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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - OCTOBER 2004 A tour of Oaklawn Cemetery in Tampa, Florida opens a vault of mystery, scandal and romance stories. St. Petersburg Times (FL), October 30, 2004. The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. today announced the official re-launch of its award-winning website -- http://www.ellisisland.org -- featuring improved navigation, retooled and advanced search capabilities, as well as family history research tips and forms, free to all users. Press Release, October 27, 2004. Manchester Records Office is throwing open its doors to budding family historians on Tuesday, November 9, to encourage more people to delve into their own family trees. Manchester Evening News (England), October 30, 2004. The growth of interest in genealogy and scrapbooking in the past few years has been nothing short of phenomenal. Thunder Bay's Source (ON), October 22, 2004. Bonham, Texas : The Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bonham has recently added substantial records for Fannin County (TX) to its permanent collection. North Texas e-News (TX), October 21, 2004. The state of Washington’s digital archives were officially opened to the public on October 4. The archives are designed to salvage critical public records born digital from local and state governments. Library Journal (US), October 22, 2004. Thanks to his great grandson, Union soldier James Henry Grayham's now has a new, 3-foot-tall, granite marker. The Department of Veterans Affairs provides them free to soldiers. News Enterprise (KY), October 18, 2004. As the new BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? is set to turn thousands on to researching their own family tree, a major north west project is launched to get 1000's of local records electronically catalogued and searchable online. Press release (UK), October 14, 2004. Wisconsin : One of the most popular reasons people stop by the historical society is to search genealogical records, not only out of curiosity about family history, but also to trace hereditary diseases. West Salem Coulee News (WI), October 14, 2004. Many have joined the craze to trace long-lost ancestors, but the stories of those closest to us have more meaning. The Guardian (England), October 13, 2004. The Naval Historical Center's (NHC) positively identified Joseph Ridgaway, a Hunley crew member, through DNA testing Sept. 24. The NHC has been actively working to identify the eight pioneers who manned the craft Feb. 17, 1864. NHC Press Release, October 12, 2004. We’re all interested in our antecedents. Even famous people, believing themselves undoubted culminations of their family lines, must wonder who came before: a vagabond, perhaps, a duke or a dung-collector? The Scotsman (Scotland), October 13, 2004. Tracing the branches of a family tree has become a popular pastime for many Britons, the National Trust says. BBC News (UK), October 12, 2004. Wales is a nation obsessed with discovering its roots, according to a new report. Daily Post (Wales), October 12, 2004. The newly-reformed Bonne Terre Historical Society has found just the help it needed. Daily Journal (MO), October 10, 2004. Litchfield, CT : Residents have an opportunity to take a trip back in time at the James Morris Museum with its recent exhibit of newspaper notices and advertisements from the 1830s. Litchfield Enquirer (CT), October 8, 2004. Most families would love to claim a manor house or English castle in their genealogy, but few can actually trace their roots back to wealth and a European title. Not so with the Throckmorton family of Martinsville and Bloomington. Mooresville/Decatur Times (IN), October 6, 2004. New Zealand : Genealogists received an early present for the Carter Group Heritage Week with the recent launch of the Christchurch City Council cemeteries database at Christchurch City Libraries. Press release (NZ), October 8, 2004. During Quincy's early developmental years in the 1840s and 1850s, large numbers of German immigrants settled in that area after moving west from the Ohio and Pennsylvania regions or coming up the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Quincy Herald Whig (IL), October 5, 2004. The last Concord history, published more than 100 years ago, is difficult to navigate. The next one must be better. 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