Genealogy tip for today: Highlighting today’s
genealogy blog
Genealogy
Tip for today: Have you been watching
“Who Do You Think You Are”? This is an interesting show; especially for the
genealogist or family historian in the family. For others it may be slow moving
to downright boring. I find genealogy fascinating. So I think you can tell what
I think of the show.
Genealogy Insider blog site is sponsored
by the Family Tree Magazine and Wednesday morning it was already talking about WDYTYA show from the night before. So you can see, it is up to the minute in news in the genealogy
world.
They don’t blog daily, but
frequently. Within 4 posts I found an entry for last weeks’ WDYTYA. It
keeps you abreast of upcoming events (e.g. the new Genealogy Roadshow starting
in Sept.) and reports on recent events, (e.g. FGS conference.)
The FGS report is full of new
information from Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. They also reference other
blogs that you can cross check yourself for information. If you are looking for
a site that keeps you in the know with current events and current information
of what is now available, this website is for you.
Have you been reading our
other posts? Before we started our blog on this website, our blog was attached
to the Rogers Public Library website. So the
tabs at the top of this page are the 3 months entries from the previous site.
This way you have access to all our posts in one place. We welcome and desire
your comments and input. Let us know what you think.
Blogs
Researched:
Genealogy’s Star
Find My Past
Ancestry Insider
Granite in my Blood
The Genealogy blog
Dear Mytle
Photo Detective
Genealogue
Genea-Musings
Ancestry.com/blog
Today in
History
1862 Mistakenly
believing the Confederate Army to be in retreat, Union General John Pope
attacks, beginning the Battle of Groveten; Both sides sustain heavy casualties.
1914 Three German
cruisers are sunk by ships of the Royal Navy in the Battle of Heligoland Bight,
the first major naval battle of World War I.
1938 The first degree
given to a ventriloquist's dummy is awarded to Charlie McCarthy–Edgar Bergen's
wooden partner. The honorary degree, "Master of Innuendo and Snappy
Comeback," is presented on radio by Ralph Dennis, the dean of the School of Speech
at Northwestern University
1941 The German U-boat
U-570 is captured by the British and renamed Graph
1944 German forces in Toulon and Marseilles ,
France
1945 Chinese communist
leader Mao Tse-Tung arrives in Chunking to confer with Nationalist leader
Chiang Kai-Shek in a futile effort to avert civil war.
1963 One of the
largest demonstrations in the history of the United
States , the March on Washington
1965 The Viet Cong are
routed in the Mekong Delta by U.S.
1968 Clash between
police and anti-war demonstrators during Democratic Party's National Convention
in Chicago
1979 Irish Republican
Army (IRA) bomb explodes under bandstand in Brussels' Great Market as British
Army musicians prepare for a performance; four British soldiers wounded.
1981 John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent to attempting to assassinate
Pres. Ronald Reagan.
1982 First Gay Games
held, in San Francisco
1983 Israeli's prime
minister Menachem Begin announces his resignation.
1986 Bolivian
president Victor Paz Estenssoro declares a state of siege and uses troops and
tanks to halt a march by 10,000 striking tin miners.
1986 US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth given
365-year prison term for spying for USSR
1993 Two hundred
twenty-three die when a dam breaks at Qinghai
(Kokonor), in northwest China
2003 Power blackout
affects half-million people in southeast England
and halts 60% of London
2005 Hurricane Katrina
reaches Category 5 strength; Louisiana Superdome opened as a "refuge of
last resort" in
2012 US
Birthdays today:
1749 Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe, German poet, playwright and novelist, best known for Faust
1774 Elizabeth Ann
Seton, founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph and the first U.S.-born saint
1828 Leo Tolstoy,
Russian novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina)
1882 Belle Benchley,
the first female zoo director in the world, who directed the Zoological Gardens
of San Diego.
1896 Liam O'Flaherty,
Irish novelist and short-story writer
1903 Bruno Bettelheim,
Austrian psychologist, educator of autistic and emotionally disturbed children
1908 Roger Tory
Peterson, author of the innovative bird book A Field Guide to Birds.
