Here are some posts that I really enjoyed this week from genealogy blogs. I was ill most of the week and had little interest in blogging or reading blogs, but I did manage to find several good ones that brought my foggy head out of the clouds. If you missed any of these, be sure to check them out!
- Thomas at Destination: Austin Family asked “What American Accent Do You Have?” Read his links to articles about regional accents, and take the quiz yourself. Many bloggers did and posted their results. My story about being saddled, er make that honored, with a Philadephia accent is here. [3/26/08]
- Dick Eastman had an interesting post on “Back to the Future: 2008” in which he has excerpts from a 40-year-old magazine article about what life would be like in 2008. There were some hits and some misses in their predictions, but it’s a fascinating read. [3/27/08]
- Randy at Genea-Musings proudly says “Now we know what happened to Virgil” in an interesting follow-up to previous posts. Hasn’t everyone uncovered a fascinating article and wondered what happened to the people involved? Probably, but how many take the time like Randy to wonder aloud on his blog and find the answer! Some great detective work, and thanks to someone finding it on the internet we all can now know exactly what happened to Virgil. [3/28/08]
- Terry from Hill Country of Monroe County explains all about “Adding markers or graphics to an image”. His step-by-step instructions will help others do the same quite easily. [3/28/08]
- Denise at Family Matters follows on to Terry’s post with a discussion on “Screen Capture”. I personally tend to use “Alt-print screen” and then customize the image in a photo program, but I look forward to trying out some of Denise’s suggestions. [3/29/08]
I hope you enjoy these articles as much as I did. Check back next week for more of Donna’s Picks! The highlight of this coming week is sure to be the latest Carnival of Genealogy – I’ve seen some interesting posts so far, so I can’t wait to see the entire collection.
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Thanks Donna for the mention. I enjoy using FastStone Capture because it allows me to do simple editing, downsizing, adding graphics, etc all at one place. Most of the digital pictures and scans I make are far too big for blogging — so this capture tool gets them down to size and lets me “fix” some of the problems.
TERRY