Weekly Genealogy Picks

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.

• Bill West at West in New England shares the entries to The Eighth Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge (We were going to participate again this year, but time got away from us.)
• In a five part series Blaine Bettinger at The Genetic Genealogist discusses Visual Phasing. Part I.
• James Tanner at Genealogy's Star discusses Focusing your genealogy research with clustering
• Those writing their family histories may appreciate Chuck Sambuchino's Five Steps for Getting Out of a Creative Rut at Writer's Digest
• Remains of Pilgrim's Plymouth Settlement Unearthed (BostonGlobe)
• Wordpress releases a Google Translate Widget which allows visitors to Wordpress blogs to translate the content in 103 different languages. 

Weekly Genealogy Picks

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.

• Maureen Taylor at Photo Detective provides some tips on Colorizing Old Photos 
• James Tanner at Genealogy's Star discusses why Locations Are the Keys to Finding Genealogical Records
• Amy Johnson Crow lists 3 Practical Strategies for Finding Female Ancestors
• Philip J. Heijmans in The Tablet reports Schindler's Czech Factory to Become a Museum 
• Christopher Klein at History shares the story of The Thanksgiving Raccoon That Became a Presidential Pet

Weekly Genealogy Picks

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.

• Petition for Universal Suffrage, Signed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and others - Document of the Day at the National Archives November 12th
• Gena Philibert-Ortega at GenealogyBank discusses Discovering the Work Your Female Ancestors Did
• MyHeritage has announced that they are entering the Autosomal DNA testing arena, and their CEO responds to several questions.
• David S. Ferriero, National Archives Archivist, at the AOTUS Blog  outlines The Role of the National Archives in the Presidential Transition
• Christopher Klein at History discusses America's First UFO Sighting

Weekly Genealogy Picks

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.

• Diane Haddad at Genealogy Insider suggests How To Learn What Your Ancestors Life Was Really Like
• Jason Daley at The Smithsonian asks: Are You Descended from Witches? New Digital Document Could Help You Find Out
• Since I have Hungarian ancestors named Weiss, as a kid I liked to imagine that I was related to escape artist Harry Houdini (Erich Weiss). Evan Andrews at History in the Headlines asks, What Killed Harry Houdini?
• A Cubs fan travelled to an Indiana cemetery to listen to the 7th game of the World Series with his father
• The cemetery in Rochester NY where Susan B Anthony is buried is extending its hours on Election Day
• In Discovering Afghanistan's 1,000-Year-Old Jewish Life Sara Y. Aharon at the Jerusalem Post discusses medieval documents unearthed in Afghanistan

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Weekly Genealogy Picks

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.

• Diane Haddad at Genealogy Insider provides Nine Kinds of Ancestor Death Records You Should Look For
• Thomas Jay Kemp at GenealogyBank discusses a census that actually contained images of the people
• Melissa Barker at GeneaBloggers shares what to do about brown spots on genealogy records
• ABCNews offers a Tour of the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC (Video)
• Erik Klemetti at WIRED suggests: Want Your Tombstone to Last Forever: Make it out of Quartzite

Weekly Genealogy Picks

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.

• James Tanner at Genealogy's Star provides a list of resources on Guidelines for Digitizing Manuscripts and Photos
• In Making Lemonade on the iPad Denise Olson at Moultrie Creek Gazette illustrates how she retouched a photograph, turning it into a work of art.
• Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings re-shares some advice on Mining Ancestry.com Hints by Specific Record Collection
• Rivka Schiller at Annette Gendler writes about A Visit to the Warsaw Jewish Cemetery
• In Sweden: The country’s first cemetery with no religious symbols allowed 
• Two WWI soldiers discovered buried in incorrectly marked graves and correctly identified through DNA.

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.

• 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 Báb (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)

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.

• Blaine Bettinger at The Genetic Genealogist discusses Second Cousins (or Closer) That Don't Share DNA
• Diane Haddad at Genealogy Insider lists Three Ways to Use GEDMatch in your DNA Research
• Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog shares Three Little Words genealogists need to master  
• Jonathan Bailey at Plagiarism Today explores The Gray Area of Plagiarism and how to avoid them.
• Catherine McKenzie guest column at The Writer's Dig discussing 10 Things Every Writer Should Know about Amazon Publishing may be of interest to those seeking to publish their family history.

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 Báb (Baha'i)
• Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth (Sikh)
• World Statistics Day (UN)
• October 21
• Trafalgar Day (UK)

Weekly 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.

