The Star Tribune (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota) has a new blog/site up and running, called “Yesterday’s News“. Basically the Star Tribune digs back into its archives over the past 130 years and posts a few items every week It maybe of interest to genealogists doing research concerning Minnesota, although what is posted every week does not have any rhyme or reason (they do take suggestions). Think of it as a quick peak at the past in an easy to access format.

For those whose genealogy research includes North Dakota (or for those who live in North Dakota, where it’s probably already hit 20 below already), there is a good article in the Bismarck Tribune by Karen Herzog, Tell me a Story, concerning genealogy research in North Dakota. It also explains the Dakota Memories Oral History Project, which is being run by North Dakota State University, in their Germans from Russia Collection.

With Thanksgiving in the US just a few days away, Roxanne Moore Saucier, in the Bangor Daily News (Maine), reminds us in her Family Ties genealogy column to “Be thankful for plentiful Mayflower resources “, and mentions several of the resources available to those genealogists descended from passengers of the Mayflower.

The Department of Special Collections at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Donald C. Davidson Library has made available a collection of 5000 cylinder recordings made from the 1890s through the 1920s. It’s called the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.

KUTV (Salt Lake City) has an article, Genealogy & Health, that mentions the holidays as being a good time to cover your family’s health history, and discussing potential problems before they become serious problems.

Mary Penner has written another wonderful column, You wouldn’t want to ride on these ships but you may want to read the passenger lists, in The Albuquerque Tribune. This column covers the various immigration logs and information available to genealogists on the web.

If you live in Arizona, you may want to check out an article, Lawmakers suggesting some changes for archives projects, in the Mojave Daily news, about the political wrangling going on over a proposed building to house the state’s archives.

There is a new book coming out, “Climbing Family Trees, Whispers In The Leaves” , and it’s written by twin sisters, Trina Boice and Tracey Long. It’s about their research into their family history, as well as tips and ideas that you can use in your own genealogy research.