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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - NOVEMBER 2007

  • Library to embark on digitizing project
    Thanks to the Gladwin County District Library (Michigan), you may soon be able to access old local newspapers online. Gladwin County Record (MI), November 27, 2007.

  • Family history a risk factor for asthma death
    An analysis of genealogy records linked to death certificates in Utah suggests that the risk of dying from an asthma attack is hereditary. Reuters, November 28, 2007.

  • Footnote.com Digitizes Late 18th Century Newspaper, The Times (London)
    Footnote.com today announced the release of original images from The Times (London from 1785 – 1820). Footnote press release (UT), November 28, 2007.

  • European Digital Library Foundation welcomed by the Commissioner
    The European digital library is developing its prototype site for launch next year. British Library press release (UK), November 28, 2007.

  • Council offers online birth certificate service
    North Lincolnshire County Council is launching a pioneering service which allows people to obtain copies of birth, marriage and death certificates using the internet. Peterborough Evening Telegraph (UK), November 28, 2007.

  • DNA Tests Find Branches but Few Roots
    As the number of test takers and companies has grown, so has the number of scientists who have questioned assertions that companies make about their tests. New York Times (NY), November 25, 2007.

  • Shed Media to adopt maker of BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?
    The independent producer behind the BBC television genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? is set to be acquired by Shed Media, a rival television producer. The Times (UK), November 26, 2007.

  • WorldVitalRecords.com Major Sponsor At 4th Annual St. George Family History Expo 2008
    WorldVitalRecords.com announced today its major sponsorship of the 2008 St. George Utah Genealogy and Family Heritage Jamboree to be held on February 8-9, 2008. WordVitalRecords.com press release (UT), November 27, 2007.

  • Adoption records in Ontario are sealed - again!
    The Ontario government has decided not to appeal a judicial ruling that struck down a new law that would have retroactively opened confidential adoption records. Global Gazette (Canada), November 19, 2007.

  • Consider reliability of source for research
    Pulling together an accurate family history is problematic because we rely largely on the efforts made by humans decades, even centuries, ago. Albuquerque Tribune (NM), November 22, 2007.

  • ‘Indian Tribes of North America’ quite an undertaking
    This book seeks to fill in the huge gap in our knowledge of Native American tribes before the period of removal to Indian Territory. Tribune-Star (IN), November 23, 2007.
    Read more about Indian Tribes of North America from the publisher's Web site.

  • King George, Virginia Hemingway family tree is of monumental proportions
    A genealogy investigation revealed that the King George Hemingways are not related to Ernest’s famous literary family. However, they are part of another very famous branch of a Hemingway tree. The Journal (VA), November 21, 2007.

  • Upcoming events
    Upcoming genealogy events in the United Kingdom. ENG-GEN-EVENTS, November 29, 2007.

  • Tracing your Irish roots
    Helen Kelly, Genealogy Butler at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, calls it the "goosebump trail". The Mercury (Australia), November 19, 2007.

  • FamilySearch and My Ancestors Found Team Up to Sponsor the 4th Annual Family History EXPO in St. George, Utah
    FamilySearch and My Ancestors Found (MAF) announce the 4th annual Family History EXPO in St. George, Utah, February 8-9, 2008. GEN-EVENTS, November 20, 2007.

  • History Nexus launched – the next step for history on the web
    This winter a new history website called History Nexus has been launched. Press release, November 18, 2007.

  • Smith or Garcia? Top U.S. Surnames
    Smith remains the most common surname in the United States, but Rodriguez and Garcia are close behind according to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. About Genealogy, November 19, 2007.

  • Where there's no will, there's a way
    Sue McBeth will go that extra kilometre or thousand to track down beneficiaries. The Age (Australia), November 17, 2007.

  • Letters bring county history to life
    Dorchester County, Maryland : It took cyberspace, luck, detective work and technology to zap life into a box stuffed with forgotten letters, some more than 200 years old. Daily Times (MD), November 18, 2007.