1925 Donald O'Connor,
entertainer (Singin' in the Rain, Anything Goes)
1939 Catherine
"Cassie" Mackin, journalist; first woman to anchor an evening
newscast alone on a regular basis (NBC's Sunday Night News); NBC's first
woman floor reporter at a national political convention
1943 Lou Pinelia,
American League Rookie of the Year (1969); 14th-winningest manager of all time
1948 Daniel Seraphine,
drummer with the band Chicago
1951 Wayne
1952 Rita Dove, poet;
second African-American poet to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1987);
first African-American Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of
Congress (1993-95); Poet Laureate of Virginia (2004-06).
1965 Shania Twain
(Eilleen Regina Edwards), five-time Grammy-winning singer ("You're Still
the One"); only female artist to have three consecutive Diamond albums (10
million units sold).
1971 Todd Eldredge,
figure skater; Men's World Champion (1996).
1982 Leann Rimes,
Grammy-winning singer ("Blue"), actress, (Northern Lights).
1986 Gilad Shalit,
Israeli Defense Forces corporal kidnapped by Hamas and held for five years
before being exchanged for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners.
1999 Prince Nikolai of
Denmark
Word for the
day:
aspirate
PRONUNCIATION:
(verb:
AS-puh-rayt, noun: AS-puhr-it)
MEANING:
verb
tr.:
1. To pronounce a sound with an exhalation of breath.
2. To pronounce the h sound at the beginning of a word as (hwich) for which.
3. To inhale something (such as a fluid) into the lungs, as after throwing up.
4. To draw a fluid from a body cavity by suction.
noun:
1. The sound represented by h.
2. A speech sound followed by an audible puff of breath.
3. The matter removed from a body cavity by suction.
1. To pronounce a sound with an exhalation of breath.
2. To pronounce the h sound at the beginning of a word as (hwich) for which.
3. To inhale something (such as a fluid) into the lungs, as after throwing up.
4. To draw a fluid from a body cavity by suction.
noun:
1. The sound represented by h.
2. A speech sound followed by an audible puff of breath.
3. The matter removed from a body cavity by suction.
ETYMOLOGY:
From
Latin aspirare (to breathe, blow). Earliest documented use: 1669.
USAGE:
"Woody
Allen's tone is often aspirated and screechy, lacking the clarinet's melted
chocolate smoothness."
Steven Mirkin; Woody Allen and HisNew Orleans
Jazz Band at UCLA; The Hollywood Reporter; Dec
31, 2011.
"Whitney Houston brings out the aspirates or glottals at the start of each word."
Alexandra Coghlan; A Voice That Destroyed Itself; New Statesman (London , UK
"This condition causes everything that he eats to aspirate into his lungs."
Benefit Dinner;Idaho State Journal (Pocatello
Steven Mirkin; Woody Allen and His
"Whitney Houston brings out the aspirates or glottals at the start of each word."
Alexandra Coghlan; A Voice That Destroyed Itself; New Statesman (
"This condition causes everything that he eats to aspirate into his lungs."
Benefit Dinner;
Quote for the day:
A timid
question will always receive a confident answer. -Henry Lytton Bulwer, diplomat and author (1801-1872)
August
is Sandwich Month
Today’s
Recipe
Smokey Chili
Joes
Ingredients:
Cooking spray
1/2 pound extralean ground beef
1/2 cup prechopped onion
1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/8 teaspoon chipotle chile powder
1/4 cup ketchup
1 (15-ounce) can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with green pepper and onions, undrained
6 (1 1/2-ounce) hamburger buns
6 tablespoons shredded sharp cheddar cheese
12 sandwich-cut bread-and-butter pickles
Preparation
1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add beef to pan; cook 4 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Add onion and garlic to pan; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
2. Add cumin, chili powder, and chipotle chile powder, and cook 30 seconds. Stir in ketchup, beans, and tomatoes; cook 6 minutes or until slightly thickened.
3. Spoon about 2/3 cup beef mixture over 6 bottom bun halves, and top each with 1 tablespoon cheese and 2 pickles. Top with the remaining bun halves
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
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