Weekly Picks is taking a 1-week vacation.

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

• 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)
• 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)

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)

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.

• Diane Haddad at Genealogy Insider provides 3 Tips for Choosing a DNA Relative to Test
• Natalie at Crestleaf offers Oral History Prompts to Get Your Older Relatives Talking
• In Get Your Chuckles Here Sheri Fenley, The Educated Genealogist lists her favorite sources for genealogy humor
• Tamura Jones at Modern Software Experience discusses software that refuses to let you enter same-sex marriages, and workarounds in Deliberately Limited Genealogy Programs
• Melissa Barker, A Genealogist in the Archives discusses Your Ancestors and their Signatures

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

• 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)
• 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)

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)

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.

• Diane L. Richard at Upfront with NGS discusses Digital Estate Planning Laws and the genealogist.
• In an interview at ExtremeGenes Thomas MacEntee discusses PokemonGo, Augmented Reality, and the future of genealogy
• Maureen Taylor at the FamilyTreeMagazine Photo Detective provides 3 Tips to Locate Photos of Ancestral School Days
• Rachel Swarns at The New York Times discusses Georgetown University's Plans to Atone for Slave Past 
• Efraim Zuroff at the Jerusalem Post says there is Hope for Change in Lithuania, as he describes a Holocaust memorial event in Moletai, Lithuania.  In I'm Not Jewish, Lithuanian playwright, Marius Ivaškevičius, explains why he participates. (Lithuanian original)

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

• September 4
• Immigrant's Day (Argentina)
• September 5
• Labor Day (US)
• International Day of Charity (United Nations)
• September 6
• Start of Paryushana Parava - Sept 6-15 (Jain)
• September 8
• Nativity of Virgin Mary (Christian)
• International Literacy Day (United Nations)
• September 9
• Day of the Victims of Holocaust and Racial Violence (Slovakia)
• Children's Day (Costa Rica)
• 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)

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.

• Leland Meitzler at GenealogyBlog shared an article on how More States are Giving Adult Adoptees Access to Original Birth Records
• Lorine McGinnis Schulz at Olive Tree Genealogy shares Five Ways to Jumpstart Your Genealogy When It Has Stalled
• Linda Barnickel at Ancestry Blog highlights 5 Hidden Questions in the US Census
• The National Archives is Rebooting their Social Media Strategy
• Natalie at Crestleaf provides Cemetery Research for Genealogy: A Step-by-Step Beginners Guide
• Chery Kinnick at Nordic Blue lists Ten Things I've Learned in Ten Years of Blogging
• Euny Hong at Quartz argues 23andMe has a problem when it comes to ancestry reports for people of color

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

• August 29
• Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Christian)
• International Day Against Nuclear Tests (United Nations)
• August 31
• Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
• September 1
• Ecclesiastical Year Begins (Orthodox Christian)
• September 2
• VJ Day (US)
• September 3
• Flag Day (Australia)
• VJ Day (Republic of China)
• September 4
• Immigrant's Day (Argentina)
• September 5
• International Day of Charity (United Nations)
• September 6
• Start of Paryushana Parava - Sept 6-15 (Jain)
• September 8
• Nativity of Virgin Mary (Christian)
• International Literacy Day (United Nations)
• September 9
• Day of the Victims of Holocaust and Racial Violence (Slovakia)
• Children's Day (Costa Rica)
• 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)

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.

• Emily Garber at (Going) The Extra Yad discusses Serendipity and blogging
• Janice Brown at Cow Hampshire discusses ways to Promote your Blog
• Genealogy software today encourages us to enter GPS coordinates for locations. What happens if those GPS locations change? Newsround, the BBC's News for Children, reports Austalia is moving! (Slowly, yes, but GPS coordinates are off.)
• With the Jewish holiday of Tu B'Av this past week, I found the timing appropriate for Ancestry's recent addition of Niagara Falls Honeymoon and Visitor Registries
• In Challenges of Adding Sources to Family Trees Part I James Tanner at Genealogy's Star discusses the historical reality that source citations are a relatively new focus.

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

• August 22
• Flag Day (Russia)
• August 23
• European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
• International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
• August 25
• Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
• Liberation Day (France)
• August 28
• Women's Equality Day (USA)
• National Grandparents Day (Mexico)
• Feast of the Mother of God (Eastern Orthodox Church)
• August 29
• Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Christian)
• International Day Against Nuclear Tests
• August 31
• Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
• September 1
• Ecclesiastical Year Begins (Orthodox Christian)
• September 2
• VJ Day (US)
• September 3
• Flag Day (Australia)
• VJ Day (Republic of China)

Weekly Genealogy Picks

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.

