There were several April Fool's Day posts today, and I thought it would be fun to highlight them. Here are the ones I found:
* Family Tree Magazine's Skimpiest Issue Ever on the Genealogy Insider blog.
* 6 April Fool's Day Pranks From History on the Genealogy Insider blog.
* LANDMARK BREAKTHROUGH: Death Records for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Discovered on FindMyPast on the FindMyPast.co.uk Blog.
* April Fools on the My Maine Ancestry blog.
* On This April Fool's Day, Tell Us Which Ancestor Made a Fool Out Of You on the Ancestry.com Blog.
* Scientist's Discover Oldest Citation Ever on The Ancestry Insider blog.
* Ancestry Airlines on Tamura Jones' Google+ Feed.
* New on GeneaNet: Send Your GEDCOM by Phone on the GeneaNet Blog. (thank you, Louis!)
* For technology lovers: Your 2014 April Fool's Day Prank Spoiler on Lifehacker.
If you know of others, please let me know in a comment or email and i'll add them to the list.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/04/genealogists-celebrate-april-fools-day.html
Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver
UPDATED; 1 April 2014, 10 p.m.
I saw this on Twitter:
ReplyDelete@geneanetdotorg: New on Geneanet : Send your GEDCOM File by Phone: We are proud to launch a new service for Geneanet... http://t.co/OsugdrCF9V #genealogy
thanks, Louis! I saw the post, but thought it was for real! Didn't read after the image to see the April Fool's words.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including my post. This is a fun list and I love the compilations because I find new blogs to check out.
ReplyDeleteI re-wrote an article I did for our local genealogical society's column in the local newspaper. The story dealt with an April Fools prank by a 2x great grandmother on her neighbor back in 1861. The prank resulted in a civil court case. You can see it at: http://lijability.livejournal.com/73690.html
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