30.6 -DLMRose's task: Relatively Obsessed

[SRC Moderator, Moderator]

30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: Relatively Obsessed
I’ve been working on my family history since my 4th grade class did an immigration project. Now that so many records are available online my family tree has grown exponentially.

Choose two different options and read a book for each.
Required: Identify the options.

Option 1: Almost all my research is done in a language other than English. I’ve had to brush the dust off my college Latin textbooks to read church records and develop genealogy vocabularies in 4 other languages. I really appreciate the hard work of translation.

Read a book written in a language other than your native language. The edition you read may be in any language, as long as the first published edition of the book was not in your native language.
Required:State your native language.

Option 2: I’ve been studying Norwegian in an attempt to translate a book that includes information about many of my family members:
Fra de hvite seils dager: beretninger og minner om menn og deres skip
From the days of white sails: stories and memories of men and their ships
Read a book with a masted sailing ship on the cover. The sails do not need to be raised. Visible sail rigging does qualify.


Required: Include the cover.

Option 3: I try very hard not to be just a collector of names and dates, but to put my family history in context to understand how my ancestors lived.
Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre that includes History

Option 4: Working with Norwegian names has sometimes been a challenge. My great-grandfather b. 1887 used a patronymic surname consisting of his father's first name + sen, but some of his 9 siblings used their father’s surname Johnsen, and some others changed the spelling to Johnson.
Read a book written by a single author whose last name ENDS in -sen or -son, such as Jussi Adler-Olsen, Clara Bensen, Sheila A. Nielson

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

A single mast works.
masted ship

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

reserved

[SRC Moderator, Moderator]

This thread is now open!

[Deborah]

Verifying for option 2 if you enlarge the cover:
The Aeronaut's Windlass

[Deborah]

Also looking to lock in Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England for Non-Fiction and History

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Deborah wrote: "Verifying for option 2 if you enlarge the cover:
The Aeronaut's Windlass"

ok

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Deborah wrote: "Also looking to lock in Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England for Non-Fiction and History"

History genre verified, and it is non-fiction

[Brooke]

Would any of these work for Option 2?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Brooke wrote: "Would any of these work for Option 2?
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All have masted sailing ships

[Book Concierge]

Just want to be sure .... a modern-day sail boat will NOT meet Option 2
e.g.:

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Book Concierge wrote: "Just want to be sure .... a modern-day sail boat will NOT meet Option 2
e.g.: "

a boat with sails works

[KSMary]

Would like to lock in The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus for NF-History, please.

[Aprilleigh]

KSMary wrote: "Would like to lock in The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus for NF-History, please."

I might have to try reading that one again - it's a little different when you used to work there and you know some of the people mentioned (I couldn't stop laughing at some of the descriptions that didn't even remotely resemble the people they were supposedly describing).

[KSMary]

Aprilleigh wrote: "KSMary wrote: "Would like to lock in The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus for NF-History, please."

I might have to try reading that one again - it..."

Oh, that's interesting. I just watched the National Geographic series and work at the Jaax's alma mater. They had a preview at the university where they spoke right before the semester ended but I didn't get a chance to attend.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

KSMary wrote: "Would like to lock in The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus for NF-History, please."

genre noted

[Trish]

Morning. Does this have a clear enough masted sailing ship?



Thanks.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Trish wrote: "Morning. Does this have a clear enough masted sailing ship?



Thanks."

Sorry, no, that vertical structure does not look to be part of a ship.

[Trish]

Dlmrose wrote: "Sorry, no, that vertical structure does not look to be part of a ship."

Not the vertical structure - the boat is moored to it. Plus, there also looks to be another sailing boat extreme left of that same dock, and possibly another one beside the castle upper middle right. Its just a bit hard to see them as its a very grainy old black and white picture.

I've tried to pick them out in red here - unless I'm completely imagining them!: https://imgur.com/8hJHIXT

Still, if its a complete no-hoper I have a plan B which would fit both Option 1 and Option 4: Blackout, Ragnar Jónasson

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Trish wrote: "Dlmrose wrote: "Sorry, no, that vertical structure does not look to be part of a ship."

Not the vertical structure - the boat is moored to it. Plus, there also looks to be another sailing boat ext..."

Still no
Ragnar Jónasson works for 4

[Trish]

No worries. Thanks.

[Cathy]

Can I use this one for option 2?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Cathy wrote: "Can I use this one for option 2?
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ok

[Cathy]

Thanks!

[Aprilleigh]

Would books written in Middle English (almost wholly unintelligible to modern English speakers) or one of the dialects of Old English (entirely unintelligible to modern English speakers) be acceptable for Option 1 for native English speakers?

I'm thinking of either The Canterbury Tales or Beowulf, but there are numerous others.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Aprilleigh wrote: "Would books written in Middle English (almost wholly unintelligible to modern English speakers) or one of the dialects of Old English (entirely unintelligible to modern English speakers) be accepta..."

In general, yes, a book written in Middle English would work for option 1.

[Julia]

Would work for Option 2?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Julia wrote: "Would work for Option 2?"

yes

[Brooke]

Can you please verify history as a MPG for Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World? Thank you!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Brooke wrote: "Can you please verify history as a MPG for Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World? Thank you!"

genre noted

[Dee]

Can you see the master sails good enough (since it looks to be on fire)

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Dee wrote: "Can you see the master sails good enough (since it looks to be on fire)

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yes, that works

[Barbara ★]

Would you consider this boat for option 2?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Barbara ★ wrote: "Would you consider this boat for option 2?

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yes