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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - FEBRUARY 2005

  • Slave holder's heir finds descendents of slaves
    Thanks to Edward Ball's research, Thomalind Martin - unlike other African-Americans - can trace her ancestors back to Sierra Leone. The Providence Journal, February 28, 2005.

  • Museum rediscovers Columbus legacy
    A genealogy made in 1540 for the Emperor Charles V, described as one of the greatest Renaissance engravings, has gone on display at the British Museum a century after the institution acquired it. The Guardian (UK), February 28, 2005.

  • Monumental Crime: 146-year-old tombstone dumped in recreation area
    Last Monday, Waterloo, Iowa workers picked up a 146-year-old white marble tombstone. Its inscription: David Elwell, 69 years, eight months and four days; died, Jan. 19, 1859. Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (IA), February 27, 2005.

  • Genealogical Society finds new home
    The Knox County Genealogical Society has put down roots in the Knox County Service Center to provide residents with a place to research their ancestry. Mount Vernon News (OH), February 25, 2005.

  • Second Time Around
    Humor : Familiar trouble follows family after filching frog from ancestor’s gravesite. Mooresville / Decatur Times (IN), February 23, 2005.

  • Wall to Wall Notches Up Format Deals
    U.K. independent Wall to Wall has notched up a range of deals on its format Who Do You Think You Are?, a celebrity-based genealogy series that was first produced for BBC Two. World Screen News, February 23, 2005.

  • The Ellicott City Colored School Offers Living History Programs
    In 1880, black students in Howard County, Maryland had one public school, a tiny, two-room building. Today the school serves as a living history museum and a genealogical resource center. The View (MD), February 23, 2005.

  • Tech scientist helps date fossils of early walkers
    Newly discovered fossils from Ethiopia have filled in a gap in our genealogy with 4.5-million-year-old hominids who were among the first of our ancestors to walk upright. El Defensor Chieftain (NM), February 23, 2005.

  • Donny goes back to his roots
    Seventies heart-throb Donny Osmond broke down in tears when he visited the grave of one of his Welsh ancestors. Western Mail (WAL), February 23, 2005.

  • The benefits of journaling flow right from the start
    Creating and writing a journal could help you collect information that you might use in an ethical will or to create your own oral history. Arizona Republic (AZ), February 23, 2005.

  • Society celebrates 20th anniversary
    Arkansas : The Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society is celebrating a milestone this month, its 20th anniversary since the reformation of the society in 1985. Piggot Times (AR), February 17, 2005.

  • Command Sergeant Major has family link to historic Buffalo Soldiers
    By chance last summer, Sgt. Maj. Clark Dimery learned his great-great-grandfather, William Shields, served with the famed Buffalo Soldiers. Army News Service (US), February 18, 2005.

  • Brothers meet after 80-year wait
    Born in London in 1925, one of the brothers, who now lives in New Zealand, was fostered out when he was just six months old. A notice posted on a British genealogy website lead to the reunion. Bay of Plenty Times (NZ), February 19, 2005.

  • Genealogy library named 'family history hot spot'
    Independence, Missouri has received another honor, this time from Family Tree Magazine, the nation's largest genealogy publication. The Examiner (MO), February 19, 2005.

  • Exhibit explores history of blacks in Rockland
    A new museum exhibition will explore both the historic and ordinary personal events experienced by black families in Rockland, New York during the past 300 years. The Journal News (NY), February 15, 2005.

  • Help Save the Archives of Ontario
    The Archives of Ontario building on Grenville Street in Toronto has been deteriorating for many years. Inadequate and unsafe housing of existing historical collections has already resulted in records being lost. The Global Gazette (Canada), February 16, 2005.

  • Caledonian Society gathers to celebrate traditions, poet's birth
    With about 80 members, the Caledonian Society of Greeley, Colorado is working to reach out to those who are interested in Scottish heritage but are not aware there is a society within their community. Greeley Tribune (CO), February 14, 2005.

