Week in Review

Below are some noteworthy news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heritage, and Technology.

• The remains of a soldier who died in Canada in 1784 may have been positively identified by a group of experts. (hat/tip: Walking the Berkshires)

• The Library of Congress's Digital Preservation Blog asks What Skills does a Digital Archivist or Librarian Need?

• Craig Manson of GeneaBlogie is looking at the Reliability of Oral Histories.  (Part One) (Part Two)

• A genealogist is challenging the Daughters of the American Revolution for refusing to accept DNA evidence.  (Hat/Tip: Megan Smolenyak)

• Dear Myrtle found identical images at Ancestry and FamilySearch with different source information.  We learn in the comments that Ancestry admits their source information should have included the words, "Reproduced with permission." 

• Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings looks at the various source citations for the 1930 census at FamilySearch, Ancestry and Footnote.

•  The July/August issue of Shades of the Departed Magazine has been posted.  This issue's theme is Occupations.

• Daniel Hubbard of Personal Past Meditations grapples with confirmation bias in genealogical research. 

• A new study suggests internet use negatively impacts our memory. Or, from a different perspective, our brains are becoming more efficient. If we know where we can look up the information, the brain doesn't waste its resources storing it. 

•  It appears Microsoft may soon be entering the Social Networking fray as well.  (Personally, I think my Mac would revolt against me if I created a profile on a Microsoft social network, so if they do enter the fray, I will not be testing it out.)

Other Weekly Link Lists

• Randy Seaver's Best of the Genea-Blogs at Genea-Musings

• Greta Koehl's Follow Friday at Greta's Genealogy Bog

• Jen's Follow Friday at Climbing My Family Tree

• Liz Haigney Lynch's Links at The Ancestral Archaeologist