- Michele Simmons at Ancestoring provides some tips on More Effective Searches
- In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Diane Haddad at Genealogy Insider suggests Six Irish Genealogy Websites
- Michael J. Leclerc at Mocavo Blog has dealt with several genealogical myths this week, including: Coats of Arms, The Indian Princess, and All The Records Burned in a Fire.
- Tess Webre at Digital Preservation shares a possible bedtime story for children: Snow Byte and the Seven Formats: A Digital Preservation Fairy Tale.
- There was White Smoke at the Vatican this week, and the world has a new Pope. Judy G. Russell at The Legal Genealogist discussed The Laws of the Church and how canon law can impact genealogy.
- Nina Strochlic at The Daily Beast shares the story of An Auschwitz Survivor Searching For His Twin on Facebook
- Google announced this week that their app, Google Reader, only has a little bit more than three months left to live. This news sent ripples across the internet as devoted fans were stunned.
- In Good Bye iGoogle, Good Bye Reader, Good Bye Usefulness James Tanner at Genealogy's Star wonders what app Google will decide to retire next.
- Frederic Lardinois at TechCrunch believes it might be Google's other RSS product, FeedBurner.
- Levi Sumagaysay at Good Morning Silicon Valley discusses the lesson Google's announcement teaches us: "how easily important tools can be taken away from us at any moment, and it might be a good time to think about backups to the services we rely on the most."
- Jonathan Bailey at Plagiarism Today looked at the announcement from the viewpoint of what this means to the professional blogger, and whether we need to rethink our RSS strategy.
- Several Tech websites have offered suggestions on alternative RSS readers, including: Macgasm, LifeHacker, and c/net. The social news website, Digg, has announced they're going to build a new RSS reader.
- Ruth's Recommendations - Ruth Blair - The Passionate Genealogist
- Genealogy News Corral - Diane Haddad - GenealogyInsider
- Notable Genealogy Blog Posts - Michael Hait - Planting the Seeds
- 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 - Genea-Musings
- Friday Finds - Julie Cahill Tarr - GenBlog
Two Week Calendar
- March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
- March 17 - Cheesefare Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
- March 18 - Lent Begins (Orthodox Christian)
- March 19 - Saint Joseph's Day (Christian)
- March 20 - Ostara (northern hemisphere) Mabon (southern hemisphere) (Pagan)
- March 21 - New Year (Baha'i)
- March 21 - New Year (Persian/Zoroastrian)
- March 24 - Palm Sunday (Christian)
- March 24 - Orthodox Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
- March 25 - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin (Christian)
- March 25 - Pesach/Passover (Jewish) [Sundown March 25 - Sundown April 2]
- March 26 - Khordad Sal (Zoroastrian)
- March 27 - Magha Puja Day (Buddhist)
- March 27 - Lord's Evening Meal (Jehovah's Witness)
- March 27 - Holi (Hindu)
- March 27 - World Theatre Day
- March 28 - Maundy Thursday (Christian)
- March 28 - Hola Mohalla (Sikh)
- March 28 - Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroastrian)
- March 29 - Good Friday (Christian)
- March 31 - Easter (Christian)
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