Weekly Genealogy Picks: Feb 17-23

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.

Research Tips

• James Tanner at Genealogy's Star contemplates some of the issues with Royal Genealogies

• Shelly Beach at the Ancestry.com blog discusses how Reminiscing is a key to unlocking the past.

• Kimberly Powell at About.com Genealogy suggests Using Patents to Enrich Your Genealogy. Her post reminded me of the patent I discovered five years ago.

• Philip Trauring at Blood and Frogs reports that JRI-Poland and The Polish Archives have officially signed the agreement that was announced as upcoming back in January. The details of the agreement are exciting, and I look forward to the simplifying of the record ordering process, and all the digitization.

• Biff Barnes at The Armchair Genealogist provides some tips on Using the Tools of Creative Non-Fiction to write your family  history.

• Alan Burnett at News from Nowhere presents a Guide to Scanning Negatives.

Poetry

• The Tragic Ballad of Crazy Jane - G.M. Lewis, circa 1800 - shared by Emily Brand at The Georigian Bawdyhouse 

• Family Elegy in a Late Style of Fire - Kara Candito - at How a Poem Happens

Technology, and Blogging

• Jonathan Bailey at Plagiarism Today looks at a recent Israeli court case ruling RSS scraping legal, and discusses what it might mean for other countries.

• Steve Henn at NPR All Tech Considered considers the copyright ramifications of 3-d printing. He also reveals an economical method of 3-d imaging not everyone may be familiar with.

• Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics humorously points out a serious problem with the speed of advancing technology.  If we can predict we won't be using a single piece of software in 10 years that we are using today, how do we preserve data?

Other Weekly Lists

• Ruth's Recommendations - Ruth Blair - The Passionate Genealogist
• Genealogy News Corral - Diane Haddad - GenealogyInsider
• Fab Finds - Jana Last - Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog
• Monday Morning Mentions - Lynn Palermo - Armchair Genealogist
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Randy Seaver - GeneaMusings
• Friday Finds - Julie Cahill Tarr - GenBlog

Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks

Two Week Calendar

• Feb 26 - Intercalary Days (Baha'i) [Feb 26-March 1]
• Feb 26 - Savior's Day (Nation of Islam)
• Feb 28 - Rare Disease Day
• March 1 - Ancient Roman New Year
• March 1 - National Pig Day (US)
• March 2 - Nineteen Day Fast (Baha'i) [March 2-20]
• March 8 - International Women's Day (Eastern Europe, Russia, former Soviet Bloc)
• March 10 - Meatfare Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
• March 10 - Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)