Weekly 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.

• Arlene Eakle provides some suggestions on how to Fortify your Genealogy Research Projects
• Tamura Jones at Modern Software Experience has a series on Choosing Genealogy Software including Why You Need a Desktop Application as your Main Genealogy Program and Using More than One Genealogy Program.
• Maureen A. Taylor, on Photo Detective, discusses Toxic Hairstyles in Family Photos
• Author George RR Martin, on Not a Blog, offers a Salute to Immigrants
• WikiTree announces a Source-a-Thon with cash prizes (Geneapress)
• Irish Birth/Marriage/Death Records now available free online (Who Do You Think You Are Magazine)
• David Malki, in his webcomic, Wondermark, illustrates a conversation some of us may have had.

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

• September 10
• Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day (Islam)
• World Suicide Prevention Day (World Health Organization)
• September 11
• Start of Eid al Adha - Sept 11-14 (Islam)
• Auditor's Day (Church of Scientology)
• Grandparents Day (US/Canada)
• National Day of Service (US)
• September 12
• Saragarhi Day (Sikhism)
• September 14
• Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Orthodox)
• September 15
• International Day of Democracy (United Nations)
• September 16
• National POW/MIA Recognition Day (US)
• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (United Nations)
• Constitution Day (US)
• September 18
• National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (US)
• September 19
• International Talk Like a Pirate Day (Geek)
• September 21
• International Day of Peace (United Nations)
• September 22
• New Years Day (French Republican Calendar)
• Equinox (Wicca/Pagan)
• Hobbit Day (Geek)