{"id":5002,"date":"2017-09-08T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2017-09-08T19:29:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T18:29:46","slug":"friday-finds-week-36-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-36-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday finds: Week 36 – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are som websites I have looked at this week<\/p>\n

Having the flu is not fun, but not being able to do much else, it gave me time to read some.<\/p>\n

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\"\"At the website\u00a0ThorNews\u00a0<\/strong>“SUPPLIER OF NORWEGIAN CULTURE” I found an article called\u00a0Old Norse Girl Names \u2013 Alphabetical List and Meanings <\/a>Why not take a look here and see if you can find a suitable name for the family’s newborn girl.<\/p>\n

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\"\"I have not worked with DNA in relation to genealogy so I am trying to learn more about this. I found and interesting article at Kitty Cooper’s blog.\u00a0The 25% relationship: a first look at the data<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"It is always fun to share other blogs with a Norwegian connection. Teri Hjelmstad’s<\/strong> website Norsky.net<\/a> is an interesting place to visit. It contains Tei’s blog, her family trees and photos related to her genealogy.<\/p>\n

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\"\"As I keep finding genealogical information posted online with no sources attached, I am returning to a topic I have touched upon several times. Some genealogist wrote that “without proper sources a family history is mere fairy tales” from the\u00a0find my past<\/strong> blog I share\u00a0\u00a0Debbie Mieszala’s\u00a0<\/strong>article\u00a0Citations: the importance of citing your sources.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Having watched the devastation in Texas and monitoring the next big storm that might hit Florida, I hope people have taken steps to protect their irreplaceable belongings. \u00a0If not this article might be of interest. All is Not Lost: Rescuing Memories After the Flood<\/a> by Carolyn Nicolaysen.<\/strong>\u00a0The article is from the Meridian Magazine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"\"<\/strong>We have all these stories told in the family. Some are true, but others does sometimes turn out to be false.\u00a0Jeanne Bryan Insalaco\u00a0<\/strong>writes about this in her blog\u00a0Everyone Has a Story.\u00a0<\/strong>Read her article\u00a0Family Stories: True or\u00a0False<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"It was not only immigrants from Norway who had to adapt their names in their new country. Tv personality\u00a0Pat Sajak, <\/strong>on the website \u00a0Ricochet<\/strong> tells about his name and his visit to the house his grandfathers left in Poland Pat Sajak\u2019s Letter \u201cD\u201d in Poland.<\/a><\/p>\n

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