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May 2006
- Utah Teenage Genealogist Winds up on History Channel
- Website Aids Jews’ Search For Ancestors
- How Much Privacy Have We Lost?
- Microsoft Office 2007 – Try It Out
- New Jersey Awards Counties/Municipalities Millions for Records Preservation
- Disturbed Cemetery Descendants Traced
- Affiliates of ancestors Sometimes Offer Clues
- Clooz 2.0 Is Out
- Apple’s MacBook
- Google Notebok Is Here
- Take What You Came With
- Grave Task: Society Documents Martin Dead
- Google Notebook
- Following Footsteps
- Experts to Offer Free Appraisals of Attic Treasures (Pittsburgh)
- Study Those Surrounding Families!
- Canadians, Become Part of History Through Census
- Personal Ancestral File – Tutorial – Updated
- Climbing the Branches of Her Family Tree
- New England Historic Genealogical Society’s Magazine – Ancestors
- Printable Maps of the US
- Genealogy Today: Family History Centers Give Searchers a Hand
- Technology and the Library
- Historical Projects Puts Tombstones in Focus
- Genealogy Project Earns Girl Scout Gold Award (Highest GS Award)
- Who Was Henry Ferriss and Where is He Buried?
- Follow-Up on Texas Ranch House
- My First Impressions of Texas Ranch House 1867 (PBS)
- The 1841 UK Census and Interest In It
- Open Platform Preferred for Digital Archives
April 2006
- Panel Vows to Fight For Access to Records (The AP Gets It)
- Yahoo’s Babel Fish
- It’s All Relative: Getting Down To It
- MyFamily.com (Inc.) Acquires Encounter Technologies
- History is in Your Genes
- Knowing Relatives Medical History
- Google Maps Has Street Maps For Most/All of Europe
- 160 Year Old Cemetery Restored (Monroeville, IN)
- 140 Year Old Family Heirloom Retrieved
- Tony Robinson (Baldrick in Blackadder) and “Sexy National Archives”, Genealogy
- Talk of 2006 Canadian Census, Headstones
- Texas Ranch House – PBS (US), May 1st
- Do You (Canadians) Care Who Knows Your Secrets in 2098?
- More Scottish Census Data Put Online
- Canada, 2006 Census, and Your Rights
- The Genealogue’s 1000th Post
- Harry Potter Genealogy Mapped Out
- Most-Wanted Time Capsules
- Along Those Lines: The Basics of Archival Document Storage
- Maine Seafaring Ancestors a Fascinating Topic
- DNA, Genealogy, and Islam
- Ancestry Doubles Historical Newspaper Collection
- A Quick Look at MacPAF
- Civil War Veterans’ Descendants Meet
- Unlocking Memories From the Past
- Bentonville Public Library Gets Genealogy Donation
- Sad News About Shirley Goerlich
- Be Wary of ‘Unsourced’ Material on Web
- Genealogy Began as Hobby, Became More
- Correction Concerning Recent Article/Commentary about California and Genealogy Records
- Virtual Tour of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
- More on Macs, Windows
- RANDOM THOUGHTS: A “Found” Cemetery is a Treasure
- New Macs From Apple – Run Windows and Mac OS X!
- Library Gets Another Tool to Aid Genealogy Searches
- Richmond Dig Could Reveal More on Slave Trade in Virginia
- George G. Morgan’s ‘Along Those Lines ‘ Column – Update and an Important Article
- 500+ Year Old Document From A Very Important Genealogist
March 2006
- Locals Decode The Past Through Genealogy
- Clooz Beta, House History, and Genealogy
- Digital Cameras and Genealogy
- Internet Genealogy Community Study is Back!
- Consumers Turn To Their DNA For Answers
- Ancestry’s Newsletter Morphs Into Blog
- This week in Block Island history -March 22, 1877
- Why Was Writer’s Ancestor Burned At The Stake?
