Archive for July, 2005

Hawaiian Genealogy

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

If your ancestry is Native Hawaiian, you should check out Hawaiian Roots, one of the most comprehensive sites for Hawaiian genealogy.

Genealogy - Not Just For People!

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

Came across an article by Catherine Allen from the July/August 1981 edition of Mother Earth News about the practice of “House Logs”, a genealogy of homes.

Louisiana Library has an “aggressive genealogy indexing project”

Friday, July 29th, 2005

The Bogalusa Daily News reports on a library with an “aggressive genealogy indexing project”.

Smithsonian to examine caskets

Friday, July 29th, 2005

The Smithsonian is preparing to examine two caskets from Kinston, North Carolina, to determine who is buried in them.

Have Any Pictures of Canadian Cemetery Signs?

Friday, July 29th, 2005

If you happen to have any pictures of Canadian cemetery signs, these folks would love to hear from you.

Danes Returning to Patronymic Names

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter mentions that Danes are going to be returning (optionally of course) to patronymic names.

Family Site: Kloosterman.be

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Kloosterman.be. One of the sharpest looking family genealogy sites around. They use The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (an online, interactive genealogy application).

Response (re: Sad State of Mac Genealogy Software)

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

A response to the article Jamis Buck posted about the state of Mac genealogy software. Unfortunately their server appears to be down right now, but you can find it in Google’s cache. This isn’t a rebuttal or a counter-point so much as it’s a response (I both agree with and disagree with some of what they said).