Oh, Baby! The footnoteMaven has published the 7th Edition of the “I Smile for the Camera” Carnival at her digital publication site, Shades of the Departed. From babies on bearskins to twin babes to favorite snaps of grandbabies, this edition features 44 submissions from 43 bloggers, and is a sure winner!
“The word prompt for the [...]
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Tim Abbot of Walking the Berkshires has just posted Cabinet of Curiosities #9. The “I Know What You Did Last Summer” Edition has eleven submitters and probes the weird, bizarre, and merely odd. Not necessarily a genealogy-related carnival, many genea-bloggers post their entries nonetheless, for who more than genealogists and family historians have [...]
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…Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15)
September 1: Labor Day (United States)Labour Day (Canada)(“Labor Day and Ancestral Occupations” by Carolyn L. Barkley)
September 1: Ramadan begins
September 7: National Grandparents’ Day (U.S. and Canada)Father’s Day (Australia and New Zealand)
September 11: Patriot Day (United States)
September 15: Independence Day(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
September 16: Independence [...]
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…National Back to School Month (United States).
…Holiday Month (many European countries).
August 1: Anniversary of the 1st U.S. Federal Census
Swiss National Day
August 2 – 3: Twins Day in Twinsburg, Ohio
(Do twins run in your family?)
August 6: National Salvadoran-American Day (United States)
August 7: Purple Heart Day
August 8 – 24: 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing, China
(Any Olympians or athletic [...]
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…not a month that has a particular heritage associated with it. However, there are a number of national holidays and a historical celebration during this month:
July 1: Canada Day
July 4 – Independence Day (United States)
July 9: Independence Day (Argentina)
July 14: Bastille Day (France)
July 17 – Constitution Day (South Korea)
July 20: [...]
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…not a month that has a particular heritage associated with it. However, there are a number of national holidays and a historical celebration during this month:
July 1: Canada Day
July 4 – Independence Day (United States)
July 9: Independence Day (Argentina)
July 14: Bastille Day (France)
July 17 – Constitution Day (South Korea)
July 20: [...]
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This past week has seen the publication of four of my favorite carnivals. I’ve been–sadly–too busy to submit any posts to these, but I sure have enjoyed reading them as I snatch little moments here and there!
On Sunday, April 27th, the Cabinet of Curiosities #6 was posted by Jessica Palmer of bioephemera. You’ll [...]
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This past week has seen the publication of four of my favorite carnivals. I’ve been–sadly–too busy to submit any posts to these, but I sure have enjoyed reading them as I snatch little moments here and there!
On Sunday, April 27th, the Cabinet of Curiosities #6 was posted by Jessica Palmer of bioephemera. You’ll [...]
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Tim Abbott of Walking the Berkshires has just posted Cabinet of Curiosities #5, the Steampunk Edition. Go take a read!
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Tim Abbott of Walking the Berkshires has just posted Cabinet of Curiosities #5, the Steampunk Edition. Go take a read!
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