Saturday, October 8, 2016

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.


Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks
  • October 9
    • National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
    • Beginning of National Fire Prevention Week (US/Canada)
  • October 10
    • Thanksgiving (Canada)
  • October 11
    • Dasara (Hindu)
    • Ashura (Islam) [Begins at sunset]
    • Yom Kippur (Jewish) [Begins at sunset]
    • Old Michaelmas Day (Celtic)
    • National Coming Out Day (US/UK/Switzerland)
    • General Pulaski Memorial Day (US)
    • International Day of the Girl Child (UN)
  • October 12
    • Columbus Day (US)
  • October 13
    • International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN)
  • October 15
    • International Day of Rural Women (UN)
  • October 16
    • Sukkot Oct 16-23 (Jewish) [Begins at sunset]
    • World Food Day (UN)
  • October 17
    • International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (UN)
    • Boss's Day (US/Canada)
  • October 18
    • St. Luke, Apostle and Evangelist (Christian)
    • Persons Day (Canada)
  • October 20
    • Birth of the Bรกb (Baha'i)
    • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth (Sikh)
    • World Statistics Day (UN)
  • October 21
    • Trafalgar Day (UK)

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