Stanislaw Lem – Google Doodle

Stanczyk has written about Stanislaw Lem before (http://mikeeliasz.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/thingsifind-when-looking-up-other-things-stanislaw-lem-1956-przekroj/). So in another bit of cognitive resonance, I find that Google has a Stanislaw Lem Doodle (a rather complex Google Doodle). Now before you scurry off to verify this factoid, be forewarned that here in the USA, we only see a Turkey Doodle. Here is the UK Google Doodle (http://www.google.co.uk/)  for Stanislaw Lem.

A Few Articles on the Lem Google Doodle:

• Washington Post 
• UK Mirror Tabloid
• UK Guardian Newspaper

The last two are European newspapers, as it is not readily apparent in the USA that Goggle has done this tribute. You need to visit a Google mirror in Europe to see the Stanislaw Lem Doodle (or click on the first link above). The doodle ends with the message that the art was inspired by the drawings of Daniel Mroz for Lem’s short story collection The Cyberiad, published in 1965. This Google Doodle is interactive, allowing users to participate in a series of games. This doodle marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of his Stanislaw Lem’s first book, The Astronauts in 1951.

Since he is Polish son, go Googling in the UK today.

Genealogy Journals / Magazines – AVOTAYNU — #Polish, #Jewish, #Genealogy

Stanczyk is always seeking out high quality resources that provide context for understanding and/or to provide ideas for new avenues of research. One of the great resources since about 1985, has been Avotaynu. Besides their journal of the same name which is the largest circulation magazine of Jewish Genealogy, they also publish many reference books for Eastern Europe that are of aid Jewish and Non-Jewish researchers alike.

They maintain an index of their published issues (1985-2008) here (http://www.avotaynu.com/indexsum.htm). It is broken down by various countries. This material can also be found in back issues, libraries, and they offer a CD covering the entire 24 year span. This jester sat down to produce a Polish Index for Polish Genealogists of all stripes (Enjoy!):

