Weekly Genealogy Picks and Calendar

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.

• Gena Philibert-Ortega at GenealogyBank Debunks Myths about Cemetery Research
• James Tanner at Genealogy's Star asks: Record Hints vs Manual Searching: Which Wins?
• Bill West at West in New England has announced submissions are open for the Eighth Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge
• Examining mitochondrial DNA may help identify unknown ancestry that influences breast cancer risk (Source: Science Daily)
• A single migration from Africa populated the world (Source: NY Times)
• A Nazi Time Capsule Unearthed in Poland (Source: History.com) 
• Can Bats in a Cemetery Attract Wildlife? (Source: St. Louis Public Radio)

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

• September 25
• Start of Banned Books Week (US)
• September 26
• European Day of Languages (EU)
• September 27
• World Tourism Day (UN)
• September 29
• Meskel (Ethiopian Orthodox/Eritrean Orthodox)
• Michaelmas (Christian)
• September 30
• International Translation Day (International Federation of Translators)
• October 1
• Navaratri Oct 1-10 (Hindu)
• Muharram - New Year (Islam) (starts at sunset)
• International Day of Older Persons (UN)
• October 2
• International Day of Non-Violence (UN)
• Rosh HaShanah - New Year (Jewish) (starts at sunset)
• October 3
• German Unity Day (Germany)
• October 4
• St. Francis Day (Catholic)
• Beginning of World Space Week (UN) (Oct 4-10)
• October 5
• World Teacher's Day (UN)
• October 6
• German American Day (US)
• October 9
• National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)