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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2004 The wife of the Vice-President of the United States has revealed on the election campaign trail how her family roots in Wales have inspired her to success. The Western Mail (Wales), September 30, 2004. Bush and Kerry are cousins according to Gary Boyd Roberts of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Pravda (Russia), September 27, 2004. On the eve of a new television series about well-known personalities on the trail of their ancestors, Elizabeth Day delves into her own dark history and discovers why genealogy is now such a national obsession. Daily Telegraph (UK), September 26, 2004. The Chapter, which held its first meeting Sept. 13, is the newest of an organization that was founded in 1890 as a volunteer service organization for women who can trace their genealogy to someone in involved in the American Revolutionary War. Arizona Republic (AZ), September 24, 2004. with the increasing number of people interested in "finding their roots," almost everyone knows that a family tree is a record of your ancestors and a branching out of relatives. Daily Courier (PA), September 25, 2004. According to Jupiter Media Metrix, there were more than 15 million unique visits to genealogy Web sites in January. USA Today (US), September 23, 2004. A lifetime of Pete Sena's memories fit into a suitcase small enough to be lost for decades in a sorority house at the University of Northern Colorado. Greeley Tribune (CO), September 22, 2004. Arkansas : The Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library System reached a milestone late last week after Sylvia Moore entered the 100,000th obituary into an index and genealogy database. Pine Bluff Commercial (AR), September 21, 2004. Creating a Memory Book is one of the 2004 fall genealogy classes that the Central Plains Region of the National Archives and Records Administration is offering in October. The Examiner (MO), September 20, 2004. The Genealogy and Local History Branch of the Mid-Continent Library is sponsoring the first-ever Family History Contest for Students in recognition of October being designated Family History Month. The Examiner (MO), September 20, 2004. The project is a collaboration with the Wayne National Forest and the Multicultural Genealogical Center in Chesterhill, Ohio. Athens News (OH), September 20, 2004. Tapperware, a developer of shareware applications for Palm OSŪ handheld computers, today announced the release of version 4 of its My Roots application. Press Release (GA), September 19, 2004. Documents representing Ohio's legal history are now on display at the Main Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. Toledo Blade (OH), September 18, 2004. Genealogy researchers have a wealth of information at their fingertips in Clark County, Arkansas. Siftings Herald (AR), September 15, 2004. The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation is building the world's largest correlated genetic and genealogical database, its goal to help people with genealogical research, using documented genetic information. Deseret News (UT), September 12, 2004. The Internet has opened more doors than imaginable in the field of genealogy. The Times and Democrat (SC), September 10, 2004. In a precedent-setting ruling that could pave the way for legions of lost Jews to return to the Jewish fold, a top New York rabbinical court has accepted baptismal certificates, civil-war records and government documents as proof that someone is Jewish under Jewish law. Cleveland Jewish News (OH), September 9, 2004. September sees the start of an exciting new project by Museums, Libraries & Archives North West (UK) and partners to convert 1000's of pages of archive catalogues into an electronic form for the very first time. ManagingInformation.com (UK), September 7, 2004. What started out as a genealogy project for Elsie Poorbaugh turned into a full-fledged published account of one member of her family. Blairsville Dispatch (PA), September 3, 2004. A Reno woman proudly claims to be the great-granddaughter of the tribal chief Numaga, who defeated the U.S. military in the Battle of Pyramid Lake in 1860. Reno Gazette-Journal (NV), September 2, 2004. A new Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution is being formed in Dickenson County, Virginia. Coalfield.com (VA), September 1, 2004. Lemko Rusyns, whose homeland is present-day South Eastern Poland, are part of a larger group of Rusyns who inhabit the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Slovakia and Western Ukraine. The Valley Independent (PA), September 1, 2004. Information on over 55,000 people who became naturalised British citizens between 1844 and 1930 is now available free in the Catalogue. It'll be great for online genealogy. PublicTechnology.net (UK), September 1, 2004. 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 |