In the past week or so, I've read some simply fabulous articles posted in blogs and news web sites.  And now I'm sharing them with you.

--A photograph solves a drowning mystery, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

--Laurie Thornton of "Smoky Mountain Family Historian," lets the skeleton out of the closet in her article "There's a Thief Among Us...."

-- Lidian of The Virtual Dime Museum, describes a strangely disturbing device in the article "Milo Morgan and the Amazing Palpitating Bosom."

--Tim Agazio of Genealogy Reviews Online writes about history lessons learned in modern Germany in his article "Hitler's Beginning 75 Years Ago Today"

--Bill West of West in New England becomes a few posts closer to being able to list "49 Genealogy Uses For A Flutaphone" Help him out by providing one or two more!

--Steve Danko of Steve's Genealogy Blog provides an outstanding list of obituary sources in "Finding Obituaries Online."

--Ascender of Ascender Rises Above posted some amazing photographs of unusual quilts in "Altered Embellished Quilts."

--Amy Kane of Atlantic Ave discovers "Which Jane Austen heroine are you?"

Take the Quiz here!

--David Brooks, the science guru at Granite Geek discusses plastic vs paper vs cloth shopping bags in "Faith and begorrah - no plastic bags."

Janice