Corbis, and Terms of Use, Legal Genealogist, Judy G. Russell, discusses the likelihood of pre-1963 wire photos being under copyright.

• Brian at Discovering William illustrates the Absolute Power of Collaboration, and why no Genealogist needs to be alone in their research.

• The Ancestry Insider notes that Ancestry has fixed the 1850 transcription error resulting from confusion over state abbreviations.

• Elyse Doerflinger at Elyse's Genealogy Blog covers the Basics of Organizing Your Genealogy

• Randy Seaver at GenealogyMusings explains to a reader what he does when he finds a document relating to a potential relative. (When he isn't sure it's a relative, or not.)

• Philip at Blood and Frogs provides some tips on accessing the Database of Polish Victims of the Nazis.

• Martha Lev-Zion at JewishGen Blog provides some information on the Israel Genealogy Research Association's new All-Israel Database. (which can be searched in both Hebrew and English)

• 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).

• Emily Brand at The Georgian Bawdyhouse transcribes some 18th century newspaper articles on a pick-pocketing prostitute and a winter streaker.

Technology

• Leland Meitzler at GenealogyBlog reviews a very simple blogging platform called, Throwww

• Michael McConnell at Macgasm shows how Macs keep a record of every file that has been downloaded, and how to delete the file.

Other Weekly Lists

• Genealogy News Corral - Beth - GenealogyInsider 
• Ruth's Recommendations - Ruth Blair - The Passionate Genealogist 
• Fab Finds - Jana Last - Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog 
• From the Blogs - Michael J. Leclerc - Mocavo Genealogy Blog 
• Monday Morning Mentions - Lynn Palermo - Armchair Genealogist 
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Randy Seaver - GeneaMusings
• Genealogy Round-up - Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak - MSS Roots World
• Friday Finds - Julie Cahill Tarr - GenBlog 

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)