Here are some posts that I really enjoyed this week from both genealogy blogs and “other” blogs that had something either related to genealogy or blogging, or was interesting to me for other reasons. Be sure to visit these sites!
- Juliana Smith writes for 24-7 Family History Circle about “Surprises in Great-Grandpa’s Naturalization”. She describes using Ancestry.com to find key information about her family and also offers some useful tips at the end. [3/16/08]
- Lisa at Small-Leaved Shamrock presents “A St. Patrick’s Day Parade of Posts” as the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture #4 is posted. [3/17/08]
- Also on St. Patrick’s Day, World Hum points us to “Ireland, Mermaids, and a 500-Year-Old Grudge”. While the post links to a NYTimes magazine article, I’d like to give World Hum the credit since that’s where I found it. The story is about a man who fulfills his dying mother’s wish – go to Ireland and look up the family’s history. As the post says, “It didn’t take him long to find out his ‘family was hated all over southwest Ireland.’”
- The Cafeteria is Closed has an interesting article on “Charles Carroll”. Mr. Carroll was the sole Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, and this article provides some good biographical information as well as his Irish ancestry. [3/19/08]
- Arthur C. Clarke, one of my favorite authors, died this week at age 90. SF Signal presents Arthur C. Clarke Links and Video with links to some of his fiction that is available online, so if you’ve never read “The Nine Billion Names of God” here’s your chance! [3/19/08]
- If you’re bored with your own blog, try Copyblogger’s “3 Sure-Fire Steps for Beating the Boring Content Blues”. If you’re blog has become “predictable” these ideas might help you enjoy blogging again. [3/20/08]
I hope you enjoy these articles as much as I did. Check back next week for more of Donna’s Picks. Also, I wanted to give a big thank you to DearMYRTLE for naming What’s Past is Prologue the Best Blog for the week of March 16th for my post on “Gutsy Women Travelers”. What an honor!
And finally, Happy Easter! From the Easter Vigil’s Exsultet:
Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing choirs of angels!
Exult, all creation around God’s throne!
Jesus Christ, our King is risen!
Sound the trumpet of salvation!
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