{"id":72130,"date":"2012-01-03T13:56:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T20:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=72130"},"modified":"2012-01-03T13:56:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T20:56:34","slug":"recap-for-january-3-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/recap-for-january-3-2012-72130.html","title":{"rendered":"Recap for January 3, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hope everyone had a great holiday and a happy new year! Here&#8217;s a recap of what you may have missed in the world of genealogy over the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>The Genealogy Sphere<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/12\/23\/3090790\/seeking-kin-an-israeli-finds-his-american-cousins\">Seeking Kin: An Israeli finds his American cousins<\/a> (JTA) &#8211; An Israeli man is reunited with his American cousins through genealogy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/lifestyles\/life\/2011\/dec\/25\/banewso7-take-research-beyond-names-dates-and-maps-ar-340095\/\">Take research beyond names, dates and maps<\/a> (Tampa Bay Online) &#8211; Suggestions on how to put your ancestors into historical perspective<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2011\/12\/24\/living\/family-ties\/following-chain-of-custody-may-lead-to-family-history-treasures\/?ref=mostReadBox\">Following &#8216;chain of custody&#8217; may lead to family history treasures<\/a> (Bangor Daily News) &#8211; Following the chain of custody for a relative&#8217;s funeral bill leads to new discoveries<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/kalamazoo\/index.ssf\/2011\/12\/eight_generations_portage_fami.html\">Eight generations: Portage family finds special meaning in heirloom quilt at Christmas<\/a> (mlive.com) &#8211; A family decorates their home with a family genealogy quilt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/ct-met-obamas-heritage-0101-20111231,0,3215725.story\">We&#8217;re all (likely) related to stars<\/a> (Chicago Tribune) &#8211; An explanation about why we&#8217;re all likely related to celebrities<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timestranscript.canadaeast.com\/lifetimes\/article\/1467709\">Multiple burial sites may complicate research<\/a> (Times &amp; Transcript) &#8211; New burial practices may complicate future genealogical research<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bolivarmonews.com\/news\/douglas-family-reunited-with--year-old-bible\/article_772aca52-3268-11e1-831e-0019bb2963f4.html\">Douglas family reunited with 150-year-old Bible<\/a> (Bolivar Herald-Free Press) &#8211; A family is reunited with an old family Bible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On Geni<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/monday-recap-for-december-19-2011-371887.html\">Monday Recap for December 19, 2011<\/a> &#8211; Links to some great \u00a0genealogy articles from the week<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/happy-hanukkah-371876.html\">Happy Hanukkah!<\/a> &#8211; Celebrating the first day of Hanukkah<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/play-the-geni-celebrity-quiz-on-facebook-371952.html\">Play the Geni Celebrity Quiz on Facebook<\/a> &#8211; Play our fun and addictive Geni Celebrity Quiz on Facebook<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/a-look-back-at-2011-372018.html\">A Look Back at 2011<\/a> &#8211; We looked back at the past year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Profile of the Day<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-rosemary-clooney-371878.html\">Rosemary Clooney<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-judas-maccabeus-371896.html\">Judas Maccabeus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-james-stewart-371943.html\">James Stewart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-charles-dickens-2-371971.html\">Charles Dickens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-charles-darwin-372008.html\">Charles Darwin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-woodrow-wilson-2-372029.html\">Woodrow Wilson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-jon-voight-372095.html\">Jon Voight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-rudyard-kipling-372101.html\">Rudyard Kipling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hope everyone had a great holiday and a happy new year! Here&#8217;s a recap of what you may have missed in the world of genealogy over the last couple of weeks. The Genealogy Sphere Seeking Kin: An Israeli finds his American cousins (JTA) &#8211; An Israeli man is reunited with his American cousins through genealogy Take research beyond names, dates and maps (Tampa Bay Online) &#8211; Suggestions on how to put your ancestors into&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/recap-for-january-3-2012-72130.html\"><span>Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3761],"tags":[4538,521],"class_list":["post-72130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-recap-2","tag-genealogy","tag-recap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72130"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72135,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72130\/revisions\/72135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}