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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - APRIL 2007 A visit to Gammelgarden Museum leaves visitors with a true sense of Minnesota's earliest Scandinavian influence. wcco.com (MN), April 29, 2007. Despite being in operation for more than 30 years, the St. Charles County Genealogical Society (Missouri) is a little-known resource. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), April 30, 2007. It may not be the most rounded family package software out there but it’s a great entry-level product at a great price. pocket-lint.co.uk (UK), May 1, 2007. A project to chart the identities of people buried in the North Salem Burial Ground — a cemetery where headstones date to the mid-1700s was launched last week. Eagle Tribune (MA), May 2, 2007. 11th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference 2007. Thursday, July 19 through Saturday, July 21, 2007. GEN-EVENTS, May 2, 2007. Over the past several months Family Search has announced projects involving placing three new databases on line. Tribune Star (IN), April 28, 2007. When Philip and Anne Eastwood read about The Daily Telegraph's family history competition last November, they realised it was the chance not just of a lifetime but of several lifetimes. The Daily Telegraph (UK), April 28, 2007. The Columbus Metropolitan Library's 25,000-book genealogical collection was donated by the State Library of Ohio this week. Columbus Dispatch (OH), April 28, 2007. Records now help Mauritians trace their lineage. The Hindu (India), April 29, 2007. Colleen Fitzpatrick's book is filled with hints and clues to genealogical research. Sheboygan Press (WI), April 29, 2007. Read more about this book at : Amazon.com (United States), Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), and Amazon.ca (Canada). In June, more than 300 members of the extended Kessler family will return to Solon, Iowa for a family reunion. Iowa City Press-Citizen (IA), April 29, 2007. Longtime Escondido, California residents age 60 and older are being sought for interviews. San Diego Union Tribune (CA), April 25, 2007. Prague Castle bones could reveal medieval dynasty descendants. The Prague Post (Czech Republic), April 25, 2007. For the first time in the 10-year history of The USGenWeb Project, a project-wide search is being enabled on a State-by-State basis at USGenWeb Search Us. The Global Gazette (Canada), April 25, 2007. Ranging from mega-blogs to obscure blogs, many genealogists double as blogalogists. Albuquerque Tribune (NM), April 26, 2007. There are many reasons to publish a family tree book. Mine is to preserve the many hours of research and pass it on to family. The Amherst Citizen (Canada), April 27, 2007. The whole organizational structure of the Reunion software makes it easier to accurately record your data when you are creating a significant family chart. The Mac Observer (US), April 27, 2007. Doug Green had all but given up hope of ever finding out information about his birth family. Next month, he will meet his five brothers and five sisters. Truro Daily News (NS), April 22, 2007. The Ozarks Genealogical Society's Fall Conference is planned for Sept. 7 and 8 at University Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Missouri. News-Leader (MO), April 23, 2007. Benjamin Deland Jr., George Southwick Jr., Samuel Cook Jr. and Ebenezer Goldthwaite died fighting British soldiers at Lexington and Concord. Salem News (MA), April 23, 2007. A boom in online genealogical sites and the advent of inexpensive DNA tests have combined to reveal unsuspected details of family history. The Oregonian (OR), April 24, 2007. An exciting new project at LDS Hospital (Salt Lake City) hopes to find answers to determining what causes heart disease, and it’s linked to genealogy. KUTV (UT), April 24, 2007. The Department of Veterans' Affairs has agreed to add the Wiccan pentacle to the list of approved religious symbols that it will engrave on veterans' headstones. About Genealogy, April 24, 2007. While many of the documents are available online at the state's floridamemory.com Web site, some of the most precious of the items can't be seen in person. Florida Times-Union (FL), April 21, 2007. There were some changes in the 1830 census format and protocol from previous censuses. Tribune-Star (IN), April 22, 2007. An adopted child, A.M. Homes learns the circumstances of her adoption as an adult, after her bio logical mother makes contact. The Plain Dealer (OH), April 22, 2007. This book is available at : Amazon.com (United States), Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), and Amazon.ca (Canada). Bills have been introduced in the state House and Senate to undo North Carolina's law sealing birth certificates. News & Observer (NC), April 22, 2007. Amateur genealogy is growing, thanks in part to the huge amount of data available on the Internet. Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), April 22, 2007. Thirteen years before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the first settlers arrived in what is now Jamestown, Va. Bradenton Herald (FL), April 22, 2007. Capt. Hallmark attended last year's Doolittle Raider reunion, where he met some of the surviving crew members who knew his cousin. Press release (TX), April 19, 2007. The last anyone heard, Levi Smith had joined the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s. What happened next is shrouded in mystery. The Huddersfield Daily Examiner (UK), April 20, 2007. American Indian families work to prove their lineage. Capital Journal (SD), April 20, 2007. We can give future genealogists—our children and grandchildren —a head start. Amherst Citizen (NS), April 20, 2007. Beginning this summer, two new interns will take on the responsibility of cataloging historic and endangered gravesites in Morgan County, Georgia. Morgan County Citizen (GA), April 20, 2007. Groups working to secure military marker for black Union soldier. Shreveprot Times (LA), April 21, 2007. Historians with Aberdeenshire lineage, will soon be able to trace their family history when the region's first genealogy centre opens in Peterhead. Buchan Observer (Scotland). A study funded by the Wellcome Trust and aimed at developing a genetic map of Britain has begun to shed light on how the ancient populations of Britain moved into and across the country. SprirtIndia.com (India). Jacque Turner of Fresno, Calif., had been curious for years about the first cousin she'd never met. The Clarion-Ledger (MS), April 17, 2007. Visiting the island nation of Cape Verde a few days ago, Israeli Ambassador to Senegal Gideon Bachar was astonished to discover the Jewish heritage of a local young woman. ynetnews.com (Israel), April 19, 2007. The South Dakota Historical Society helps people find out more about their ancestors and their family histories. Capital Journal (SD), April 19, 2007. Lee Drew has found so many relatives that he needs a computer database to keep track of them - all 1.7 million of them. Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), April 19, 2007. WWII canteen found on Guam, to be returned to family. Pacific Daily News (Guam), April 15, 2007. An Englishman's quest to learn about his long-lost grandfather went into overdrive after an article in The Journal News helped locate a number of people who knew him in White Plains, New York. The Journal News (NY), April 16, 2007. Mary Lou Nagy a descendant of William Brewster, who arrived in the harbor near Plymouth, Mass., on the Mayflower. Press & Argus (MI), April 16, 2007. This free resource combines many innovative and interactive features. Cincinati Post (OH), April 16, 2007. October 20, 2007 - Illinois: The Way West, Tracing Your Migrating Ancestors" Fall 2007 conference of the Illinois State Genealogical Society. GEN-EVENTS, April 6, 2007. As "a gift to the nation," the National Archives of Australia has put its World War I service records online. About Genealogy, April 12, 2007. Who were these Fain brothers, and what led them to settle in the new Union County? Union Sentinel (GA), April 12, 2007. Some of the 18 million images will become available earlier than expected, according to the National Archives. The Telegraph (UK), April 12, 2007. WJohn Grenham's Tracing Your Irish Ancestors has been called one of the best books ever written on Irish genealogy. The Clarion-Ledger (MS), April 13, 2007. Read more about Tracing Your Irish Ancestors from the publisher's Web site. The names, ages and professions of passengers listed on the Titanic's fateful journey have gone online. Reuters AlertNet (UK), April 14, 2007. Sculptor Josh Coté created a bust of Olafur the White (Leif Erikson's grandfather) for Carrie Heiser of Duvall, Washington whose family traces its past back to Olafur. The Seattle Times (WA), April 11, 2007. The National Archives has also launched a digitisation-on-demand programme. 