Linda Jo Scott writes in the Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Michigan), about what it takes to join and be certified by The Mayflower Society. The Mayflower Society is dedicated to descendants of those Pilgrims that sailed across the Atlantic on the Mayflower.
Local groups can aid in search for information about ancestors, an article by Roxanne Moore Saucier in the Bangor Daily News (Maine), details a couple of groups affiliated with the Maine Genealogical Society, and how they can help you research your ancestors (that is, if you happen to have ancestors from that part of the country).
No, you didn’t misread that, a student was actually kicked out of a high school dance for wearing a kilt. Lauren Keith writes about Nathan Warmack for KFVS Channel 12 (CBS). Warmack is a student at Jackson High School (Missouri).
Two articles in the Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky) that were published today examining the genealogy of homes. The first follows Amy Wilson’s research in digging up the history of the home, while the second is more of a how-to/tips section.
As part of her ongoing series about genealogy research in the The Citizen (Georgia), this week Judy Fowler Kilgore discusses a reader’s brick-wall concerning Bennett relatives in the Fayetteville and Jonesboro area.