- Finding Family: State Genealogists Gain High-Tech Tools
- Colonial Skeleton Stumps Archaeologists
- Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945 (Online at Ancestry)
- Follow-Up to SD Closing Off Public Records
- Genealogy Today: Citing sources key to credibility
- Donation of Civil War Letters to Georgia Library
- 1906 San Francisco Earthquake And Fire
- Colorado Moving to Close Off Public Records
- Glass Negatives of Family Photos Become Treasure
- 1837Online.com for Sale
- Free NEHGS Register Database Acess – March 20 – 22
- Historic Preservation 101: Tips to Improve the Odds
- Deeper Genealogy Dig May Uncover Irish Relatives
- NY Times and Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation – Promotional
- Illinois Civil War Records Online Thanks to Fred Delap
- South Dakota, Vital Records, and Genealogists
- Slate Museum Quarries Families
- Out for a few days
- Meet The Ancestors – They’re Coming Online
- Genealogy T-Shirts and Gifts
- All in the Family: Middle School Teacher Traces His Roots
- Cutting-edge Genealogy
- Preserving Ristory Through Registry Restoration
- Digitizing a Million Books
- DAR Member Shares Ways to Preserve History
- Would You Learn Another Language to Help Your Genealogy Research?
February 2006
- Swiss Sutter swings by Sacramento
- Genealogy Really Does Have Medical Value
- Baby’s Tombstone Heads Home
- National Archives movies available through Google Video
- What does it take to open a public library?
- Kloosterman.be – How-To and Why
- Tracking Your South Asian Diaspora Roots
- So there’s a racist in your family
- Irish roots take hold on Emerald Isle
- Michigan woman devoted to family’s Illinois burial ground
- 100th Birthdays May Become the Norm in Some Nations
- (Genealogy) Information is Power
- Oprah’s Liberian heritage could inspire nation’s residents
- Google bringing search to historical manuscripts
- The Origin of Irish Family Names
- Who Do You Think You Are? Moving to BBC1
- World War 1 Soldiers’ Death Records Now Online
- Good Time to Review Genealogy Resources
- Surname Profiler
- Top Ten Reasons to Date a Genealogist
- Iceland’s “Great Genetic Experiment”
- Web Site Offers Civil War Records
- GenoPro – Hosted Genealogy Data Online
- Traveling For a Few Days, “Genealogy Websites I Don’t Hate”
- No More Western Union Telegrams
- Tax Breaks for Genealogists?
- Ancestry.com and Black History Month
- Reminder – African American Lives Tonight
January 2006
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- Crockett Name Lives on in Tennessee
- Family Letters Over The Past 200 Years
- Norwegian Roots and Genealogy
- Genealogy Research Reveals Aboriginal Past
- Priceless Pieces of Edinburgh’s Past Collecting Dust
- Star Wars Family Tree
- Time Changes Modern Human’s Face
- Inflation and Genealogy
- Differing Forms of Money Found in Old Records
- Cemeteries on Private Land in Tennessee
- Stephen Fry discovers that he is just another ruddy peasant
- CDR Longevity – Manufacturers’ Reaction
- Cemetery Photography Books – Clarke County, Virginia
- Ancestry.com’s Simplified Subscriptions
- Want Your Family Tree Researched For Free?
- TV-Branded Genealogy Software?
- GENDEX Database Alive and Kicking
- Popularity of Genealogy and a Challenge
- Finding a Public Library in the US or Canada
- Twelve Google Search Tips for Genealogists
- Are You in Indiana? Do you Have a Railroad Dining Car or a Boxcar You Don’t Need?
- 86 Generation Family Tree Enters Guinness Book
- Family Ties Found at Last
- Saving My Family History and Remembering the Holocaust: The Tale of a Synagogue
- County Record Disposal Concerns Historian
- Why was loving Romeo taboo?
- Dusting the Bones of History
- Paxman in tears at the tales of his Glaswegian great-granny
- Cache Offers Window to Schools’ Past
- Suitcase ‘tells an amazing story’
- Cataloging Gravestones An Expression Of Their Faith
- Missouri Department of State Updates Website, Launches Online News Service
- Dayton, Ohio Cemetery Vandalized
- PBS Show on African-American Genealogy
- Genealogy 101 (Dallas Morning News)
- Book Review – Don’t Tell the Girls: A Family Memoir
- Archaeologist pursued 30-year curiosity about Jamestown
- Power at the Genealogist’s Fingertip
- Keep a family journal
- Why Do We Wait?
