Following a brief hiatus over the holidays, Saturday Serendipity returns this week and this new year with just a few recommended reads for the weekend.
1. The most recent issue of The Weekly Genealogist newsletter by NEHGS provided a link to one of the more mystifying and disturbing stories tangentially related to possible DNA testing. It involves the kidnapping of a newborn baby boy from the arms of his mother in a Chicago hospital by a woman posing as a maternity nurse back in 1964. You can read the article here.
2. James Tanner of Genealogy's Star blog, who often posts thought-provoking pieces, has done it again with "Can you prove anything with historical records?" Read his post here and see what you think.
3. Calendar books and contemplating one's "longevity" . . . Nancy Messier of My Ancestors and Me blog ruminates on the connections between the two as we enter a new year and a new decade. Read her engaging post, "A Question of Longevity" here.
4. With 2020 marking the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower, interest in the Pilgrims and possible descent from the Mayflower passengers will be a hot topic throughout 2020. To start the year of the Pilgrims off, Heather Rojo of Nutfield Genealogy blog posted "10 New Things to Know About Researching A Pilgrim in Your Family Tree." Read her list here.
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Copyright 2020, John D. Tew
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Thank you for including my post this week, John. I appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for mentioning my Mayflower blog post. This will be a big year for Pilgrim research and Pilgrim blog posts. I'm prepared to write a lot this year and in 2021 (the 400th anniversary of the First Thanksgiving).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the interesting list John!
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