• Diane L Richard at Upfront with NGSGenealogy discusses the importance of name pronunciation to genealogists. 
• Lithuania puts an old Jewish cemetery under state protection
• Cnaan Liphshiz at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency looks at the impact of geography on religious ritual in Fasting in the Lands of the Midnight Sun. As family historians we might consider the impact geography may have had on the customs of our ancestors as they migrated.
• The Lincoln Trio, a Chamber Ensemble, has released an album celebrating their ancestors with English, Armenian and Swiss composers. Have you researched the music of your ancestral homelands?
• Owen McCafferty at The Mischpoche Tree provides some tips on contacting distant relatives

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

• August 14 
• Tish'a B'av - Jewish (begins at sunset Aug 13)
• August 15
• Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
• Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• August 17
• Birthday of Marcus Garvey - Rastafari
• August 18
• Raksha Bandhan - Hindu
• August 19
• Tu B'Av - Jewish (begins at sunset Aug 18)
• August 20
• St. Stephen's Day - Hungary
• Feast of Asma - Bahai
• August 23
• European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
• August 25
• Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu
• August 28
• Women's Equality Day - USA

Weekly Genealogy Picks

It's been a few years since I've done this. I'm still following genealogy news and advice on blogs, and other social media, so I'll try to share a weekly list.

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.

• Philip Trauring at Blood and Frogs advises: Don't Get Stuck Inside the Box.
• The Ancestry Insider illustrates why detailed image citations matter.
• Michael Twitty of Afroculinaria challenges Bill O'Reilly to eat like a slave for a week.
• The Smithsonian Magazine discusses the newly released London Picture Map. "Think of the map as Google Street View for vintage London. You can click on the map to view historical images of particular buildings, streets or areas, or search the collection by topic to reveal everything from historic coffee houses to buildings associated with different authors or time periods."
• James Tanner at Genealogy's Star wonders if we will witness the end of microfilm, with FamilySearch's announcement that they are 3 years away from digitizing all LDS microfilm. (My thoughts: Just the beginning perhaps. Lots of microfilm exists outside of the LDS holdings.)
• FamilyTreeDNA has a $30 off sale on several of their packages. $69 for the basic FamilyFinder package is probably the lowest you will see an autosomal test offered anywhere. 
• Often there are multiple obituaries for a deceased individual. Rarer do multiple obituaries appear in the same paper at the same time. (In this case, they were written by "a loving wife" and a "longtime girlfriend.")
• Maureen Taylor at The Photo Detective provides some tips on how to tell if two photos are of the same man.

Weekly Genealogy Picks - Changes

Using the "Share Page" at TheOldReader, I have simplified for me the process of sharing posts I find which I feel may be of interest to others.

Every post I share will appear here:

TransylvanianDutch Weekly/Daily Picks

• This page has an RSS feed, so you can subscribe to it and receive every post I share, when I share it.
• If you have a TheOldReader account, you can 'follow' it instead, and it will appear separately from your other subscriptions.
• Or you can bookmark the page and stop by whenever you wish and see my latest selections
• I have a list of the five most recent shared posts on the left sidebar, along with a link to the page.
• I can connect the page to Facebook, through a setting in TheOldReader, and it will be shared there as well. I'm not doing this, but it is an option.
• I will only be sharing items I think will be of interest in the same categories I was already sharing posts on this blog. TheOldReader has both a "Share" and a "Like" feature, so I have  a different method of bookmarking posts of personal interest to me.

Downsides:

• I will not be able to share anything that doesn't appear in an RSS feed to which I currently subscribe. This mostly means news articles.
• If you don't have a TheOldReader account, the page includes the full posts that are shared, so if you bookmark the page, you will probably have to scroll through posts you don't wish to read. (If you do have a TheOldReader account, and simply bookmark the page, the posts will appear in a collapsible format which will be easier to scroll through.)
• If you subscribe to the feed, you should be able to skip over posts in the same way you normally would with whatever news reader you use.
• Many of those who subscribe to the feed will see duplicate posts - the first one by the original blogger, and then my share of it. Mine may often include a line or two of commentary. 

Upsides:

• I think this will free up about an hour on my weekends I can spend actually conducting genealogy research, composing original content for this blog, or other activities.

