Saturday, May 23, 2020

Saturday Serendipity (May 23, 2020)


This week the following are recommended for your weekend reading.  .  .

1.  The Weekly Genealogist of NEHGS/American Ancestors highlighted an interesting article this week.  Do you know what "beating the bounds" refers to and why it was important?  Read about the practice here.

2.  Last week one of the suggested reads was a post by The Legal Genealogist, Judy Russell, and her discussion of "the butterfly effect" as it applies to genealogy.  Apropos of the butterfly effect discussion last week, today is the birthday of the man who coined that term and who is the father of chaos theory, which has been called one of the most revolutionary scientific ideas of the 20th century.  You can read here a brief description of the life of Edward Norton Lorenz (1917-2008).

3.  A blog new to me–Once Removed by Ryan Ross–posted a short piece this past week titled "Answers to Beginner Questions."  You can read the questions Ryan chose and his answers here.

4.  Jacqi Stevens, of A Family Tapestry blog, posted an amusing, but thought provoking, piece titled "Unattached" today.  Being (like Jacqi) among the 2% who apparently have more than one tree on Ancestry, I empathize with the dilemma of whether or not to connect the trees into some kind of unified theory of a genealogy ultimately relating all to me.  You can read Jacqi's post here

5.  Having just finished a photo book for my granddaughter who turned three yesterday (a book and text showing her how she came to be a member of an extended family), it is not like I need an idea for another book; but I have to agree with Janine Adams, of Organize Your Family History blog, that Jacquiline Krieps Schattner, of Seeds to Trees blog, has come up with an outstanding idea for explaining and ultimately passing on heirlooms.  Read Janine's post here and then by all means go to the source and read Jacquiline's original post and see examples from her newly created Heirloom Book here.

6.  James Tanner, of Genealogy's Star blog, posted his thoughts on the question, "How Accurate are Online Family Trees?"  You can read his thoughts here

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3 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for mentioning my story about creating an heirloom book. I enjoy your weekly selections, and am so happy to have been included. Keep up the good work!

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    1. My pleasure Jacquiline! Your idea and the book it produced is one of the best genealogy-related ideas I have seen and is something every genealogist (professional or amatuer) should consider doing.

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