{"id":86374,"date":"2014-10-07T13:37:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=86374"},"modified":"2014-10-07T13:37:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T20:37:07","slug":"your-weekly-genealogy-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/your-weekly-genealogy-recap-86374.html","title":{"rendered":"Your Weekly Genealogy Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s our weekly recap of articles from around the web!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-86375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ben_franklin_tree.jpg\" alt=\"ben_franklin_tree\" width=\"520\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ben_franklin_tree.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ben_franklin_tree-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>Image: Franklin tree has deep roots \/ Philly.com<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The Genealogy Sphere<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishcentral.com\/news\/Irish-family-tries-to-top-Guinness-record-with-for-most-members-over-100.html\" target=\"_blank\">Five brothers and sister over 100 a world record say Irish family<\/a> (Irishcentral.com) &#8211; Could the secret of longevity lie with this Irish family? The Clarke family sees five siblings live to be a hundred.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/legends-what-actually-lived-no-mans-land-between-world-war-i-trenches-180952513\/?no-ist\" target=\"_blank\">The Legend of What Actually Lived in the &#8220;No Man&#8217;s Land&#8221; Between World War I&#8217;s Trenches<\/a> (Smithsonian Magazine) &#8211; Read the tale of scavengers during World War I<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/afterthekidsleave.com\/2014\/09\/30\/long-lost-cousins-found-last\/\" target=\"_blank\">Long lost cousins, found at last!<\/a> (Afterthekidsleave.com) &#8211; Great story about cousins who discovered each other through Geni!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/opinion\/20140928_Franklin_tree_has_deep_roots.html\" target=\"_blank\">Franklin tree has deep roots<\/a>\u00a0(Philly.com) &#8211; Even Benjamin Franklin researched his family history!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatitmeanstobeamerican.org\/etc\/at-an-irish-american-funeral-home-i-found-my-chinese-roots\/\" target=\"_blank\">At an Irish-American Funeral Home, I Found My Chinese Roots<\/a> (WhatItMeanstoBeAmerican.org) &#8211; A must-read! Jia-Rui Cook shares how she learned more about\u00a0her roots<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/youre-invited-to-the-global-family-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Times of Israel<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Author AJ Jacobs shares more about his quest to host the largest family reunion ever<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3453948\/archaeologists-believe-they-found-draculas-dungeon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Archaeologists Believe They Found Dracula&#8217;s Dungeon<\/a> (Time) &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Just in time for Halloween, archaeologists believe they have found Vlad the Impaler&#8217;s dungeon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On Geni<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/monday-recap-for-september-29-2014-386261.html\" target=\"_blank\">Monday Recap for September 29, 2014<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Last week&#8217;s recap<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/genealogy-research-mugshots-386240.html\" target=\"_blank\">Genealogy Research: Mugshots<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Any black sheep in your family tree? Read how mugshots can provide clues for your family history research<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/10-ways-to-celebrate-family-history-month-386306.html\" target=\"_blank\">10 Ways to Celebrate Family History Month<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s Family History Month! Check out our\u00a0tips on how you can\u00a0celerbate<\/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-miguel-de-cervantes-386252.html\" target=\"_blank\">Miguel de Cervantes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-ted-danson-386272.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Danson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-mary-i-of-england-386281.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mary I of England<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-mahatma-gandhi-2-386303.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mahatma Gandhi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-gwen-stefani-2-386318.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gwen Stefani<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s our weekly recap of articles from around the web! Image: Franklin tree has deep roots \/ Philly.com The Genealogy Sphere Five brothers and sister over 100 a world record say Irish family (Irishcentral.com) &#8211; Could the secret of longevity lie with this Irish family? The Clarke family sees five siblings live to be a hundred. The Legend of What Actually Lived in the &#8220;No Man&#8217;s Land&#8221; Between World War I&#8217;s Trenches (Smithsonian Magazine) &#8211;&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/your-weekly-genealogy-recap-86374.html\"><span>Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":86375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3761],"tags":[4980,4538,521],"class_list":["post-86374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monday-recap-2","tag-articles","tag-genealogy","tag-recap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86374"}],"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=86374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86378,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86374\/revisions\/86378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}