There’s a lot of good family history information available on the Internet. Here are five places we’ve enjoyed visiting this week:
Family Dinner Table. For this entry in the Affordable Accoutrements blog, a fascinating table was set for dinner using items from the author’s own family history or purchased from estate sales and antique malls. After reading the description of the table setting you may be motivated to replicate the feat at your next family gathering.
Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation. I linked to this for my Facebook friends a few weeks ago but found this winning performance from the Ukraine's Got Talent television program so moving and compelling that I now offer it here. If you haven’t seen it yet, please do so and watch it in full-screen mode. Then read the comments to better understand the powerful emotions it evoked in the audience. Utterly amazing.
You Can Go Home Again. David Burge, aka Iowahawk, has a uniquely quirky way of viewing the world. In this post he shares a few of his childhood memories from family excursions in “an ol’ blue Chevy pickup” to putt away a few hours at the miniature golf course in the shadow of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison.
Genealogy Companies On Twitter. Do you tweet? Do you do genealogy? If your answers were both yes, you might be interested in this list compiled by Tamura Jones. Follow away, tweeps.
See You Lada. As one of those red-blooded American boys who adored Lada Edmund Jr. from afar as she frugged away on television’s Shindig in the 1960s, I was pleased to know that she’s alive and well, setting a fine example for the boomer set as a physical trainer in New Jersey. To catch up on what she’s been up to for the last 45 years (example: she dated Henry Kissinger), drop on by the boy culture site.
Larry Lehmer is a professional personal historian who helps people preserve their family histories. To learn more, visit his web site, send him an e-mail or follow him on Twitter.
Flickr photo courtesy of Richard Stowey.
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