http://www.randomgenealogy.com Collecting random bits of genealogy news. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:09:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2010/08/17/an-update-for-random-genealogy-and-me/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2010/08/17/an-update-for-random-genealogy-and-me/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:27:25 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/?p=628 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2010/08/17/an-update-for-random-genealogy-and-me/feed/ 0 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/06/05/armstrong-county-pa-history-alliance/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/06/05/armstrong-county-pa-history-alliance/#comments Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:35:20 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/?p=617 Armstrong history now on Internet, about an alliance of historical/genealogy societies from Armstrong County working together to put the county's history and genealogy information online. It's not so much the records (although it sounds like they are working towards that), as it is information about which society holds what records and where you can physically access them. They believe together they will be able to be eligible for more grants and resources.]]> http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/06/05/armstrong-county-pa-history-alliance/feed/ 0 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/30/utah-teenage-genealogist-winds-up-on-history-channel/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/30/utah-teenage-genealogist-winds-up-on-history-channel/#comments Tue, 30 May 2006 14:26:51 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/30/utah-teenage-genealogist-winds-up-on-history-channel/ Utah teen's love for genealogy earns him time on History Channel, about a fifteen year old working on his Eagle Scout project that involves genealogy research and cemetery preservation. As a result of this, sometime in the next year on an unnamed show on the History Channel, his project will be feature. Pretty cool, and good exposure for genealogy.]]> http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/30/utah-teenage-genealogist-winds-up-on-history-channel/feed/ 0 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/25/website-aids-jews-search-for-ancestors/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/25/website-aids-jews-search-for-ancestors/#comments Thu, 25 May 2006 13:55:32 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/?p=615 Website aids Jews' search for ancestors, about, well, those doing genealogy researching concerning Jewish ancestors. It mentions how the internet is impacting many genealogy societies, while some, because of their unique nature, are doing okay.]]> http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/25/website-aids-jews-search-for-ancestors/feed/ 0 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/25/how-much-privacy-have-we-lost/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/25/how-much-privacy-have-we-lost/#comments Thu, 25 May 2006 12:46:59 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/25/how-much-privacy-have-we-lost/ How Much Privacy Have We Lost? (which I couldn't find on the Tribune's site), by Eric Benderoff and Jon Van, about just how much privacy we have lost in this day and age. It's a two-page article and worth a read - even as we are happy the internet can help companies provide incredible amounts of genealogy information, they are also providing incredible amounts of personal information about living individuals.]]> http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/25/how-much-privacy-have-we-lost/feed/ 0