In honor of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, this Monday’s Link Roundup has some Canadian content. The Memory Project aims to collect the stories of WWII veterans and make them available online. John Babcock, the last of the Canadian WWI veterans, died this past week. The CBC article, John Babcock and the legacy of the ordinary soldier, is about Babcock being a link in the long history of soldiering.
- The Memory Project: Stories of the Second World War. “This nationwide bilingual project will create a record of Canada’s participation in the Second World War as seen through the eyes of thousands of veterans. The Memory Project will provide every living Second World War veteran with the opportunity to share their memories through oral interviews and digitized artefacts and memorabilia. These stories and artefacts will be available on this site for teachers, students and the general public.”
- 2010 National Genealogical Society Family History Conference. “The 2010 NGS Family History Conference will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mark your calendars for 28 April–1 May 2010. Whether your family helped settle the nation, migrated across the country, stayed in the same place, or recently arrived in America, this conference has much to offer. The family history resources in Salt Lake City, Utah, will provide a depth and breadth to your research. The Family History Library has an extensive collection of international records. A major focus of the conference will be increasing research skills in foreign countries.”
- Top 100 Blogs to Improve Your Writing in 2010. “Here is a list of 100 blogs that will help you improve your writing by providing inspiration, motivation, creativity and new techniques from experts, freelancers, and editors from every genre.”
- 5 Cool Books for Creative People. “It’s time once more for 5 Cool Things. This week, it’s all about books, cool books, of course. Each one is a cool book for creative people. So, if it’s cool with you, I’ll begin.”
- John Babcock and the legacy of the ordinary soldier. “There is a long chain of links to wars of the past, a chain that can go back centuries — the legionary, the bowman, the Tommy, the grunt — and links ordinary soldiers to the beginning of history. John Babcock, who died Feb. 18, 2010, the last Canadian veteran of the First World War, was just such a link.”
- What Is Forensic Genealogy? “Forensic scientists and genealogists share the same goal–to find out who was who, and who did what and when. In explaining how to analyze photographs, to mine databases, and to use DNA analysis to reveal family history, Forensic Genealogy emphasizes the creative parts of an investigation over the mechanics.”
- Australian Judge Rules Facts Cannot Be Copyrighted. “An Australian Judge ruled that copyright laws do not apply to collections of facts, regardless of the amount of effort that was spent collecting them. In this case, the case surrounded the reproduction of entries from the White and Yellow Pages, but the ruling appears to have an impact on all sorts of things, including genealogy information.”
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