Kim Leady has written an article, Center makes tracing family roots easy, for the Dickson Herald (Dickson, TN) , discussing the Family History Center in Dickson, TN, and how popular it has become:
Genealogy is spreading across the nation.
Over the past few years it has grown into a popular pastime, shared by young and old alike…..“If [...]

ABC/Good Morning America has an article about people using DNA kits to trace African-American ancestry.
….companies are selling DNA-based genealogy tests which claim to pinpoint where a client’s ancestors came from in Africa. Several celebrities have taken the tests, including talk show host Oprah Winfrey, director Spike Lee, actor Isaiah Washington and now ABC News’ Ron [...]

I recently came across an interesting article about deciphering old handwriting (www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/). If you’ve looked at more than a handful of old census forms, you’ll know how important it is to determine the proper names, as well as why you can’t always do a simple online search of census records and come up with good results.

Another semi-related DNA genealogy story - there is an article in The Daily Reflector (NC) by T. Scott Batchelor that discusses how remains recovered from the Korean War/Conflict are being identified and some of the lengths that people are having to go through to get them identified and the families contacted.

W.B. Jones has written an article, Then and Now (DNA research and genealogy: Will the real you please step forward), for the Robertson County Times (TN), about one of the hottest topics in genealogy since we moved to computers - DNA research.

Jennifer Rezac-Leither has written an article for the Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD) concerning the work of some local residents in preserving cemeteries for future generations, namely one Jim Schade.

Paula Felder has written an article from the point-of-view of a historian, librarian, and/or archivist, What do we have to lose in a Katrina-like flood? Just our history on Fredericksburg.com.

The Centre Daily (State College, PA) had a article by Rich Kerstetter about an upcoming conference (genealogy and history), that had an amusing, yet profound quote from a late historian.