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Shades – Earth Day/Birthday edition
It was a dark and stormy night. In fact it had been a dark and stormy day. My name’s Craig and I work out of the 99th precinct. But tonight I was on a caper of my own. It was raining (did I mention it was a dark and stormy night?), So I pulled [...]
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1940 Census Release: Meanwhile, Back in New Mexico. . .
. . . The Santa Fe New Mexican reported in an AP wire story that “130,000 enumerators are going to ring 40,000,000 doorbells between April 1 ad April 30 and ask three and quarter billion questions.” Pre-census estimates put the U.S. population at about 132,000,000. (Apr 1, 1940, p. 3) . . . The Albuquerque [...]
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Celebrating a Census Release: It was 1940 When . . .
. . . Walt Disney’s Pinocchio made its cinematic debut (Feb 7). . . . Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Gone With the Wind, becoming the first African-American Academy award winner (Feb 29). . . . Hitler and Mussolini decided to fight Britain and France (Mar 18). . . . Germany invaded Denmark and [...]
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New Mexico is 100 Years Old Today!
So what do Billy the Kid, Smokey Bear, Kit Carson, Microsoft, atomic bombs, and Isabella of Castile have in common? They each in some way have iconic connections to our 47th state, the Land of Enchantment, which was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912. And you can learn more about each of them [...]
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Billy the Kid, Smokey Bear, and Kit Carson . . .
What to do they have in common with Microsoft, atomic bombs, and Isabella of Castile? Coming this week at GeneaBlogie!
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The Zen of Genealogy & The Art of Rocket Science
I know some rocket scientists. Rocket scientists are friends of mine. And I know something about rocket science itself. I was born several years before the Sputnik launch, and was in school after that event as America wrung its collective hands about “why Johnny can’t read” and whether American kids were up to competition with [...]
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Comments:Issues Resolved!
But don’t overlook the captcha below the comment. I hated to have to do that, but it became necessary to fight the forces of evil!
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My Teachers: Theodora Cooper (Gold Edition)
Last week, technical difficulties prevented us from presenting this post in full. We now run it in its entirety. Mrs. Cooper was my fourth grade teacher. I remember her (from the vantage point of a half century past) as an “older” woman with graying hair that probably had been blonde. Of course, as a [...]
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My Teachers: An Occasional Series
A few months ago, I discovered that my elementary school has an “alumni page” on Facebook. People were posting about their various experiences in grade school and of course, about the teachers. Frequently expressed sentiments included “I wonder where Mrs. X is today?” or “I wish I could get in touch with Mr. Y.” It [...]
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Blog Caroling: O, Little Town of Bethlehem
Like many creative things in our Geneablogosphere, blog caroling owes its origin to the irrepressible footnoteMaven. Since I blogged earlier this month at the Catholic Gene [here] that my favorite Christmas Carol is O Holy Night, this evening here I’ll blog carol my second favorite Christmas song, with the mandatory Nat King Cole rendition. O [...]
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