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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - JUNE 2002

  • The Association for Gravestone Studies meets in Savannah for annual conference
    The 25-year-old association strives to preserve gravestones, study tombstones' craftsmanship, trace genealogy and discover history. Savannah Morning News, June 28, 2002.

  • Genealogy Makes Strides With DNA
    Exhaustive searches for documents are still the backbone of genealogy. Without it, genetic testing can be meaningless. Wired, June 24, 2002.

  • Scientists mine Vikings' genetic treasure trove
    In the year 874, Viking crews started to drop in on the British Isles, capturing young Celtic women and sailing off to remote Iceland. Eleven centuries later, a direct descendant of those raiders is starting to build a list of the deviant genes that cause the most common human diseases. The Age (Australia), June 19, 2002.

  • Museum pioneer hopes for learning, healing
    Expected to open in mid-2004 on the banks of the Ohio River, the museum will commemorate the 19th-century history of the Underground Railroad — the difficult, dangerous escape routes used by fleeing slaves. The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 17, 2002.

  • Juneteenth celebrated with oral history project
    Dorothy Coleman's ancestors include a white plantation owner, a black slave and a Cherokee Indian. She tells her grandchildren: You can't hate anyone. You might be related. The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 19, 2002.

  • Use multiple sources to verify facts
    Proper documentation is to genealogy what good evidence is to a detective. You can't build a solid case without it. Read more... St. Petersburg Times (FL), June 13, 2002.



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