{"id":85563,"date":"2014-08-04T13:54:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T20:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=85563"},"modified":"2014-08-05T15:14:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T22:14:54","slug":"monday-recap-for-august-4-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/monday-recap-for-august-4-2014-85563.html","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recap for August 4, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hope you had a great genealogy-fun filled weekend! Let&#8217;s start off the new week with these family history articles from around the web.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/australian-transitions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-85566\" title=\"australian transitions\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/australian-transitions-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/australian-transitions-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/australian-transitions-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/australian-transitions.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>Image: Australian transitions 1914-2014 \/ ABC News Australia<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The Genealogy Sphere<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/58006\/we-are-family-family-tree-entire-human-race\">We Are Family: A Family Tree of the Entire Human Race<\/a>\u00a0(mental_floss) &#8211; Best selling author AJ Jacobs penned this great article about creating the family tree of the entire world and the Global Family Reunoin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/07\/29\/heroic-women-wwi\/\">10 Heroic Women of World War I<\/a> (Mashable) &#8211;\u00a0In honor of the 100th anniversary of WWI, MyHeritage gives a salute to these 10 heroic women of the Great War<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/30\/us\/in-church-attics-private-life-of-early-america.html?_r=0\">In Church Attics, Clues to the Private Life of Early America<\/a> (The New York Times) &#8211; A treasure trove of newly digitized church records give intimate details about the lives of early Americans<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-07-29\/australian-transitions-1914-2014-digital-montages-pre-war-cities\/5627444\">Australian transitions 1914-2014: Digital montages from pre-war cities to a 21st century nation<\/a> (ABC News Australia) &#8211; Take a look at Australian streets as they were 100 years ago<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jordan-freeman\/how-finding-my-fathers-ip_b_5629919.html\">How Finding My Father&#8217;s iPhone Helped Me Mourn His Death<\/a> (The Huffington Post blog) &#8211; A very heartfelt article about how the writer as able to come to terms with her father&#8217;s death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On Geni<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/monday-recap-for-july-28-2014-385442.html\">Monday Recap for July 28, 2014<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Last week&#8217;s recap<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/genealogy-research-obituaries-385471.html\">Genealogy Research: Obituaries<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Obituaries are a great genealogy resource. What valuable information have you found?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/the-first-u-s-census-385520.html\">The First U.S. Census<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Have you found your ancestors in the census? On August 2, 1790, the very first census was conducted in the United States.<\/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-beatrix-potter-2-385435.html\">Beatrix Potter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-king-james-vi-of-scotland-and-i-of-england-385447.html\">King James VI of Scotland and I of England<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-jesse-tyler-ferguson-385457.html\">Jesse Tyler Ferguson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-j-k-rowling-2-385482.html\">J.K. 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