Here are a few selected reads recommended for this weekend . . .
1. As someone who recently discovered my descent from a married couple accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts (and wrote about it in December 2018 for Rhode Island Roots, the Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society), I found "Witches are icons: Americans embrace their family ties to Salem trial victims" in The Guardian to be interesting. You can read the piece here.
2. Marian Wood, of Climbing My Family Tree blog, wrote this week about the importance of literally "knowing where the bodies are buried" and she reviews the usefulness and ease of Find-A-Grave. You can read her post here.
3. Ancestry got sued in federal court in Illinois pursuant to an Illinois genetic privacy law. The Legal Genealogist, Judy Russell, has an opinion about the suit and you can read it here.
4. Janine Adams, of Organize Your Family History blog, shared a genealogy horror story just two days after Halloween -- but it has a fairly happy ending. It serves as a cautionary tale that we should all be reminded of from time to time. Read "Back up to the rescue" here.
5. There are all kinds of exclusive clubs and societies with qualification requirements that limit membership (Mayflower descendants, Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, etc.), but The Washington Post did a piece on a fairly new one that just recently had its inaugural dinner at Manhattan's University Club in New York. There were 19 participants and it was a very exclusive membership to be sure. Read about this new Society here.
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Copyright 2021, John D. Tew
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Thank you, John, for including my post in your reads this week! Take care.
ReplyDeleteHappy to do so Marian. Best wishes.
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