Sunday, January 27, 2013

Weekly Genealogy Picks: January 20-26


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.
  • Randy Seaver at GeneaMusings takes a look at the Census DotMap which provides a graphical representation of every individual recorded in the recent US and Canadian census.
Other Weekly Lists
Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks

Two Week Calendar
  • 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)
  • Feb 4 - World Cancer Day
  • Feb 10 - Chinese New Year
  • Feb 10 - Transfiguration Sunday (Christian)

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