Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again -
time for some more Genealogy Fun!!
Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):
1) Go to the dMarie Time Capsule Website - http://dmarie.com/timecap/
2) Select a date in your family history that you want to know about. You might pick a birth date or wedding date of your parents or grandparents.
3) Enter the date into the search form, and select the news, songs, toys, books and other things that you want to feature.
4) Share the date, why you picked it, and the results of your Time Capsule study on your own blog, in a comment to this post, or in a comment or post on Facebook.
Here's mine:
I chose my parents (Frederick Walton Seaver and Betty Virginia Carringer) marriage date - 12 July 1942. I found out that the news of the month included:
Top News Headlines This Week:
Jul 13 - 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by nazis
Jul 13 - German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages
Jul 13 - SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov Poland
Jul 14 - 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork
Jul 14 - Riots against Jews in Amsterdam
Jul 15 - 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz
Top Songs for 1942
Jersey Bounce by Benny Goodman
Moonlight Cocktail by Glenn Miller
Tangerine by Jimmy Dorsey
Blues In the Night by Woody Herman
Kalamazoo by Glenn Miller
White Christmas by Bing Crosby
He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings by Kay Kyser
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle by Kay Kyser
Sleepy Lagoon by Harry James
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place by Benny Goodman
US President -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
US Vice President -- Henry A. Wallace
1942 Prices
Bread: $0.09/loaf
Milk: $0.60/gal
Eggs: $0.61/doz
Car: $1,100
Gas: $0.20/gal
Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: Mrs. Miniver, Directed By William Wyler
Best Actor: James Cagney, in Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Actress: Greer Garson, in Mrs. Miniver
Top Books in 1942
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
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7 comments:
Here's mine!
https://gatapleytree.blogspot.com/2020/09/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-time.html
My date choice ended up being the same year as yours, Randy. 1942. It was a sad and scary time in the world. But there was some fun stuff too.
Here's mine. I picked my dad's birthday 23 April 1930.
https://mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/2020/09/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-time.html
Here's mine
https://loiswillis.blog/2020/09/06/sunday-afternoon-genealogy-fun-time-capsule-fun/
I chose my great-grandparents' weddimg day in 1914.
http://www.ancestraldiscoveries.com/2020/09/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-time.html
I chose my grandparent's wedding day. --> My post.
I chose my paternal grandmother's birthday. https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2020/09/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-107/
This was a fun activity, Randy. Thanks for suggesting it. I always enjoy jumping back in time!
The link to my post is https://nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2020/09/on-september-15-1938-saturday-night.html.
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