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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - JANUARY 2002

  • Genealogy : Do your homework and personalize your search
    Each of us must start our roots pursuit with ourselves and work back one generation at a time, using common sources like birth certificates, wills and obituaries. Even so, demographics dictate strategy. St. Petersburg Times (FL), January 31, 2002.

  • Genealogy: Ascertain, confirm and verify the facts
    Really sharp investigators do not jump to conclusions. They relentlessly pursue the facts and use multiple sources to confirm them. The St. Petersburg Times (FL), January 24, 2002.

  • USD prof reaches way back for justice
    University of San Diego School of Law Professor Jorge A. Vargas is trying to finish a job that President Franklin D. Roosevelt started more than 60 years ago -- obtaining millions of dollars for Mexican-Americans whose ancestors filed claims after the 19th century Mexican-American War. The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 22, 2002.

  • Genealogy: Developing your research strategy
    Ask any expert how to begin tracing your family tree, and you'll get a pat answer: "Start with yourself. Work back one generation at a time." Yadda, yadda, yadda. Though theoretically correct, this vague answer is about as useful to novices as computer manuals are to the technologically challenged. St. Petersburg Times (FL), January 17, 2002.

  • The power of 'Roots': Special celebrates 25th anniversary of landmark miniseries
    Friday at 8 p.m. on NBC, the phenomenon that was "Roots" will be remembered with the airing of "Roots -- Celebrating 25 Years: The Saga of an American Classic." At some time during the miniseries' eight nights, 130 million Americans watched "Roots." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 15, 2002.

  • Ancestors' remains laid to rest
    Hawaiian ancestors whose remains were unearthed accidentally from graves at their old Waikiki homes found a new resting place at Kapi'olani Park yesterday. The Honolulu Advertiser, January 14, 2002.

  • Call to publish name-related census data
    Genealogists have criticised Australian authorities for scrapping census records. The traditional Australian practice of destroying name-identified census data has been relaxed, but is still being questionned. The Canberra Times (Australia), January 13, 2002.

  • 'I surfed the 1901 census - briefly'
    Liz Mazonowicz got on to the 1901 census website the day before it launched (only to crash repeatedly until it was withdrawn). She tells how in that brief time she "found" her long lost great-grandmother. BBC News (UK), January 10, 2002.

  • Experts find fault with new 1901 census website
    Leading genealogists have expressed grave doubts about the reliability of the Public Record Office's new 1901 census website, which collapsed last week after millions of users tried to log on. The Observer (UK), January 6, 2002.

  • Edwardian census chokes the internet
    Record office taken aback as 1901 data is released on web. Demand for access to the census was so great that the site could not be accessed for most of the day. The Guardian (London, England), January 3, 2002.



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