- ‘Super sleuth’ pieces together area history
- The Genealogy of Cats
- Ring in year by working on your family’s history
- Arizona State Website a Big Hit With Genealogists
- Genealogy Education Blog
- The Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Unsung Genealogy Heroes
- Why My History is Steeped in Blood
- How to piece together the relationship puzzle
December 2005
- Genealogue’s 2005 Awards
- Out For a Few Days
- Disney Character Family Trees
- Outlandish Holiday Wish List
- Denver cemetery’s data “very valuable” to state
- Finding adopted kin’s story takes sleuthing
- Where to Start Digging (Cleveland, OH)
- Google Earth and Genealogy Part II
- Accuracy’s paramount when doing genealogy research
- Not Content With One Line of Aristocracy…
- New Magazine – Internet Genealogy
- Would-be Kilt Wearer Wants to Change Dress Code
- Raising Money Through Publishing Genealogy Books
- Even More Genealogy Gifts
- Hugh Grant’s Genealogy
- Full Steam Ahead – Genealogy Clinic
- Palm Beach County Genealogical Society – Needs Space
- Kindred Matters Blog Closing up Shop
- TV Show – Ancestors in the Attic
- New Site – Genealogy Blogs
- Site Changes plus a new site
- Genealogy Today: Sifting church records often helps
- Resources from the Daughters of the American Revolution
- Probing your genealogical past
- Ancestry.com Simplifies Subscriptions, Planning Canadian Expansion
- US National Archives Smooths Online Access to Records
- Arizona State Archives Move Forward
- Color Photos from Yesteryear
- Genealogy in Taiwan
- Shake Your Family Tree With Beginner Classic
- Follow-Up on Hurricane Katrina and Genealogy Records (Biloxi)
- Tourism and Genealogy and Kentucky
- Genealogy and an Old Murder
- Providing A Home for Personal Papers
- Scottish Pupils Given Genealogy Project
- Everton’s Handybook for Genealogists, 11th Edition
- Even The Spouses are Researched
- More Holiday Genealogy Gifts
- Colorado Claims Genealogy Book Is Bogus
- Edes family had long legacy in publishing
- ‘Tis the season to give archival goods
- Tracing family roots over 6,000 miles
- The Wrong Side of the Blanket
- Professor makes history come alive for her students
- 50,000 Jewish Genealogical Records from Instanbul, Turkey, Now Online
- Several Genealogy Programs On Sale
- Finding Your Folks: December 2, 2005
- Review: Elizabeth Shown Mills’ QuickSheet – Citing Online Historical Resources
- County histories offer genealogical gems
- Case Study: The Scotsman and Digitizing Newspaper Archives
- Mayflower descendants spread word
- Descendant dedicates tombstone to ancestor’s memory
November 2005
- Firefox 1.5 and Scrapbook
- 86-Year Old Computer-Using Genealogist
- Scrapbooking is popular way to preserve family history
- Genealogist tries to solve Eagle head mystery
- Old Cemeteries – Finding and Maintaining them
- More Genetic Testing From the Media
- Your Ancestor’s Handwriting
- Getting Off The Rock
- Yesterday’s News (Star Tribune, MN)
- Tell me a story (North Dakota Genealogy)
- Plentiful Mayflower Resources
- Just What Did Your Ancestors Listen To?
