History and people

Usually my news consist of four sources. Katu news in Oregon so I know whats up in my home town, Yahoo news as I log in to check my e-mail, Israel National news so I know what is happening here, although it mostly political news and my husband, sometimes reliable in passing it on sometimes not, but always informative when it comes. Lately I have started reading Fox News on a regular basis. David has been reading for years so I would glance at it every now and then but recently I have decided it gives the best news for whats happening globally. We support Fox new as we feel it is one of the more pro-Israel news sites out there. I am a bit slow, but I recently figured out that they categorize all the news. Not just local, global, etc. But for example "Crimes" is broken down into most recent crimes, sex crimes, murder and so on. I started reading it then found it to be most depressing as there too many listed that involved families. However, last night as we were unwinding from Amalia's wedding, I discovered that they list all the recent archeology discoveries too. It is so cool! Some of them I knew about already, but some I had not. I could have spent all night on there reading about all different discoveries. I love archeology. For a while I think I wanted to be an archaeologist, probably during the Indian Jones phase. I mean really, who didn't!? I have seen these adds to volunteer on digs, always think it would be fascinating. My husband thinks I am nuts. Why would I want to sit in miserable conditions, sifting through dirt when I probably won't find anything anyway. But I think it would cool. My aunt did one years ago and I think that is awesome! I found that organization that we came to Israel with had an event where people got to do just that. I want to contact them and find out if they are going to organize another one.

The other thing I found was a website called Find a grave.com I found it on Wikipedia when I was looking up information on Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. If you have not been to Wikipedia you should check it out. You can truly look up anything and since it is created by the public for the public if you find incorrect information on there you can edit it. Anyway, so while I was on there I found the Find a grave web site. It started out to be for famous people, but the person who started it opened up to all people as a genealogy tool. It was late and I did not have time to look at it as a genealogy tool, another hobby I have which is currently on hold. However, I looked up actresses out of curiosity and it was cool. They listed factoids about them and if it was available cause of death and where they are buried. It had people from all over the world. I really want to use it as a genealogy tool as I started my dad's family years ago and really did well on my grandmother's side, but everyone else is been a bit harder. I would also like to do my husband's family. Our past is so much about where we came from that I think it is great that more people are making tools available. As our older relatives pass on we lose part of our history unless we can get it down on paper.

Both hobbies are about people's lives and how they lived. One is more personal as they are my ancestors and the other is about people's lives I am not directly related to but helped shape the world I live in now.