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The annual IAJGS conference is just around the corner, and what better way to get yourself in the mood than another Og Blog contest. Subscribe to the Og Blog or sign up for the Newsletter, and you'll be entered to win an autographed copy of Thomas Toivi Blatt's gripping narrative, From the Ashes of Sobibor.

And if you happen to be in the neighborhood, stop by the Roots Television booth at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) conference in Salt Lake. See you there!

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Og wants everyone to know that it’s been a very busy week in Salt Lake City, with the meeting of the 27th IAJGS Conference on Jewish Genealogy. We’ve added new interviews covering topics ranging from DNA to the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, to a free new website aimed at reuniting family members separated by the Holocaust. Og normally urges you to take a few minutes to watch our new content, but today I’m urging you to take your time and browse our New & Feautred channel. There’s just too much “good stuff” there for you to miss ANY of it!

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Og wishes his last name was Pomeroy! Then he could be part of the Pomeroy Anvil Monument Trail. Watch our new programming Pomeroy Anvil Trail to see this unique effort to track one family’s migration across the United States, as well as celebrate and preserve American history. See if your city has been blessed with a Pomeroy Anvil monument – and if it hasn't, and you’re a Pomeroy, see how you can go about getting an anvil monument for your town!

Hey, and while you've got a few spare minutes, don't forget to register for our new contest -- just click the contest button at the top of Roots Television web page.

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Og’s in the mood for love…and you will be, too, after you’ve viewed “The Kiss” as our new programming for the day. See how far things have progressed (whether for better or worse) from the day in 1896 when this first movie kiss – between May Irwin and John Rice -- was filmed in the comedy “The Widow Jones”.

Since the first kiss is so short, you might also want to wander around Roots Television's other channels. In Preserving the Past, you’ll find a new short film about Pioneering Histories -- The Vaughan Homestead. Built in 1865 in Auckland, New Zealand, and comprising of 1200 acres, the family farmed the land for over 100 years. Learn how all this could be lost to the development of 1700 homes, and what is being done to attempt to preserve the past.

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“On my honor I will do my best…” everyone probably knows this as the beginning of the oath of the Boy Scouts of America. But Boy Scouting has never been as much fun as it is now that you can earn a Genealogy Merit Badge to go along with the more traditional ones. In a featured short show, BSA Genealogy Merit Badge: An Introduction, Starr Hailey Campbell tells us some of the steps our Boy Scouts will take to earn this exciting badge – interviewing a relative, obtaining an original record, learning about family, etc. Sounds like we’re going to have another whole generation of considerate, respectful genealogists!

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Today, Og's suggesting that you enjoy a lecture from Roots Television's New and Featured channel, titled In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America, 1859 - 1863, from the UVA NewsMakers, that takes a new look at the reasons behind the Civil War. History Professor and Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Edward L. Ayers, Ph.D., decided to re-examine the real reasons behind the Civil War after determining that commonly held beliefs regarding the conflict between the northern industrial society and southern agrarian society just weren’t as valid as originally thought. So whether you’re a history buff, a war buff, or are just interested in looking at this war in a different light, you’re sure to enjoy this new programming.

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