If  you were utilizing my Calendar of Upcoming Holidays, you may find: The Interfaith Calendar of interest. That is where I was getting my list of religious holidays.

Weekly Genealogy Picks: March 31 - April 6

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.

• James Tanner at Genealogy's Star discusses Equal Rights for Ancestors. Do our ancestors deserve to be treated equally, with equal amounts of research time devoted to them?

• Diane Haddad at Genealogy Insider provides 10 Tips For Researching Genealogy in Court Records.

• Michele Simmons Lewis at Ancestoring's Ask A Genealogist compared the Old Search to the New Search at Ancestry.com in a three-part series. Parts: 1, 2, 3.

• The Missouri Secretary of State has announced that the State Archives is working with FamilySearch to create an online database of state marriage records from territorial times through 1969. (hat/tip: GenealogyBlog)

• Robert Darnton at The New York Review of Books looks at The Digital Public Library of America which is to be launched on April 18th. "The Digital Public Library of America, to be launched on April 18, is a project to make the holdings of America’s research libraries, archives, and museums available to all Americans—and eventually to everyone in the world—online and free of charge."

• One April First, The Ancestry Insider asked Did Your Ancestor Fall Out of the Sky?

• Poetry: Donna Pointkouski at What's Past is Prologue shares her poem Where I'm From, based on the George Ella Lyon template. [Link to my 2009 post about the template]

Other Weekly Lists

• Genealogy News Corral - Diane Haddad - GenealogyInsider 
• Fab Finds - Jana Last - Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog 
• Blog Posts for Genealogists - Michael J Leclerc - Mocavo Blog 
• Monday Morning Mentions - Lynn Palermo - Armchair Genealogist 
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Randy Seaver - Genea-Musings
• Friday Finds - Julie Cahill Tarr - GenBlog 

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

Two Week Calendar

• April 7 - Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jewish) [ Sundown April 7 - Sundown April 8]
• April 7 - World Health Day
• April 8 - International Romani Day
• April 11 - New Year (Hindu)
• April 11 - Ramayana (Hindu) [April 11-20]
• April 12 - Yuri's Night
• April 14 - Baisakhi/New Year (Sikh)
• April 15 - Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Jewish) [Sundown April 15 - Sundown April 16]
• April 15 - Jackie Robinson Day
• April 15 - Patriots' Day (US) [For those observing it on the 3rd Monday of April] 
• April 19 - Dutch-American Friendship Day
• April 19 - Patriots' Day (US) [For those observing it on the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord]
• April 20 - Ramanavani (Hindu)
• April 21 - First Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)

Weekly Genealogy Picks: March 24-March 30

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.

• Jon Platakis at The Lithuanian Tribune recently reported on the claim that Christopher Columbus was a Lithuanian Prince. (hat/tip: Stanczyk-Internet Muse)

• Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings provides a detailed response to a reader asking about the LDS Church's control over genealogy records.

• Thomas MacEntee at Destination: Austin Family wonders with respect to the recent Supreme Court discussions on Marriage Equality: What Would My Ancestors Think? This is a question family historians often have, as our political and religious views rarely match those of our ancestors on every issue.

• "Food is my sanctuary," writes Michael W Twitty at Afroculinaria in his post, "Passover: A Black-Jewish Food Musing."

• Stephen Baloglu at Ancestry Blog announces new features at Ancestry DNA including the ability to download raw DNA data which can be uploaded to other websites.

• At The Art of Genealogy Karin Hadden describes Finding Family Using Google Maps. This is a Google research technique I hadn't thought about yet.

Other Weekly Lists

• Genealogy News Corral - Diane Haddad - GenealogyInsider 
• Fab Finds - Jana Last - Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog 
• Blog Posts for Genealogists - Michael J Leclerc - Mocavo Blog 
• Monday Morning Mentions - Lynn Palermo - Armchair Genealogist 
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Randy Seaver - Genea-Musings
• Friday Finds - Julie Cahill Tarr - GenBlog 

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

Two Week Calendar

• March 31 - Easter (Christian)
• April 1 - April Fool's Day
• April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day
• April 6 - Tartan Day
• April 7 - Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jewish) [ Sundown April 7 - Sundown April 8]
• April 7 - World Health Day
• April 8 - International Romani Day
• April 11 - New Year (Hindu)
• April 11 - Ramayana (Hindu) [April 11-20]
• April 12 - Yuri's Night
• April 14 - Baisakhi/New Year (Sikh)