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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - JUNE 2005

  • Descendant is seeking to save Colonial home
    Weston, Mass. Richard Livermore doesn't know what Joseph Livermore, a direct ancestor, looked like. The only surviving tangible tie is the house and farm Joseph built in the 18th century. Boston Globe (MA), June 30, 2005.

  • New Zealander learns about family ties to Westport, whaling
    New Zealander Bruce White spent years researching his family history. His search led him back to Job White of Westport and Dighton, Rhode Island. EastBayRI.com (RI), June 30, 2005.

  • Rockin’ reunions
    The longtime tradition of holding family reunions is evolving. Almost every aspect of family reunions has changed - from the type of activities to the locale. Louisville Courier-Journal (KY), June 29, 2005.

  • See whether you're eligible
    One sign of increasing interest in dual citizenship is the buzz on genealogical Web sites where users are seeking information on how to prove they have parents or grandparents born abroad. USA Today (US), June 29, 2005.

  • Web family archive branches out
    A website to help trace family trees is expanding to put Scotland at the forefront of online genealogy. BBC News (UK), June 29, 2005.

  • Humans can't resist search for missing link
    Britain's watchdog on genetics, the Human Genetics Commission, says some claims made in the name of "genetic genealogy" can be misleading. The New Zealand Herald (NZ), June 29, 2005.

  • Czech Genealogical Society Sets July Conference
    The Texas Czech Genealogical Society is scheduled to hold its genealogical conference on July 21-23 at Caldwell Civic/Visitor Center, 103 Texas. Tyler Morning Telegraph (TX), June 25, 2005.

  • Congress Gets Bill in Support of Helping Blacks Trace Their Family Trees
    A new bill just introduced in Congress is aimed at helping blacks fill in the blanks in their families’ pasts. BlackAmericaWeb.com (US), June 26, 2005.

  • State seeking descendants, Bowers Beach family plot holds up to 150 burials
    The Delaware Historic Preservation office is searching for descendents of the Newell family who once owned and occupied a farm near Little Heaven. newszap.com (US), June 25, 2005.

  • Population database will move to India
    A database containing details of every birth, marriage and death in England and Wales since 1837 is to be transferred to India in one of the biggest offshore contracting deals ever to be signed by the government. The Guardian (UK), June 23, 2005.

  • Records to India plan criticised
    Plans to electronically send records of UK births, deaths and marriages to India for indexing are "outrageous", a civil service union says. BBC News (UK), June 23, 2005.

  • New effort to preserve black history records
    Elijah Cummings this week announced a bill that would help African American families uncover their pasts. Arkansas News Bureau (AR), June 24, 2005.

  • Were they one of Nelson's men?
    There's a running joke in family history circles. "If every man said to have served in the Battle of Trafalgar actually did, the ships would have sunk." BBC News (UK), June 21, 2005.

  • A love story carved in Callum's family tree
    The teenage girl known as Irish Nell was so much in love with a slave on the adjoining plantation that she would give up anything to marry her true love. Even her freedom. Baltimore Sun (MD), June 22, 2005.

  • Historically speaking
    The first set of local funeral records has made its way into the genealogical library of the Daughters of the American Revolution Braddock Trail Chapter in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Daily Courier (PA), June 20, 2005.

  • New website where genes detectives take on other people's past
    A Welshman and his fiancee are behind the latest internet craze - random genealogy. Western Mail (Wales), June 16, 2005.

  • Genetic Genealogy : Excavation begins in Jamestown case
    Archaeologists hoping to determine whether an unearthed skeleton belongs to one of the founders of the first permanent English settlement in North America began work Monday to excavate his sister's 360-year-old remains in eastern England. MSNBC.com (US), June 13, 2005.

  • 100 years is too long to wait for history
    In 1974, Westminster, without consulting local Scottish authorities, imposed a 100-year closure rule on post-1901 census records. Traditionally, Scottish census records were open to the public after 81 years. The Scotsman (SCT), June 13, 2005.

  • Rooting for one's roots
    The Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania has close to 1,000 members in 43 states - more than 300 of them in the 570 area code - and several foreign countries. The Citizens Voice (PA), June 10, 2005.

  • Myfamilyandotherweirdos.com
    Thanks to the craze for climbing our family trees, we now see history from a more democratic viewpoint. The Times (UK), June 11, 2005.

  • FJC CIS Site Listed Among Top 101 by Family Tree Magazine
    This week, the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS and Baltic Countries received some good news. The FJC website has been listed among the top 101 best undiscovered family history web sites by Family Tree Magazine. fjc.ru (Russia), June 7, 2005.

  • Sixty years later, technology triumphs over evil
    For any person of Jewish descent to attempt an exploration of his or her genealogy, it is impossible for the project not to turn into an exploration of his or her Jewish heritage as well. ZDNet.com, June 6, 2005.

  • County’s records ravaged by time
    Arkansas : Rather than let a large collection of antebellum documents disintegrate over time, officials and volunteers in Arkansas County embarked on a decade-long campaign to preserve some of the state’s oldest pieces of history. Arkansas Democrat Gazette (AR), June 6, 2005.

  • Extreme genealogy
    A family tree researched by conventional methods can only go back so far before patchy records stymie progress. Now amateur genealogists are turning to DNA testing to trace their ancestry. BBC News Magazine (UK), June 3, 2005.

  • Joplin author brings local history to life in new book
    Montana : For nearly five years, Edith Svenson collected the history of the 330 people whose names appear on the Fairchild Lutheran Ladies Aid "Friendship Quilt," made in 1930. Havre Daily News (MT), June 1, 2005.

  • Yorkshire's history gets online boost
    Whether you came from coal mining stock or your forebears lived in a mansion with a dozen servants, the publication of census records from nearly 150 years ago is guaranteed to bring your Yorkshire ancestry to life. Yorkshire Post (UK), June 3, 2005.

  • John Risher recounts a lifetime of memories
    Risher's book embraces much more than the genealogy of the Risher and allied families. He also has some keen insight concerning the history and development of Neshoba County and East Central Mississippi. Neshoba Democrat (MS), June 1, 2005.

  • Australia : Historic courthouse opens doors
    Although the old Pambula Courthouse, in Bega Valley Shire, is a significant cultural icon, very few know its history. Merimbula News Weekly (Australia), June 1, 2005.



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