- Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings noticed that his "New Ancestor Discoveries" at AncestryDNA have disappeared. [Mine are gone, too.] Back in June Ancestry.com indicated they were changing the algorithm to increase its accuracy. This could be related.
- Janice Brown at CowHampshire discusses click-bait in 10 Ways Marketers at Making You Addicted to Genealogy
- Tamura Jones at Modern Software Experience describes how he found Johanna Kwik's Birth Record, even though no such birth record exists.
- The US Army is banning cyclists from Arlington National Cemetery unless they are visiting a gravesite.
Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks
- 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)
- October 23
- Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) [Begins at Sunset]
- Mole Day (Geek) [Celebrated at 6:02]
- October 24
- Simchat Torah (Jewish) [Begins at Sunset]
- United Nations Day (UN)
- World Development Information Day (UN)
- October 27
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (UN)
- October 30
- Diwali - Deepavali (Hindu/Sikh/Jain)
- October 31
- All Hallows Eve/Halloween (Christian)
- Reformation Day (Protestant Christian)
- New Year (Jain)
- World Cities Day (UN)
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