Archive for December, 2008
Forward.com (Forward)
Belisario: Sketches of Character By Jackie Ranston The Mill Press, 432 pages, $120. Jewish families who trace their roots back to England, Spain, Portugal and beyond have distinguished themselves for generations as merchants and financiers in the Caribbean.
Genealogy Trees
As regular readers of this site know I’m a big fan of making sure cemetery research as a method of finding your genealogy trees.
12 New podcasts in December 2008 - Anne is a Man!
Podcasts reviewed for the first time on this blog in DecemberFreedomain Radio (review, site, feed) Community podcast for an on-line movement of anarchists. One of their ideas being that one has a choice whether to stay connected with one’s family of origin. An actual event of a follower breaking with his family let to a media storm at, among others, The Guardian and the BBC.Hoor! Geschiedenis (review, site, feed) A very adequate and from the onset complete history of the Netherlands, going back
A world of events (Toronto Sun)
The New Year is just hours away. Do you know where you’ll be in 2009? Okay, you may know where you’ll be at the strike of midnight, but what about the rest of the year? If you are looking for ideas, it’s always interesting to take a trip that coincides with a special event.
Class helps discover a family history (Mobridge Tribune)
Traversing the history of generations seemed a daunting challenge for Dale Bomesberger of Onaka, until she used an opportunity offered through the Community Education Program at Mobridge to help guide her way through her family history.