Category Archives: Around the Web
Social Media and Genealogy
[I am working my way backward through Amy Coffin's 52 weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn't paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is my entry for week #20...Social Media] When I first joined Facebook a few years ago, I would have never dreamed that social media would become so important to …
The 1936 Olympics in Berlin
Last night, I had the chance to listen to the “Stuff You Missed in History Class” podcast. The topic of the podcast was the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. What we know of the 1936 Berlin Games seems to come down to Jesse Owen’s feats and the handshake snub. This pocast touched a bit on …
Anti-Annexation Petitions are being transcribed
The Native Hawaiian Genealogy Society is embarking on a project that should prove beneficial to many Hawaii researchers. They are going to be transcribing the anti-annexation petitions of 1897-1898. The petitions include over 21,000 names. I think it’s an important part of history to capture as their were people who were against annexation and resisted …