The Central-Kentucky News Journal has an article by James Roberts, about Taylor County bringing in more tourism. Even while genealogy research on the internet may remove some incentives for traveling to various areas to do local genealogy research, interest in genealogy is rising, and towns and counties are starting to realize just how beneficial it can be to tourism.
There is an interesting article by John Andrew Prime in The Shreveport Times (LA) about an unsolved murder mystery, and how fast information started pouring in from genealogists and others looking to help Dale Nicholson solve the mystery surrounding his grandfather. Dale is hoping to find his grave, so that his mother can place a tombstone on the grave.
The Scotsman is reporting that students at seven schools across Scotland are being assigned a genealogy project that will give them “unrivalled access” to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, the official government genealogy website.
I was reading an article at BBC News about Samantha Cameron, wife of David Cameron (the new Tory leader in England), and came across this bit about her ancestry:
Sharon Burns has written a gift guide for genealogists, ‘Tis the season to give archival goods, for NewsOK.com (The Oklahoman/News 9). The article may require registration.