  • Love Letters
    A Siouxland man made a heart warming discovery hidden inside the walls of his home. He found love letters that date back to 1921. KCAU-TV (IA)

  • Museum needs space to grow
    New Zealand : The Ashburton Museum and Historical Society would love to spread its wings so it can keep the district’s precious past in one place. The Ashburton Guardian (NZ)

  • Aging records, high-tech backup
    In an effort to preserve records from water damage and the slow ravages of time, the Passaic County clerk's office has applied for a grant through the New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management. northjersey.com (NJ), February 13, 2005.

  • Mull Genealogical Gathering 2006
    It is proposed that a gathering for those with genealogical connections with the Isle of Mull, Scotland be held during week commencing 14th May 2006. mullgenealogy.co.uk

  • Park service launching oral history project at Friendship Hill
    Friendship Hill Historic National Site is starting an oral history project wants to hear from anyone who ever worked at Friendship Hill, had relatives who were employed there or were a guest at one of the many parties held at the mansion over the years. Herald-Standard (PA), February 13, 2005.

  • 2 families claim bones found under Wal-Mart
    With tears and yelling at an Oahu Burial Council meeting yesterday, two Hawaiian families fought bitterly over which of them has the closest ties to ancestral bones that were found during construction of the Wal-Mart complex. Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI), February 10, 2005.

  • Icelandic surprise : DNA 'flip' highlights our ongoing evolution
    Analysing results from the deCODE Genetics genealogy database, an article published in the February issue of Nature Genetics, suggests that humans are still evolving. Japan Times (Japan), February 10, 2005.

  • DNA helping to untangle roots of family trees
    Genealogist and writer Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak says you don't have to be a science whiz to understand DNA and how it can help in researching family trees. Pittsburgh Post Gazette (PA), February 8, 2005.
    Read more about Megan's book at Amazon.com (United States), Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada)

  • Archives lifts the lid on four centuries of debate
    Using documents from The National Archives, Kew, West London, John Guy’s award winning biography of Mary Queen of Scots, My Heart is My Own, looks at the unparalleled drama and conflict that surrounded her life. News from the National Archives (UK), February 8, 2005.

  • Charleroi Heritage Banquet set
    Pennsylvania : The Charleroi Area Historical Society will have a grand opening in April for its Genealogy and History Research Center. Valley Independent (PA), February 7, 2005.

  • He finds pieces of your past
    New Hampshire : Larry Maurice has helped 170 adoptees find their biological parents. Concord Monitor (NH), February 6, 2005.

  • Threading together a family history
    When Fashion and Textile Design lecturer Nina Weaver wanted to create a family tree, she opted for the tools of her trade, sewing a sculpture to represent her family’s descent from Italian migrants. Massey News (New Zealand), February 7, 2005.

  • Butler County couple's business has writers covered
    Pennsylvania : The Mechling Bookbindery company catalog of about 400 books includes about 300 local histories, biographies and genealogical works produced in Oakland Township. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA), February 6, 2005.

  • Hall Center at KU to Present Oral History Workshop in Kansas Union
    The Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas will hold "Learning to Hear the Stories VI: Listening in the Borderlands," a workshop on oral history and tradition, Friday, March 18. Kansas City infoZine (MO), February 5, 2005.

  • Society honors Harmony preservationists
    Zelienople, Pennsylvania : John Axtell believes he is receiving an award for something he hasn't done -- demolish his ancestral home to make way for development. Pittsburgh The Tribune-Review (PA), February 3, 2005.

  • Local group wants to capture stories
    Smith County, Texas : Advocates say 32 years have passed since the last comprehensive effort to publish a history of Tyler's black community, and while photographs, writings and other tangible artifacts remain, oral histories are on the verge of disappearance. Tyler Morning Telegraph (TX), February 1, 2005.

  • Searching for closure: Family continues quest for missing airman's remains
    On May 8, 2005, in the 60th year since Sgt. Alfred S. Lubojacky was listed as MIA, relatives will stand at a memorial site in the Czech Republic marking the spot where the empty B-17 plane, on which he was the ball-turret gunner, finally crashed. Herald Coaster (TX), February 2, 2005.

  • Joseph Smith's descendant finds church and family through geneaology
    Though Mike Kennedy is not the only descendant of Joseph Smith Jr., the first prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ, he is likely one of the few who didn’t know about heritage from a very young age. BYU Newsnet (UT), February 1, 2005.



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