  • Guide to Historic Town of Oyster Bay Cemeteries
    Nassau County, New York. A pdf version of the document is available online. The Cemetery Index contains several thousand alphabetical listings including the surname, given name, year of death and cemetery where the person is buried. The Northender (NY), November 15, 2007.

  • Preserving history
    During a bi-annual sojourn around Fort Stewart (Georgia), families remember their ancestors long buried beneath the installation's soil. Savannah Morning News (GA), November 15, 2007.

  • Author's book tells origin of Douglas names
    “Place Names of Douglas County, Nevada,” explains the history and stories behind over 800 geographic and cultural names in the county. Reno Gazette-Journal (NV), November 16, 2007.

  • Experts Advise a Grain of Salt With Mail-Order Genomes, at $1,000 a Pop
    The revolution in human genomics is about to hit the street, at least for those able to pay about $1,000 for a glance at their entire genome. New York Times (NY), November 17, 2007.

  • Red Cross world war archive recognized by UNESCO
    The ICRC has been in discussion with genealogy groups with an interest in helping to get the records online. EarthTimes.org, November 15, 2007.

  • Harvard's Gates Refines Genetic-Ancestry Searches for Blacks
    Scholar founds a firm after DNA tracer put forebear in wrong place. The Wall Street Journal (NY), November 15, 2007.

  • History center gets documents tracing slaves' legal status
    The "freedom papers" and documents of indenture were discovered earlier this year. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA), November 14, 2007.

  • List of abandoned cemeteries is growing
    There are more than 700 abandoned cemeteries in Herkimer County, New York, some that date as far back as the French and Indian War. Herkimer Telegram (NY), November 14, 2007.

  • Finding ancestor wills is a historical treasure
    Though not all of our property-owning forbears left a will, many of them did. The News-Press (FL), November 12, 2007.

  • Society encourages black Americans to find family history before slavery
    While their white counterparts often easily reach into their families’ pasts, many black Americans assume their history beyond their slave ancestors is lost. Daily Advertiser (LA), November 12, 2007.

  • Red Cross files reveal WWI cost
    The Red Cross archives in Geneva contain poignant details in the many files listing those lost, killed or captured in World War I. BBC News (UK), November 9, 2007.

  • DNA tests rule out 2 as Smith descendants
    Two early Latter-day Saints thought by some to be Church founder Joseph Smith's children are not his descendants. Deseret Morning News (UT), November 10, 2007.

  • Decatur woman discovers long-lost family connection among the Civil War dead at Andersonville
    Leon Joseph Laurent, her great-great-uncle was buried as an unknown. Herald And Review (IL), November 6, 2007.

  • Volunteers plan new family history facility
    A group of Bexhill Museum volunteers has laid the foundation for a planned facility which will give visitors access to their family history. Mid Sussex Times (UK), November 6, 2007.

  • Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation and International University of Kyrgyzstan Announce Progress, Expansion Plans for Joint DNA Collection Project
    GEN (USA), November 6, 2007.

  • Royal patron for clan gathering
    Prince Charles is to be patron of the biggest clan gathering in Edinburgh for almost 190 years. BBC News (UK), November 5, 2007.

  • Radio program aids search for Holocaust survivors
    Jewish genealogy has become something of an obsession among Jews who lost relatives in the Holocaust or who do not know whether their relatives survived. Jerusalem Post (Israel), November 5, 2007.

  • Help needed to preserve Latin American genealogy records
    10,000 volunteers are needed to help index Mexican, Argentine and other Latin American records for the Internet. Pegasus News (TX), November 5, 2007.

  • Digitization of Archives records a boon
    The National Archives has been working on a series of agreements with various partners to digitize portions of its vast holdings. The Clarion-Ledger (MS), November 2, 2007.

  • Tombstone returned after nearly 50 years
    Greene County, Missouri : The tombstone for Winder Kenner, who died 151 years ago, was returned recently after a nearly 50-year absence. The News-Leader (MO), November 5, 2007.



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