Friday, July 5, 2013

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.

4 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for mentioning my article, Kathryn! I really appreciate it!

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  2. Kathryn, Thanks for the link to my blog, how kind of you! Ellie

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