- James Tanner at Genealogy's Star reminds us to Search for every ancestor, don't play favorites. Focusing strictly on direct line ancestors, and ignoring siblings, often leads to errors.
- Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings notes that sometimes we rely so much on searching subscription archives we can forget to do a simple Google search.
- The University of Leicester reported confirmation of the identity of Richard III's bones. (Press Release) (Hat/Tip: The Legal Genealogist)
- Here's The Onion's satirical take on the news story.
- The Ancestry Insider confirms a reader's discovery: Cook County vital record images have been removed from FamilySearch.
- FamilySearch has announced a Policy Change for Patrons Requesting Photocopies. (Hat/Tip: Upfront with NGS)
- Michele Simmons Lewis at Ancestoring's Ask a Genealogist has been blogging all week about the Genealogical Proof Standard. Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
- In Throw Me Something, Mister! -Judy Riffel at The In Depth Genealogist discusses Louisiana records, and how they differ from the other 49 states, due to French and Spanish influence.
- Smadar Belkind Gerson at Past-Present-Future praises The Hidden Gems of Yearbooks.
- Jenny Tonks at Ancestoir shares Ancestral Lip Balm Recipes. Just the thing, perhaps, if you find yourself housebound due to a winter storm without any lip balm.
- Charles Rothfeld at SCOTUSBlog considers the Practicalities of Patenting a Gene.
- Sestina for a three-year-old - Rachel Barenblat - at Velveteen Rabbi
- Finding Richard - Dave Goldbenberg - at New Verse News
- 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
Two Week Calendar
- Feb 10 - Chinese New Year
- Feb 10 - Transfiguration Sunday (Christian)
- Feb 12 - Lincoln's Birthday (US)
- Feb 12 - Darwin's Day (International)
- Feb 12 - Red Hand Day (United Nations)
- Feb 12 - Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
- Feb 13 - Ash Wednesday (Christian) [Lent Begins]
- Feb 13 - Lupercalia - Feb 13-15 (Roman Empire)
- Feb 14 - Saint Valentine's Day (Christian)
- Feb 14 - Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
- Feb 15 - Nirvana Day (Jain)
- Feb 15 - Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
- Feb 15 - Susan B Anthony Day (US)
- Feb 18 - George Washington's Birthday (US) [Federal holiday]
- Feb 20 - World Day of Social Justice (International)
- Feb 21 - International Mother Language Day
- Feb 23 - Purim (Jewish) [Sunset Feb 23 - Sunset Feb 24]
Interesting reading. Sorry you have word verification turned on under comments...usually just having you moderate them will keep out the spam...and it's just too hard to identifiy those vague numbers.
ReplyDeleteFor five years moderation was sufficient
ReplyDeletea few months ago I was getting hundreds of spam messages daily in my moderation queue. It was either add the CAPTCHA or turn off comments.
Thanks for including Judy Riffle's guest post at The In-Depth Genealogist. We love it when she "visits." Such great stuff!
ReplyDeleteGreat list this week. Thanks for putting it together.
Stephanie Pitcher Fishman
Corn & Cotton Genealogy / The In-Depth Genealogist