{"id":4530,"date":"2017-05-12T18:05:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T17:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=4530"},"modified":"2017-05-12T18:58:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T17:58:41","slug":"friday-finds-week-19-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-19-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday finds Week 19 – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some websites I have visited this week<\/p>\n

It is finally spring in Norway. The sun is shining and it is much more tempting to spend time outdoors than sitting in front of the computer. The house needs to get a new coat of paint and days with suitable weather needs to be used for that. Nevertheless, I have had time to read a little.<\/p>\n

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\"\"I have visited\u00a0A Family Tapestry b<\/strong>y Jacqi Stevens<\/strong> many times before. In her article The History All Around Us<\/a> she tells that she has been “converted into an evangelist for the ubiquity of history\u2014and, beyond that, to encouraging people to open their eyes to that history and find ways to decipher it, preserve it and share it”.\u00a0<\/em>I could not agree more.<\/p>\n

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\"\"In my opinion, to make genealogical information interesting, it needs to be supported by proper sources. In the blog Geneosity<\/strong>\u00a0I find the article\u00a0Citing a Genealogy Source<\/a>\u00a0that gives us some thoughts on genealogical source citation.<\/p>\n

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\"\"While we are talking about source citations, let me point you to this article from the Family tree magazine;\u00a0<\/strong>Genealogy Q&A: 3 Steps to Source Citations<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"In a time when we are hit hard by the media circus every day, this article from the blog\u00a0Stories I Share With Friends <\/strong>caught my attention. In the article\u00a0News of a Different Era\u00a0#1<\/a>\u00a0author Rick Gleason\u00a0<\/strong>tells that “going back 160 years the differences between today\u2019s journalism can be both painfully sad<\/strong> in their descriptions while hilariously funny<\/strong> in others”.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"I really like the narrative style Lynn Black\u00a0<\/strong>in the blog\u00a0starryblackness –\u00a0Time travelling from Scotland <\/strong>use to\u00a0presents the story of her 4-G Grandfather. She cleverly paints a historic backdrop by putting in little tidbits about the era and the area they lived in. Read her article\u00a0Benjamin Jacca and Priscilla Tonkin \u2013 hurricanes and shipping disasters in 19C\u00a0Newlyn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"In The family Locket blog, Nicole Dyer\u00a0<\/strong>presents a fun activity to do together with children. In the article\u00a0\u201cThe One and Only Me\u201d \u2013 Family traits book & lesson ideas<\/a>\u00a0she tells how she used to book “The One and Only Me: A Book About Genes”<\/em> by Ariana Killoran, to give a group of cub scouts a fun introduction to inheritance and variation of traits.<\/p>\n

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\"\"This has got nothing to do with genealogy, but in praise of spring I share this article from “This old house”. This is one of my favourite TV shows. It does not run on Norwegian TV, but thanks to the internet I have been able to watch it. I will read the article\u00a0How to Paint Your House’s Exterior<\/a>\u00a0and go outside and try to follow their advice.<\/p>\n

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Here are some other blogs that presents links under the \u201cfinds\u201d meme:<\/p>\n