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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - DECEMBER 2004

  • Birth certificate leads to search for long-lost aunt
    Tracing the branches of her family tree, Suzy Crews is asking for help finding an unknown 55- year-old woman she believes is her aunt. Asheville Citizen-Times (NC), December 27, 2004.

  • Carlsbad's genealogy collection to expand
    Come January, one of Southern California's largest public library genealogy collections will expand by nearly 7,000 items thanks to a $18,000 donation. North County Times (CA), December 25, 2004.

  • Uni courses on offer
    Family history, the ice age and small railways are among the subjects people can now study part time on courses run by Warwick University. iccoventry.co.uk (England), December 27, 2004.

  • Genealogy in a cancer prevention curriculum for high school students
    A team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University are using an old tool to teach new information about cancer: the family tree. News-Medical.Net, December 19, 2004.

  • Growing a family health tree
    Once you've constructed your family medical history, take it with you the next time you visit your doctor. Seattle Times (WA), December 19, 2004.

  • Family trees bloom in light of BBC show
    Who Do You Think You Are?, the BBC TV show which tracks celebrities uncovering their family history is being credited with sparking a surge of interest in genealogy. BBC News (UK), December 14, 2004.

  • Hooked on family history
    Genealogy : Local buffs use modern technology to dig up information on their family pasts. News-Review (OR), December 16, 2004.

  • Skeletons in the cupboard uncovered with the genealogy and heraldry society
    The study of family history is well established in Kenilworth through the local branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry. Kenilworth Weekly News (ENG), December 13, 2004.

  • Towns reopens Jane Doe slaying probe after 50 years
    The death certificate read, "Unidentified Woman." A half-century later, her remains have been unearthed and her case reopened — thanks to a curious historian who strolled by her grave and came away haunted by a question: "Who is she?" USA Today (US), December 11, 2004.

  • Jewish "again": DNA unlocks secrets in New Mexico
    In some families, isolated rituals are all that remain of a once-vibrant Jewish religious tradition diluted by time and fears of persecution. Seattle Times (WA), December 7, 2004.

  • Rebellious Comic Meera Syal delves into her past
    The Goodness Gracious Me star has delved into her family history and discovered scandalous love affairs and communist freedom fighters. ic Birmingham.co.uk (ENG), December 7, 2004.

  • Dallas Author Ameth Carmicheal Releases A Second Edition Of The Carmichael And Dunaway Genealogy Book
    "A Historic Texas Family, The Genealogy of R.M. Carmichael And Mary E. Dunaway" : this new genealogy book written by Ameth Carmicheal is laid out in an easy to understand ahnentafel format. Press Release, December 7, 2004.

  • Duo digs, delivers town history
    Genealogists Kathy Beals and Sherry Gould teamed up six years ago to compile a 583-page alphabetical account of the early settlers of Bradford, New Hampshire and their descendants up until the Civil War. Concord Monitor (NH), December 6, 2004.

  • Oregon State registrar's office offers fast turnaround for millions of records
    People coming to the counter in Portland can get documents within 15 minutes and morning phone orders are mailed that afternoon. Corvallis Gazette Times (OR), December 5, 2004.

  • Family Gathers for First Reunion
    More than 100 descendants of the Santopietro-Valletta family came to Southbury, Connecticut on Saturday, November 27. Voices (CT), December 4, 2004.

  • Family tree revives as quest for roots grows
    China : A recent exhibition of genealogies drew large crowds of visitors, said Chang Huaide, vice director of Anshan Pedigree Culture Research Institute, a newly established organization dedicated to preserving the ancient tradition. Xinhua (China), December 4, 2004.

  • Library ready to begin work on new genealogy center
    It may take up to six months, but Caldwell County’s past will soon have a future on Main Street in downtown Princeton, Kentucky. Times Leader (KY), December 4, 2004.

  • Spanish flu epidemic: The worst health catastrophe
    Between 1918 and 1920, as many as 50 million people worldwide died from the influenza virus. An estimated 675,000 of those deaths occurred in the United States. Blairsville Dispatch (PA), December 3, 2004.

  • BBC has nation digging to discover its roots
    A BBC2 series in which celebrities trace their ancestry has generated an extraordinary upsurge in what was already one of the nation's favourite pastimes - family history. telegraph.co.uk (UK), December 4, 2004.

  • The City's Past, Still Present
    The library of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. has maps, deeds, city directories, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, reference books... Washington Post (DC), December 2, 2004.

  • A hobby becomes a profession
    Bill Veillette is the new executive director of the New Hampshire Historical Society. Concord Monitor (NH), December 1, 2004.

  • Discoveries about the family can be wonderful
    It takes a lot of patience to do genealogy and if you think it's going to go fast and furious, you will probably be very disappointed. Brewton Standard (AL), December 1, 2004.



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