Gary Burton has written an article for The Ashland City Times (TN) about his first trip into the world of online genealogy.

An interesting story in the Concord Monitor (New Hampshire) by Peter Bakke about a trunk that he and his wife inherited from her grandfather that contained, among other things, five German “soldbuchs” (soldier books), - books that were used by German soldiers in World War II to track their pay, decorations, units, locations, etc.

You may recall back at the beginning of August, Castle Garden’s immigration records becoming available online. Mike Nowatzki has published an articlefor The Forum (North Dakota and Minnesota) giving more information about Castle Garden

Roxanne Moore Saucier writes about how important sources are, in her genealogy column ‘Family Ties’ for the Bangor Daily News (Maine).

Steve Haney has written an article about genealogy research in Alberta, Canada, for LTVNews.com (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada), that gives a brief history of Alberta in regards to genealogy, as well as an overview of the genealogy records available.

Marina Garrison wrote a little article at 50 connect.co.uk, about publishing your genealogy research in a book.

The Digital Dark Age, an article in the Fairfax Digital by John Huxley, details the problems we may face with storing our information on media such as CDROMs/DVDROMs, only it’s from a different angle - not the problem with “digital rot” or the breaking down/physical deterioration of CD/DVDs, but rather with our descendants not being able to read the information.

I came across an interesting website, DogwoodCityBooks.com that reprints old books (typically 1800s and early 1900s).
One example: The Conquest of the Old Southwest by Archibald Henderson, 1869, “The Romantic Story of the Early Pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky 1740-1790.” This particular example contains a huge surname listing.
Another example: American Prisoners of [...]