- Genealogy & Health
- You wouldn’t want to ride on these ships…
- Arizona State Archives
- “Climbing Family Trees, Whispers In The Leaves”
- Family history research just hain’t what it Uster to be
- Buying a Photo Printer
- Genealogical gifts range from trips to memberships
- Cemetery Restoration Could Lead to a Genealogy Tourist Attraction
- Family tree with deep roots
- Local groups can aid in search for information about ancestors
- Student Removed from High School Dance for Wearing a Kilt
- More “Home Genealogy” – Researching your house’s history
- Finding Your Folks (Bennett)
- Book Brings WWI To Life
- DAR Marks 90 Years in Salem Oregon
- Living History
- Genealogical delight draws in family finders
- Mayflower Society gives library its historic collection
- Preserving the Past
- BYU’s Family History Archive
- Time Capsules
- Professor Sludge Explains Genealogy
- County Meath Ireland Genealogy Project
- Leaving a Legacy: a gift to future generations
- Book Review: Destination America (Genealogue)
- Top Ten Worst Family-History Interview Questions
- Opening the door to the real Rosslyn
- World War I Draft Registration
- Genealogical Society explores FdL cemetery
- Arkansas Ties – Photography
- Harry Potter in the 1851 Census (Ancestry.com)
- Finding Your Folks (Judith Fowler Kilgore)
- Southwest tug
- Starting own research project easy
- Nicolaus Copernicus – Found at Last
- “Mrs. Genealogy” honored for her work (Illinois)
- Friends of the Georgia Archives Book Sale
- Genealogy of Rosa Parks
- Englishman searching for his roots, ends up in Mexico
- More Cemetery and Genealogy Stories
- Old Photographs That Have Been Lost
- Hispanics Uncovering Roots as Inquisition’s ‘Hidden’ Jews
October 2005
- DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour
- Mainers bow heads in honor of Revolutionary War solider.
- History lies six feet under
- Graveyards help group dig up past
- Lute Olson’s Hidden Identity
- Census of the Dead Still Alive
- Villages woman has embarked on a journey to tie generations together
- Woman Finds Relatives of 93 Year Old Postcard
- PBS: A Cemetery Special
- More on the 1861 Census Release
- Hi, I’m James Bond, and this is my cousin James Bond, and my other cousin James Bond
- World-Class Ancestor Hunt
- Have a Fourth Cousin? – You Share 58 Genes
- Six Thousand Mile Trip for a Tombstone
- Women’s Lack of Standing Hinders Genealogy Research
- Canadian Genealogy – Saskatchewan
- Center makes tracing family roots easy
- DNA Testing & Ancestry (ABC this time)
- Deciphering Old Handwriting
- Using DNA, Genealogy, to Identify Missing Korean War Veterans
- DNA research and genealogy: Will the real you please step forward
- Volga resident tends to cemetery
- What do we have to lose in a Katrina-like flood? Just our history
- Amusing/Profound Quote in the Centre Daily
- When is a Marriage Date Not a Marriage Date?
- Forensic genealogy uses wide range of source materials
- Love of Cemeteries Prompts a Book, a Magazine, and a Website
- Don’t Do-Over Family Research That Already Exists
- Nobel Prize for Genealogy
- Scottish Wedding Customs
- Graveyard history is worth preserving
- Scout Digs Up Family History
- Publishing Scanned Documents Online
- “Everything is Illuminated” – A Movie for Genealogists?
- Picture from the past – book releases genealogy bug
- Family Photos
- Distribution of Surnames in the US
- Local Family History Centers
- Telling Their Story
- Focusing on Family History at the Holiday Table
- Protecting Your Precious Research
- Finding Your Nine-Times Great-Grandfather in a Prague Museum
- Online Genealogy Hurting Tourism in Ireland?
September 2005
- Oldest Post Office in the World
- Genealogy Research Surprises
- Linking Past, Present, and Future
- Sylvia Thalman Honored
- Library Damage from the Hurricanes
- Laugh and Learn From Genealogy Mistakes and Faux Pas
- Top Ten Banned Family-History Books
- Genealogy – Not Just for People Part III
- Taking a step back in time to find ancestors
- WWII Relics Unearthed, Returned
- Castle Garden, Ellis Island, and the National Archives: The Search for Family Roots
- ‘Where’ matters in search of pasts
- Canadian Genealogy – Alberta
- Recording Your Genealogy
- The Digital Dark Age
- Dogwood City Books
- Genealogy Based Card Game – “Six Generations”
- Introduction to Soundex
- Meet Roy Turnbaugh, Retiring State Archivist (OR)
- Strong Family Ties
- “Video Business Very Personal”
- Couple Digs Cemetery History
- Keeping a Promise
- Tracing History
- Read Death Certificates Carefully!
