Vital Records, Pt. 1

Vital Records include Birth, Marriage, and Death records. These records as well as others can aid in your research. The information contained in the record depends on the state and how old the record is and you may find that another state has records for the year you are researching, even if your state does not.  The person who gave the information may have not known everything about the person for instance a death record may have a place on it for birth information . This may be left blank if the person giving the information did not know the answer. If you can, double-check the information, as it could be incorrect.  If you are looking for vital records in the United States, a helpful website is one maintained by the CDC.    Divorce records may be of some help and can usually be found at the courthouse near where the couple were living. If you’re interested in geneology, you may be interested in the following resources and government documents: Where to Write for Vital Records Public Records Online

Kale and Smoothies

This summer, I went to Kauai for the first time. It was beautiful, lush, and welcoming; the most casual, chill place I’ve ever been to (basically one road circles the island) with the most amazing little locally-owned food places. They were staffed with awesome, personable, enthusiastic, hippie types, and stocked with fresh, delicious, local, healthful dishes, drinks, and desserts! I, of course, made the point of getting a smoothie as often as possible – green smoothies! Two of mine were made with a ton of kale, banana, ginger and spirulina. Yum! Now, I’m noticing kale everywhere and I plan to buy a big bunch and make up a crazy green ginger smoothie for myself. What else will I use with kale? Quiche? Pasta? Also, I’ve dubbed this semester Smoothie Semester, where I plan to experiment with fruits and veggies you don’t get in your regular smoothie… and see what happens. For more vegetable info at the library, go here. For great green smoothies go here.

Boston Vegetarian Food Festival

Those of you looking for something fun and not Halloween-related to do this weekend should check out the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. It’s happening Oct 31st from 10 AM to 6 PM and Nov 1st from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, 1350 Tremont Street, Boston. There will be cooking demonstrations and talks on everything from the basics of vegetarianism, to nutrition, to the effects of diet on global warming. There will also be plenty of exhibitors giving out free samples, educational exhibits on animals and the environment and children’s activities. Best of all, everything is free. Stop by and learn how you can eat healthier and help the environment.

Meet the Author Photography

Hello Snippets visitors! This year, the Library Advancement Office has hired me to photograph its Meet the Author series, allowing those who miss the opportunity to see an event to get an idea of what happened during an author’s presentation. Though these photographs have yet to make it to print, technology has granted the Northeastern community the ability to view them, and others from past years, instantly online. If you haven’t yet attended a Meet the Author event (and a strongly suggest you do!), I urge you to check out the Snippets Gallery and the library’s Flickr account, which can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/northeastern_university_libraries/ If you like what you see or if there’s anything you would like to see more of, please feel free to post a comment. I’d love to hear from you!

Meet Brian Tomlinson, CBA, Class of 1990

BTThis Thursday, Brian Tomlinson, who holds an undergraduate degree from Northeastern in Business and Finance will be speaking about his international co-op experience. He is a vice president and fixed-income portfolio manager with PIMCO in Stuttgart, Germany. Brian is also active in business development and public speaking and serves as PIMCO Europe’s relationship manager with European official institutions. His whole international journey started when he took a co-op job in Stuttgart, Germany back in 1989. For anyone who is interested in international co-op or global relations, Tomlinson’s visit to Northeastern is something you won’t want to miss! The event will be held in 421 Snell on October 29 at 12:00 pm. Lunch will be served! To RSVP for this event, please contact Ketty Rosenfeld @ 617-373-3466, k.rosenfeld@neu.edu, or Maria Carpenter @ 617-373-2821, m.carpenter@neu.edu.