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July 31, 2006

New Giant Argentinian Dino Found

Lots of dinosaur news these days which is good because I’m not finding a lot on the genealogy feeds these days! For those of you who headed down to the Gail Borden Public Library for the awe-inspiring South American dinosaur exhibit, you may find this new sauropod, Puertasaurus, interesting. It may not be the largest, it really is hard to tell, but it’s gigantic! And they have a nice sketch of what it may have looked like too. This is from the National Geographic.

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July 28, 2006

GenMates – MySpace for Genealogists

On Dick Eastman’s blog today he mentions the new GenMates site which is a MySpace for genealogists. As I was reading the list of possibilities, I have to say I was thinking “What’s wrong with Rootsweb?” as it mentions forums and listservs. However, I see that they also include gardening, home and family issues along with genealogy. I’ll join, what the heck, networking is about the only way I’m ever going to crack the von Biebersteins mysteries!! Perhaps I’m just too old to get this social networking site stuff? Let me know what you think!

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July 26, 2006

Historic Finds & Pets in Lebanon

Today in the news we have some very interesting historical finds…

an Irish psalm book from 800-1000 AD in a bog!

some of the oldest artifacts found in America, including a nice pistol in a well in Jamestown!

And then, first, I’m happy to hear people are there looking after the pets in Lebanon but it’s also a case of “when will they learn?”…how many tragedies do we have to go through before governments learn that people are as attached to their pets as they are to their families? Several cases of people not leaving the area because they weren’t allowed to take their pets. Now I understand people first and all that, but really, some provision must be made for animals too! Ok, off my soapbox!

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July 25, 2006

Tuesday’s Treasure

Ahhhh the Dog Days of Summer. I thought I’d pull out this staff favorite from the Ela Area Public Library. We don’t know what the story with this dog, Buster, is but he’s in a lot of photos and he’s always sitting up! Here he is with Irene Ernest outside of the Ernest Grocery Store and Bakery. Too cute, huh?

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Maps from the Japanese Tokugawa Era

For those of you who are either 1) interested in other implementations of CONTENTdm, 2) map lovers, or 3) researching Japanese history/ancestors, might I refer you to the University of British Columbia’s beautiful collection of Japanese Maps from the Tokugawa Era (1600-1867). They are using CONTENTdm, just like we do for Digital Past, and you can really play with the zoom and pan features. It might help if you can read Japanese, but if you are researching history or genealogy, maybe you already can! Some of these are rare and others are unique, so enjoy a visit….

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July 24, 2006

Byzantine Port Uncovered

Dubbed the “Port of Theodosius,” engineers recently uncovered the remains of a 1.500 year old port in Istanbul. It’s 4 city blocks long and 2 or 3 wide with hundreds of people working the site. They think they’ve found an old church (but can’t be sure as the other half is under an apartment building), a gated entrance and 8 sunken ships. The ships might be a missing link between ancient and modern ship building techniques. To read more about this amazing find, you know what to do: click here!

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IMLS RSS Feed

Enough acronyms for you? IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) has a RSS feed that you can subscribe to through your blog/RSS reader/aggregator. This is a great way to keep up on grant offerings and deadlines plus whatever other news they feel fit to post. You can check it out by going to their site and clicking on RSS at the top to subscribe.

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July 19, 2006

A Really Good Article

I know many of you read Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter but some of you may not and I really think his article on Are Digital Genealogy Libraries Going to Replace Traditional Books? is worth the read. Working at a library system which strives to move our libraries into the future we often hear this question and attempt to answer it. I wish I could say we have a crystal ball and could tell everyone for sure, but we don’t. However, I’d have to say that in his article here, Dick really reflects my personal views on the subject and he says a lot of great things about genealogy librarians too..enjoy it!

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US Archives Reopening After Flooding

The National Archives in Washington DC which had to close due to the torrential rain and ensuing flooding has reopened to the public. There was some damage to equipment and a theater, but no original records were damaged. Good news!

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July 18, 2006

Tuesday’s Treasure

I just love the old Ray Walters cards. My great aunt used to collect them – especially anything to do with fishing and/or slightly racy. She LOVED them! She had a huge collection of them too, many of which disappeared after her death…someone has them somewhere. She would get a kick out of seeing them all in one place like the Lake County Discovery Museum has in their General Postcard collection on Digital Past. “I Had Some Trouble To Land This One” would have been just to her liking!

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