Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
Seidlitz powder
While researching my two-times-great grandmother I came across this 1896 small ad.
I thought I’d never heard of “Seidlitz powder.” Wikipedia points to a familiar song by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, with the lines “We two should be like clams in a dish of chowder / But we just fizz like parts of a Seidlitz powder.” https://youtu.be/VMUFn9D6xR8?si=i9b2WFbXclgc2icP
On Bill 18: Danielle Smith, the Calgary School, and the Politics of Academic Freedom
Genetic stigma and the use of genetic ancestry tests by white nationalists
Despite expectations of using genetic tests to establish a strict white identity, some white nationalist groups incorporate members based on cultural definitions of whiteness, even when genetic results differ. This inclusive approach stems from pragmatic concerns, as overly exclusionary policies may hinder the group’s demographic survival.
Ancestry announces largest public-private and archive collaboration to date with the National Archives and Records Administration (US).
Place and Poetry in premodern Scotland
Thanks to this week’s contributors: Ann Burns, Anonymous, Helen Gillespie, Pamela Wile, Sunday Thompson, Teresa, Unknown.
Had to look up what Seidlitz powder was used for…that’s my “something new” for today 🙂
The collaboration between Ancestry and NARA is commendable. However, much of the information will be split onto Fold3 – similarly to UK military records from The National Archives, Kew.