Calendar bites, March 12

Read today’s Calendar bites for the agenda of this day’s family history events and historical celebrations.
Review our Calendar, Call for Papers, Contests, or other pages to see what other events are coming up.

Birthdays

• Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, 1881. The founder of modern Turkey.
• Charles Cunningham Boycott, 1832.  In 1880, County Mayo, Ireland residents asked Boycott, an estate agent, to reduce rents. Boycott responded by serving eviction notices on the tenants, who retaliated by refusing to have anything to do with him.
• Jack Kerouac, 1922 American poet and novelist, and spokesman for the Beat movement of the 50s
• Simon Newcomb, 1835. Canadian Astonomer who devised planetary tables that were used universally by observatories.
• Wally Schirra, 1923. One of the original seven Mercury astronauts, he was the only man to fly all three of the first manned space missions (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo)
• Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1806. Wife of Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the US.

Celebrations                               

Genealogy Day! Annually the Saturday of Celebrate your Name Week
International Fanny Pack Day

Today’s events

See the Location pages for more information on these events:

TX – Forensic Genealogy Institute. The Menger Hotel at the Riverwalk San Antonio, Texas
SC – Reunion of Upcountry Families. Easley area, South Carolina
Virtual – Winter 2016 Virtual Genealogy Conference https://www.familytreeuniversity.com
AL – Alabama Genealogical Society Spring Seminar AR-Ark-La-Tex 2016 Spring Seminar. St. Jude Catholic Church, 4700 Palmetto Rd, Benton, LA 71006
CA – 14th Annual African American Family History Conference Los Angeles, California.
CA – Silicon Valley Computer Genealogy Group Meeting 875 Quince Ave, Santa Clara, CA, 95051
HI – Honolulu County Genealogical Society Manoa Gardens Community Center 2790-9 Kahaloa Drive, Honolulu
IA – Beginning Genealogy Class IGS Library, 628 E Grand Ave, Des Moines.
IA – How they Got Here: Ports & Passenger Lists IGS Library, 628 E Grand Ave, Des Moines.
IL – DuPage County Genealogical Society 41st Annual Conference Northern Illinois University Conference Center located at 1120 East Diehl Rd Naperville IL
IN – ACPL “Working with a Single Record” Allen County Public Library Genealogy Discovery Center
IN – Gen. Soc. of Marion County Field Trip Genealogical Society of Marion County Library
MA – Masonic Genealogy Workshop Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Lexington
MN – Historical Newspapers Gale Family Library at the Minnesota History Center in Saint Paul, MN.
NJ – Hudson Co Genealogical & Historical Society Secaucus Public Library
OH – Western Reserve Historical Society Program WRHS, 10825 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio
OR – Spring Seminar – Discover Your Irish Roots Milwaukie & Portland, OR
SC – Grand Strand Genealogy Club Chapin Memorial Library 14th Ave. North Kings Hwy Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
TX – Dallas Genealogical Society Spring Seminar 1st Floor Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street Dallas, TX.
UK – Education Records for Family Historians Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London
VA – Genealogy Research Class (4 of 4) Bedford Public Library 321 N. Bridge St. Bedford VA 24523
Virtual – Prof Gen II – Becoming a Better Professional Researcher Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research
(March 11-13th) Virtual – Winter 2016 Virtual Genealogy Conference. https://www.familytreeuniversity.com/