Follow Friday - Week of July 5, 2013

Falcon Solo about to take first flight as Mom watches

Here are a few of my favorite finds for the past week:

• The Genealogy Insider asks what 2% of Ancestry.com users have in common. Hint: It has to do with searching!
• The Ohio Memory project's Digital Newspaper Portal has lists of links to digitized Ohio newspapers by title, county, region, time period and Civil War titles.
• Dayton Innovation Legacy has an interesting article on John H. Patterson, the founder of National Cash Register (NCR) credited with being a pioneer of the modern sales force and progressive employee policies.
• Yvonne shares a tip on recording the height of her family members in Measuring Up.
• Ellie's Ancestors recommends searching YouTube for videos of your ancestor's homeland and history.
• Abt Unk posts about how a German “Maibaum” (Maypole) tells the history of the town of Fredericksburg.
• Follow the continuing drama as a pair of Salt Lake City falcons raise their chick named Solo.