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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - AUGUST 2003 Every now and then we get so much of notes and even narratives collected and composed that we wonder how we should put it into more permanent form. Pittsburg Morning Sun (LA), August 31, 2003. A talk with Nancy Applebee-Meyers is like taking your first step into a library. Tracing family roots has taken her back hundreds of years and across the world. Lorain Morning Journal (OH), August 31, 2003. The Annual Fall Meeting of the South Carolina Genealogical Society, hosted by the Greenville Genealogical Society and the Greenville County Library System, will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4. The Times and Democrat (SC), August 28, 2003. Luzerne County Recorder of Deeds Mary Dysleski said hand-written records dating to 1786 have been catalogued in huge canvas-bound books on shelves in her office suite. Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice (PA), August 28, 2003. One of 12 children, Ruth Flynn Niemann managed to find nearly all of them and in May they met at her home at Sugar Lake for the first time in 55 years. Atchison Daily Globe (KS), August 26, 2003. Harold and Pat Mattoon of La Palma, Calif. chose to visit as many cities named "Mattoon" as they could locate this summer. Mattoon Journal Gazette (IL), August 27, 2003. Funeral parlors are offering clients a chance to retrieve and store a deceased person's DNA. Raleigh News & Observer, August 22, 2003. The Town of Granby has acquired a document that may be of interest to local history buffs and genealogy enthusiasts — a diary written by Asa Stannard, a school teacher who lived in the Granby area during the 1850s. Fulton Valley News (NY), August 16, 2003. members of The Walnut Beach-Myrtle Beach Historical Association, are currently putting the fin-ishing touches on their book, Sand In Our Shoes, a history of Myrtle Beach. Milford Mirror (CT), August 13, 2003. "For me, Cape Verdean Genealogy is the conversation you have with other Cape Verdeans as you try to figure out who their families are and how their families might connect with yours." An article by Ann Marie Lopes. The Standard-Times (MA), August 10, 2003. Every genealogist needs an atlas for everyday reference. To be even more efficient it would be very useful to have a series of atlases going back as far in the recent era as they can be obtained. Pittsburg Morning Sun (KS), August 10, 2003. "The History and Memories of Des Moines Beach" is in the hands of a printer and will be ready for distribution in November. Sioux City Journal (IA), August 10, 2003. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. is made up of more than 6,000 descendants of Union veterans. About 300 of them are in Fort Mitchell for the group's national conference. Cincinnati Enquirer (OH), August 8, 2003. Two families where the mutation occured have been traced to a single ancestor who emigrated from Germany to North America. EurekAlert (DC), August 4, 2003. Currently, DNA testing can tell you only whether your genetic pattern matches some of the more than 100,000 people whose gene patterns have been analyzed and logged in laboratories. Sacramento Bee (CA), August 3, 2003. 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December 2006 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December 2007 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December |