Janet Fullwood has an interesting article in The Sacremento Bee, Swiss Sutter swings by Sacramento, that is the opposite of what Americans normally experience when it comes to travel and genealogy - somebody from elsewhere stopping by to do a little genealogy research in the US, or in this case, several times.
Art Matori has an article in the East Valley Tribune (Arizona), Florence man finds genealogy has medical value, that gets into an area of genealogy that may make some uncomfortable, but it has also introduced many people to genealogy.
Kate Leckie writes in the Frederick News-Post (Maryland) about a story that has interested a lot of genealogists - Baby’s tombstone heads home. The tombstone dated back to 1777 and was transported from Pennsylvania to Maryland.
arstechnica has news of movies from the United States National Archives being distributed through Google Video. Right now there are just over 100 movies that are going to be made available, with more following. You can view the movies here. Genealogy related? Not necessarily, but historically it’s very interesting.
Here’s something you might not have thought about - What does it take to open a public library? Jessica Klipa has written an article in the St. Petersburg Times asking and trying to answer that very question, about opening a local branch library.
Suzy George, the chief librarian for the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System, is quoted as saying “many libraries started largely due to the residents communicating the need to the library board” (From what I understand, the library board in this case covers a very large area, and the residents are asking for a library in their particular location).
As I’ve mentioned in the past, my favorite online genealogy software is The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding and my favorite example of a well thought-out TNG website is Kloosterman.be.
Well, Cees Kloosterman has put together a couple of articles about Kloosterman.be,
a how-to and why they did it.
Being in the US and because of the target audiences of most of the media here, I don’t often hear about genealogy research in other countries outside of European and African genealogy research. We are in luck though - Francis C. Assisi has put together an article, Tracking Your South Asian Diaspora Roots (INDOlink.com) about Indian/South Asian genealogy research, and some of the problems and successes that those researching this area of genealogy come across.
Samantha Swindler has a great article that some of us maybe able to identify with. It’s called “So there’s a racist in your family“, and it’s published in the Daily Progress, Jacksonville, Texas. She has a very important lesson that many should take to heart - in the course of your genealogy research, you may come across some information and relatives that are a bit unsettling for one reason or another, but always remember that you are not your ancestors.