#	Title / Description	ISSUE	YEAR
1	Jewish records at the Genealogical Society of Utah	II/1/03	1986
2	Index to Polish-Jewish records at Genealogical Society of Utah	II/1/05	1986
3	Book review: The Jews in Poland and Russia–Biographical Essay	III/1/38	1987
4	Origin of Russian-Jewish surnames	III/2/03	1987
5	Breakthrough in access to Polish-Jewish records	IV/1/10	1988
6	Book review: Jews of Posen in 1834 and 1835	IV/2/26	1988
7	Update on project to microfilm Jewish records in Poland	IV/3/12	1988
8	Doing research in the Polish State Archives	IV/3/21	1988
9	Jewish Historical Institute in Poland	V/2/07	1989
10	Jewish genealogical research in Poland	V/2/08	1989
11	Trip to Poznan: The Poland that was not	V/3/16	1989
12	Professional genealogists in Poland	V/4/04	1989
13	List of former Jewish residents of Lodz	V/4/15	1989
14	Caricatures in Polish vital statistic records	VI/1/16	1993
15	Polish trip for Jewish genealogists planned	VI/1/41	1993
16	Using Prussian gazetteers to locate Jewish religious and civil records in Poznan	VI/2/12	1993
17	Sephardic migrations into Poland	VI/2/14	1993
18	A genealogical tour through Poland	VI/3/16	1993
19	Program Judaica to document Jewish history	VI/3/19	1993
20	Jewish researcher in Poland	VI/3/39	1993
21	Jews in Poland today	VI/4/63	1993
22	Polish maps available in the U.S.	VIII/1/58	1993
23	Weiner discusses developments in Poland and Ukraine	VIII/3/64	1993
24	A 1992 research trip to Poland	VIII/4/12	1993
25	Survey of Jewish cemeteries yields results	VIII/4/17	1993
26	Cites Polish “rip off”	IX/1/65	1988
27	Asks why survey of Polish cemeteries does not include all regions	IX/1/67	1988
28	Polish-Jewish genealogical research–A primer	IX/2/04	1988
29	More on the survey of Polish cemeteries	IX/2/13	1988
30	Book review: Korzenie Polskie: Polish Roots	IX/2/61	1988
31	Polish-Jewish heritage seminar planned for July in Krakow	IX/2/65	1988
32	Asks for clarification (of Polish-Jewish records)	IX/3/66	1988
33	Stettin emigration lists found	IX/3/67	1988
34	Head of the Polish State Archives clarifies policies	IX/4/04	1988
35	Book review: Jews in Poland: A Documentary History	IX/4/69	1988
36	More on Polish-Jewish Genealogical Research	X/1/12	1994
37	Directory of Polish State Archives	X/1/14	1994
38	Archives of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw	X/1/41	1994
39	Jewish genealogical research in Polish archives	X/2/05	1994
40	Jewish surnames in the Kingdom of Poland	X/2/15	1994
41	Polish sources at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People	X/2/21	1994
42	Success in dealing with Polish archives	X/2/48	1994
43	Gleanings from a symposium on bibliographies of Polish Judaica	X/4/56	1994
44	Polish name lists sought	XI/1/67	1995
45	Nineteenth-Century Congress Documents and the Jews of Congress Poland	XI/3/24	1995
46	Polish Vital Records for the Very Beginner: The Polish Language Challenged	XI/4/29	1995
47	Alternate surnames in Russian Poland	XII/2/15	1996
48	Census records and city directories in the Krakow Archives	XII/2/27	1996
49	Book review: The Jews in Poland and Russia: Bibliographical Essays	XII/2/63	1996
50	Alternative research sources in Poland	XII/2/65	1996
51	Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw	XII/3/51	1996
52	Director General of the Polish State Archives dies	XII/3/55	1996
53	An interview with the new Polish State Archivist	XII/4/03	1996
54	On-site Jewish genealogical research in Poland: an overview	XII/4/04	1996
55	The Jewish cemetery in Warsaw	XII/4/56	1996
56	Book review: Polish Countrysides: Photographs and Narrative	XII/4/81	1996
57	German and Polish Place Names	XIV/2/33	1998
58	List of More than 300,000 Polish Holocaust Survivors Received by USHMM In Wash. DC 19th- and 20th-Century Polish Directories as Resources for Genealogical Information	XIII/1/25	1997
59	Hamburg Passengers from the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire	XIII/2/63	1997
60	Lw¢w Ghetto Records Being Indexed	XIII/3/66	1997
61	Cites Location of Polish Directories	XIII/4/98	1997
62	Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories; And I Still See Their Faces: Images of Polish Jews; Guide to the YIVO Archives; Luboml: Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl	XIV/1/63	1998
63	Comments on Jewish Roots in Poland	XIV/2/65	1998
64	Report on Jewish Communities in Poland Today	XIV/2/65	1998
65	How I Found a New Ancestor in Krak¢w, Poland	XIV/4/65	1998
66	18th-Century Polish Jewry: Demographic and Genealogical Problems	XV/4/9	1999
67	Tips on Translating Entries from Slownik Geograficzny	XVI/3/49	2000
68	The Polish Concept of Permanent Place of Residence	XVI/3/12	2000
69	More About Polish Books of Residents’ Registration	XVI/3/14	2000
70	Can Jewish Genealogists Successfully Research 18th-Century Poland?	XVI/3/16	2000
71	History Book Illuminates Jewish Life in Poland	XVI/3/40	2000
72	Book Review: History of the Jews in Poland and Russia	XVI/3/65	2000
73	Book Review: In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin and Russia Documents. Volume 1: Polish	XVI/4/87	2000
74	Breaking New Ground: The Story of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Project	XVII/1/7	2001
75	Documenting the Fate of the Jews of Ostrow Mazowiecka	XVII/3/19	2001
76	German and Polish Archival Holdings in Moscow	XVII/4/11	2001
77	Internet Site Names Polish Towns	XVII/4/79	2001
78	Researching Pre-1826 Vital Records in Congress Poland	XVIII/2/19	2003
79	Book Review: Jewish Officers in the Polish Armed Forces, 1939-1945	XVIII/3/62	2003
80	Ashes and Flowers: A Family Trek to Jewish Poland and Romania	XVIII/4/11	2003
81	Two Polish Directories Online	XVIII/4/91	2003
82	Polish Passport Policy 1830-1930: Permits, Restrictions and Archival Sources	XIX/1/21	1998
83	Book Reviews: Zród a archiwalne do dziejów Żydów w Polsce	XIX/3/65	1998
84	Jewish Surnames in Russia, Poland, Galicia and Prussia	XIX/3/28	1998
85	Using Polish Magnate Records for Posen	XIX/3/25	1998
86	Avotaynu Online Database Lists Nobility Archives	XIX/4/21	1998
87	Hidden Jews of Warsaw	XX/1/47	2004
88	Polish archives in Bialystok, Knyszin and Lomza	XX/2/50	2004
89	Polychromatic Tombstones in Polish-Jewish Cemeteries	XX/2/39	2004
90	Tracing Family Roots Using JRI-Poland to Read Between the Lines	XX/2/15	2004
91	Biographical lexicon of Polish rabbis and admorim	XX/3/47	2004
92	Flatow Jewish Cemetery Tombstones Discovered	XX/4/79	2004
93	Polish City Directories Now Online	XXI/3/67	2005
94	Morgenthau Mission to Poland to Investigate the 1919 Pogroms: A Genealogical Resource	XXII/2/14	2006
95	What Can We Learn from Slownik Geograficzny?	XXII/2/31	2006
96	Spiritual Genealogy: A Look at Polish Notary Documentation	XXII/2/38	2006
97	Notes Polish Book and Magnate Records	XXII/3/63	2006
98	Exhibit of the Jews of Poznán, 1793–1939	XXIII/1/71	2007
99	Strategies for Assigning Surnames to Early JRI-Poland Records	XXIII/2/22	2007
100	Book Review: Posen Place Name Indexes	XXIV/1/51	2008