Archive for June, 2009
Family history
Wow! A few weeks ago there was a discussion on the QuiltDesigners Group over on Yahoo, and internet friend Diane Harman-Hoog of Quilters Keep Learning was prompted to do a quick search on me on the internet. Diane, you see, is a maven of family genealogy (spelling?). In just a few days, she had traced my dad’s family back to the Patrick who immigrated from Ireland in 1857, and my mother’s family back to Switzerland and Germany to 1590!!!!!!!! She incredibly generously sent me a TON of info
Illegitimate get a place in Burke’s revolution: Bible of the blue-blooded takes a step into the 21st century (Daily Mail)
Burke’s Peerage is to list the illegitimate children of Britain’s blue bloods for the first time in its 183-year history.
282 Podcasts - Anne is a Man’s list for July 2009
Every first of the month I publish a full list of podcasts I have reviewed. You can find the list below. If however you want to have them presented to you in a more orderly fashion, look up my list of directories . The disclaimer must be that the directories are not as up to date as the full list is. I have recently updated the history podcast inventory (which is the largest), the rest is under way. Stay tuned this month. I will set up one or several podcast feeds that will allow you to con
Family history conference set at BYU (Deseret News)
John Phillip Colletta, one of the nation’s most popular genealogical lecturers, will be a keynote speaker at the 41st annual…
Bible of the aristocracy abandons chauvinism to list offspring in order (Times Online)
Burke’s Peerage and Gentry, the bible of the aristocracy, is to abandon centuries of chauvinism and list the offspring in order of birth instead of giving precedence to males.