24dash.com (UK), April 11, 2007. Trisher Wilson has reunited 12 families separated by the Holocaust. Her chief tool is the Internet. Jerusalem Post (Israel), April 11, 2007. Thanks to his great-grandson's eighth-grade history project, Elmer Edward Koerner posthumously received the Purple Heart he earned in battle almost 90 years ago. Appleton Post-Crescent (WI), April 12, 2007. Alex Haley's nephew, Chris, speaks to the continuing impact of the miniseries that made TV history 30 years ago. Baltimore Sun (NY), April 12, 2007. Over 33,000 volunteers have already signed on to index records, with over 100 more joining each day. About Genealogy, April 12, 2007. A new online resource named Immigrant Servants Database is now available. Cincinati Post (OH), April 9, 2007. Community memories are going online in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The News (NS), April 10, 2007. The free SMGF database is unique in that it can link an individual’s genetic profile to specific ancestors by name going back six to eight generations or further. Press release (UT), April 10, 2007. Genealogy. Some even call it a disease. So what is this strange disease? News-Graphic (KY), April 10, 2007. Tracy Ward and her mother, Connie Johnson, both of Burlington, North Carolina are descendants of families featured in Alex Haley’s novel and television mini-series “Roots.” Times-News (NC), April 10, 2007. The National Archives is delighted to announce that ScotlandOnline will partner the UK government´s official archive in the forthcoming project to put the 1911 census for England and Wales online. News from the National Archives (UK), April 11, 2007. Roots, which drew an audience of 130 million viewers, is still ranked as the most-watched mini-series in TV history. Baltimore Sun (MD), April 8, 2007. For the past 15 years, Harold Davis, has worked to identify the remains of soldiers who died in the Korean War and reunite them with their families. Bluefield Daily Telegraph (WV), April 8, 2007. A seafaring man from England, Ernest George sailed the world ans then disappeared in 1925. But not without a trace. Journal News (NY), April 9, 2007. Information on 101,000 trials held 1674-1834 at the Old Bailey in London can be found on the Web site The Proceedings of the Old Bailey. Bangor Daily News (ME), April 9, 2007. The article about DNA stalking in The New York Times has prompted some interesting debate over the lengths people can/do/should go to to trace their family through DNA. About Genealogy, April 9, 2007. The Library of Michigan's annual "Learning More" genealogy seminar continues to grow. Lansing State Journal (MI), April 4, 2007. The Fifteenth Annual German Genealogical Conference will be held in Des Moines, IA. Saturday June 30, 2007. GEN-EVENT, April 4, 2007. The Allen County Public Library’s Genealogy Center endorses WeRelate.org, a new genealogy Web site. Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (IN), April 5, 2007. Fate brought Polly McLean to the mystery of Lucile Berkeley Buchanan, the daughter of slaves and the first black female graduate of the University of Colorado. Denver Post (CO), April 7, 2007. Sharon Clancy is fast establishing herself as part of a new generation of Limerick historians. Limerick Post (Ireland). If the amateur genealogists of the DNA era bear a certain resemblance to members of a “CSI” team, they make no apologies. New York Times (NY), April 2, 2007. Web site that will be of interest to countless Maine genealogists is Ne-Do-Ba, The Abenaki of Western Maine. Bangor Daily News (ME), April 2, 2007. Lakhs of rare "talpatras" (palm leaves) with ancestral details of thousands of Maithil Brahmins have allegedly been sold by a local middleman to a US agency. Times of India (India), April 3, 2007. The Rutherford County Archives (Tennessee) has a new home, and the staff wants to show it off. The Tennessean (TN), April 3, 2007. Tearing down a wall to enlarge a bathroom, Barbara Forgas found the paintings of American Indians that could be a clue to her heritage. York Daily Record (PA), March 28, 2007. Freetown, Mass. resident Kenneth Sutcliffe's history dates back to the country's roots. Standard Times (MA), March 29, 2007. David E. Rencher has agreed to present the keynote address at the fourth Land Records and Genealogy Symposium in Beatrice, Nebraska this summer. Beatrice Daily Sun (NE), March 30, 2007. For more than eight years the lost property office of London Underground has hosted an urn containing human ashes. The Observer (UK), April 1, 2007. Traipse the Old Sod and discover a land of beauty and friendly folk. Des Moines Register (IA), April 1, 2007. 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