- The Jay County Genealogy Society (Indiana)
- DNA Testing and Genealogy
- 66 Years Later, Brothers Reunited
- Have Relatives Buried in Deadwood Cemeteries?
- Google Earth + Roman Ruins
- DAR Grows Younger
- Hurricane Reunites Unique Family
- The Genealogy of a Town
- TV Show: Hidden Treasures
- Update – Kinston, NC, Caskets, the Smithsonian
- Google Earth and Genealogy
- Genealogy and Hurricanes
- Genealogists Helping Others
- Genealogy Essentials
- RootsMagic v3 and Legacy v6
- National Archives – Electronic Records
- Family Website: The Garriotts
- Cleaning Up Cemeteries
- Vestry Records and Genealogy
- How Inaccurate Data Becomes Accepted (and the problems it causes)
- What’s in a Name?
- Distant kin await close encounter
- 2,000th Volunteer Hour at a Library
- This index scans periodicals by the scads
August 2005
- Disasters, Natural and Otherwise
- Genealogy Software
- Passion for Preserving the Past
- More on J.K. Rowling’s Genealogy
- Confusing planning with doing
- Genealogy Buffs: It Gets Into Your Blood
- The Ultimate Grandmother
- New England Travel Guide of the Past
- Genealogy Research and the Colorado State Archives
- Misc. Tidbits.
- Genealogy – Not Just for People Part II
- Google Desktop 2.0 beta
- Shelby Foote and Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Stars dig up surprises with their ancestors
- Search for Md. ancestors reveals old memories, new bonds
- Family Tradition: Reunions
- Museum’s Database Aids Family Research
- Video-Playing Tombstones
- The Pride of Penzance
- Article about Cyndi Howells (Cyndi’s List)
- House Stays in Family for 250+ Years
- War records can aid family search
- Lost Fortunes in the Family Tree (Slight Rant)
- Plot twist shows Rowling is true Scot
- Scottish Family History Centre
- Townsend Over Time.
- Western Australia Buys Genealogist’s Lifetime Work
- Genealogy and PDAs
- A Summer Living with the Dead
- A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
- An Unmarked Grave and a Family Bible
- Amazing Family Reunion
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
- Online Genealogy Collaboration
- Genealogists and Venting
- Follow-up to story about Canadian Cemetery Signs
- Genealogy, Family Relations, Fuel Travel Boom
- Super Genealogists, They Do Exist
- Tutorial: Information Found in Deeds
- Digital Camera + Microfilm
- Cemetery Photography
- Funding Your Genealogy Research
- Family Tree Maker 2006
- Death is Certain. What Will Happen to Your Genealogy Research?
- Genealogy Classifieds
- Linkpendium
- “Why use software for geneaology?”
- WikiTree, “The Family Tree of Humankind”
- CastleGarden.org Now Open (Aug 1st)
July 2005
- Hawaiian Genealogy
- Genealogy – Not Just For People!
- Louisiana Library has an “aggressive genealogy indexing project”
- Smithsonian to examine caskets
- Have Any Pictures of Canadian Cemetery Signs?
- Danes Returning to Patronymic Names
- Family Site: Kloosterman.be
- Response (re: Sad State of Mac Genealogy Software)
- Family Site: Wheeler Family History
- New South Carolina Genealogy Site
- Forensic Genealogy & Photographs
- New Mexico Launches State History Site
- PBS – History Detectives
- Surname Spellings & Variations
- Retired Grocery Store Worker, the 12th Earl of Essex?
- Battle Over Family House: 80 Years
- Software for cemetery visitors
- Family military roots run deep
- Harry Potter’s Genealogy
- Family Reunions – The Fillmans
- Teen Learns About Family Through 4-H Project
- Book Review: Genealogy Gets Ugly in ‘Always’
- Louis L’Amour Letter on Sackett’s Genealogy
- Genealogy Today Building Military Service Database