Podcast appearances and mentions of Norman B Leventhal

What can maps tell us about the past?  How do maps affect the way we view events such as the American Revolution? The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library has a new, traveling exhibition called We Are One: Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence, which seeks to help us change the way we look at and explore the tumultuous events that led thirteen colonies to break away from Great Britain and forge a new nation.  Michelle LeBlanc, Director of Education and Public Programming at the Leventhal Map Center joins us to explore maps as historical documents and this amazing new exhibit. Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/maps Ask the Historian

FORWARD - PART ONE -- PERSONAL EXPERIENCES - MY CONVERSION. MY GROWING CONCERN FOR OTHERS. MY FIRST ATTEMPT TO SUPPORT THE CHURCH PROGRAM. Thanks to Norman B. Leventhal Map Center for the image "Africa" and Turkairo for the image "There Is No Africa" both from Flickr.com used under Creative Commons licensing for the book cover. Thank you, Kevin Macleod, for the theme music entitled "Tafi Maradi" found at Incompetech.com. And special thanks to Northwest Nazarene University and the Wesley Center Online for permission to make this audiobook. Special thanks to Sage Mwiinga of the College of Idaho (Caldwell), for helping me pronounce the African words and phrases.

News this week includes: a $10M donation by Norman B. Leventhal to the Boston Public Library's map collection; publication of new fees for ordering copies of documents from the National Archives and Records Administration (see press release); announcement by The National Archives (UK) of the availability of Nonconformist birth, marriage and death records online; and the release of free upgrades to Family Tree Maker 2008.George's Web Site of the Week is the Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html). The Guys discuss tips and suggestions for using microform readers. They also address the topic of excellent genealogical magazines that are available.