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Genealogy Podcast Roundup – Week of January 16, 2012

The Genealogy Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts every week. Checking out this blog is an easy way to discover when new episodes are ready, and to find out about genealogy podcasts that are new, or new to you. Genealogy Gems Podcast released a new episode on January 10, 2012. This is episode number 124, and it is titled “New Google Search, Newspaper Research”. Part of this episode focuses on a new book called “Everything You Need to Know About Finding Your Family History in Newspapers”. It is a step-by-step process that walks you … Continue reading →

This Week in History – 1982

Woohoo, it is 1982…again. Let’s go back in time and see what was happening during the week of April 1, 1982: The Oscars were held and Chariots of Fire won Best Picture. Henry Fonda won his first Oscar at the age of 76 for his role in On Golden Pond (although he did get an honorary Oscar the year before. Fittingly enough, movie legend Katharine Hepburn also won an Oscar that year for On Golden Pond. Warren Beatty won Best Director for Reds. Who was the Oscar host? None other than Johnny Carson! Having just lost co-star and good friend … Continue reading →

Genealogy in County Clare Ireland

If you can trace your Irish roots back to County Clare and you are ever fortunate enough to be able to go to Ireland to visit your ancestral homeland, you may want to visit the Clare Heritage and Genealogical Centre. County Clare has experienced a large amount of emigration over the past two hundred years. In one thirty year period alone (1850 to 1880), one hundred and twelve thousand people emigrated from County Clare. All of those people went somewhere – were some of them your ancestors? Millions of people can trace their family history back to County Clare. It … Continue reading →

Infamous Hotel Rooms – Part 2

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Are you planning to travel this summer and still looking for an unusual place to stay? Consider some of one of these infamous hotel rooms: Room 217 – The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO The Stanley Hotel was built in 1909 and is elegant and historic but apparently Stephen King saw more than that when he stayed in room 217. It is said that The Stanley Hotel was his inspiration for his thriller The Shining, although none of the movie was actually filmed here. Still, legend has it that the 138-room hotel is haunted, so maybe that provided inspiration for … Continue reading →

When Politicians Choose Bad Campaign Songs – Part I

It is that time again – time for politicians to try to appear to be in touch with the common man and in doing so, choose mostly inappropriate campaign songs. This phenomenon has been happening for a while now. You might remember that Ronald Reagan used Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” as one of his songs. Oh sure, on the surface, it seemed like quite a good choice. But, let’s look past the title to the actual lyrics. Here are just some of them – “I got in a little hometown jam, And so they put a rifle in … Continue reading →

Choosing Service to Our Country Over Fame

A while back, I had blogged about people who had a brush with fame, then left it all to become average Joes. Today, I read a story about a guy who had all the credentials to be a pro athlete, but decided to leave that behind to serve in the military. While this is not a popular decision in today’s world, during World War II, most male celebrities decided to abandon their movie careers to join the military. Our country was at a time of peril and it just seemed like the right thing to do. People like Jimmy Stewart, … Continue reading →

Spielberg Makes a Video Game

It has been a long wait, but we have some news. There are new details about the video game collaboration between Steven Spielberg, legendary film maker and Electronic Arts the popular video game maker. The game, called “Boom Blox,” will be available is May for the Ninento Wii video game console. Electronic Arts has recently released information that indicates that the game will be a casual game full of “Blox-laying chickens or…baseball-throwing monkeys” or cartoonlike grim reapers in tiki, medieval, frontier, or haunted themed settings.” In other words, it is probably going to be full of a lot of weird … Continue reading →

Michael Jackson: Converting to Islam?

There is talk that Michael Jackson is planning to convert to Islam. It was brother Jermaine that released this news to the media earlier this week. Jermaine, a Muslim since 1989, said that Michael had been reading Islamic books and is interested in the faith. Maybe Michael is looking for something to provide him with inner peace after two very tumultuous decades. Michael has actually been lying relatively low lately. Through the years though, he has been in the news for one reason or another. It used to be that Michael was in the news for good reasons. The self-professed … Continue reading →

Super Crazy Super Bowl Stunt

Did you hear the news? The Super Bowl between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears was seen by 93.2 million people, making it the third most-watched TV broadcast in history. Only the 1982 “M-A-S-H” finale and the 1996 Super Bowl between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers had more viewers. One of those viewers was a teenager living in Minnesota whose family has a tradition of running around their yard during the big game. Personally, I think it’s a wacky tradition, but not a completely crazy concept… unless of course it is –17 degrees below zero when you’re executing … Continue reading →