Dates vs Calendars

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Genealogy tip for today: Dates vs. Calendars

 

Today’s tip is more of a reminder and short. Recently we talked about Calendars and the last couple of days we’ve talked about dates. It’s also important to remember what time period you are working in and therefore what calendar was in use at that point. This is especially true when you get quite a ways back in your research – I’m talking centuries.

 

Although this blog is geared mostly toward Americans, you may be researching a Jewish background, or a Chinese background or some other ethnic group. These groups of people also have their own calendar. So when you begin researching documents that go back in time to other countries or races, be sure and find out about their culture, overall and what calendar was used at that time. Don’t assume that all dates are based on the Gregorian calendar and that dates you find refer only to that calendar.

 

Again when you transcribe – write them as you find them. When you enter the data into your genealogy forms, use the “Dimmie” (dd/mm/yyyy) method.

 

 

“History – it’s who we are; Genealogy – it’s who I am” sg

 

 

 

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George Washington

 

Today in History 1799   George Washington dies on his Mount Vernon estate. 1819   Alabama is admitted as the 22nd state, making 11 slave states and 11 free states. 1861   Prince Albert of England, one of the Union's strongest advocates, dies. 1863   Confederate General James Longstreet attacks Union troops at Bean's Station, Tenn. 1900   Max Planck presents the quantum theory at the Physics Society in Berlin. 1906   The first U1 submarine is brought into service in Germany. Italy's MAS torpedo boats. 1908   The first truly representative Turkish Parliament opens. 1909   The Labor Conference in Pittsburgh ends with a "declaration of war" on U.S. Steel. 1911   Roald Amundsen and four others discover the South Pole. 1920   The League of Nations creates a credit system to aid Europe. 1939   The League of Nations drops the Soviet Union from its membership. Joseph Avenol sold out the League of Nations. 1941   German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel orders the construction of defensive positions along the European coastline. Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach 1946   The United Nations adopt a disarmament resolution prohibiting the A-Bomb. 1949   Bulgarian ex-Premier Traicho Kostov is sentenced to die for treason in Sofia. 1960   A U.S. Boeing B-52 bomber sets a 10,000-mile non-stop record without refueling. 1980   NATO warns the Soviets to stay out of the internal affairs of Poland, saying that intervention would effectively destroy the détente between the East and West. 1981   Israel's Knesset passes the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the Golan Heights area. 1994   Construction begins on China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. 1995   The Dayton Agreement signed in Paris; establishes a general framework for ending the Bosnian War between Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1999   Tens of thousands die as a result of flash floods caused by torrential rains in Vargas, Venezuela. 2003   Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, narrowly escapes and assassination attempt. 2004   The Millau Viaduct, the world's tallest bridge, official opens near Millau, France. 2008   Iraqi broadcast journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at US President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. 2012   At Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Conn., 20 children and six adults are shot to death by a 20-year-old gunman who then commits suicide.

 

Birthdays today

1503		Nostradamus [Michel de Nostredame], French astrologer and physician.
1546		Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer.
1585		Henry IV, the first Bourbon king of France.
1795		John Bloomfield Jarvis, civil engineer.
1822		John Christie, English patron of music.
1866		Roger Fry, English art critic.
1896		James H. Doolittle, American Air Force general who commanded the first bombing mission over Japan.
1916		Shirley Jackson, novelist and short story writer (Life Among Savages, The Lottery).
1917		June Taylor, choreographer, founder of the June Taylor Dancers featured on Jackie Gleason's TV programs.
1918		James Thomas Aubrey Jr., TV and film executive; president of CBS television (1959–1965).
1922		Don Hewitt, TV producer; creator of 60 Minutes.
1922		Junior J. Spurrier, received Medal of Honor for his actions in capturing Achain, France.
1925		Sam Jones ("Sad Sam" "Toothpick" Jones), pro baseball player; first African-American pitcher to throw a no-hitter in integrated baseball game.
1932		Charlie Rich, crossover country singer, musician ("Behind Closed Doors").
1935		Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine and Roses, The Omen).
1939		Ernie Davis, first African American to win Heisman Trophy (Syracuse University); subject of The Express movie (2008).
1943		Emmett Tyrell, journalist, author, publisher; founded The American Spectator magazine.
1946		Patty Duke, actress, singer; won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16, playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker; president of Screen Actors Guild (1985-88).
1955		Spider Stacy (Peter  Stacy), singer, songwriter, musician with The Pogues band.
1966		Anthony Mason, pro basketball player.
1972		Miranda Hart, comedian, actress, writer (Miranda Hart's Joke Shop on BBC Radio 2 and its spinoff BBC sitcom TV series Miranda).

 

Word for the Day

pratfall

PRONUNCIATION:

(PRAT-fawl)

 

MEANING:

noun: A humiliating failure, blunder, or defeat.

 

ETYMOLOGY:

A pratfall is literally a fall on the buttocks. The word is figuratively used to describe embarrassing errors or failures. From prat (buttocks, fool) + fall. Earliest documented use: 1939.

 

USAGE:

"Some caution that stockpiling is ending and both markets are in for a pratfall."
Ray Turchansky; Asian Consumers Likely Spend Us Out of Our Financial Mess; The Vancouver Sun (Canada); Aug 21, 2009.

Quote for the Day

What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE)

 

 

 

Today’s Recipe

Holiday Cooking

Heavenly Chipped Chocolate and Hazelnut Cheesecake

 

 

 

Ingredients:

1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs 3/4 cup hazelnuts - toasted, skinned and coarsely chopped 2 tablespoons white sugar 3 tablespoons butter, melted   3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

1 cup white sugar 3 eggs, lightly beaten 3 tablespoons hazelnut liqueur 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips   2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips 13 skinned, toasted hazelnuts 1/4 cup sour cream, room temperature 1 tablespoon hazelnut liqueur

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2.	Using a blender or a food processor, finely chop 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips. Transfer ground chocolate to a mixing bowl. Add vanilla wafer crumbs, ground hazelnuts, 2 tablespoons white sugar, and melted butter or margarine. Mix until well combined. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Allow to cool.
3.	Raise oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4.	In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add 1 cup white sugar; mix well. Add the eggs and 3 tablespoons liqueur. Mix until well blended. Coarsely chop 1 cup of the semisweet chocolate chips, and stir the chocolate into the cream cheese mixture. Pour batter into the cooled crust.
5.	Bake in preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 1 hour. Let cake cool in oven for 1 hour. Remove outer ring from pan; allow cake to cool completely.
6.	Melt 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips over hot (not boiling) water. Stir until smooth. Dip 13 hazelnuts into the chocolate, covering one-half of each nut. Shake off the excess chocolate. Place on a waxed-paper lined plate and chill until set.
7.	Stir the sour cream into the remaining melted chocolate and mix well. Add 1 tablespoon liqueur. Spread glaze on top of the cooled cheesecake. Garnish with chocolate-dipped hazelnuts.

 

ENJOY!

 

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