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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - OCTOBER 2006 The City of Nampa, Idaho, is using GPS and digital photo mapping software to create a web-accessible map database showing the precise locations of all grave sites in its public cemetery. Directions Magazine (US), October 31, 2006. A 256-page book hardcover book, containing hundreds of photographs of long-ago Ottawa, Illinois is hitting local bookstores. The Times (IL), October 31, 2006. National Archives is eagerly looking forward to launching the 1911 census online in January 2012. News from the National Archives (UK), October 25, 2006. 'Good Morning America' Anchor Finds History of Hardworking Immigrants Looking for Better Life. ABC News (US), October 26, 2006. Maggie White and Brenda Sullivan spend as much time in cemeteries as they can making beautiful decorative art from gravestone rubbings and castings. Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA), October 31, 2006. Darwin Sator is the author of a book called "West Milton, Ohio: It's First 200 Years, 1807-2007". The West Milton Record (OH), October 28, 2006. A 44-year-old retired Army officer travels throughout Kansas in search of cemeteries where Civil War veterans are buried. The Lawrence Journal-World (KS), October 30, 2006. Searchable information gathered over nearly 30 years by University of California Riverside scholars will benefit researchers, historians and genealogists. UC Riverside Newsroom (CA), October 30, 2006. October 2006. News from the National Archives (UK) Members of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast are converting masses of documents into a robust database of searchable genealogical information. Canton Repository (OH), October 26, 2006. State joins with black history museum, genealogical society to create online database to help descendants of slaves find family roots. The Free Lance-Star (VA), October 27, 2006. The New York premiere of “Portrait of a Silent Spring” will reunite 60 members of the Kalter clan, likely related to one of the characters in the internationally acclaimed musical. Downtown Express (NY), October 27, 2006. Missouri : Thanks to Eva Dene Riley McCubbin, mayor for the past 60 years, we now have Rileysburg's history. The Columbia Daily Tribune (MO), October 27, 2006. Virginia will be the first state in the nation to participate in an historic project to index and digitize Freedmen's Bureau records. Government Technology (US), October 26, 2006. New Mexico : Members of the Tombstone Transcription Project catalog and publish online the sentences that memorialize the dead before time and the elements erase them. Albuquerque Tribune (NM), October 26, 2006. Few hobbies have been more revolutionized by the Internet than genealogy. But technology is both a curse and a blessing. webcpa.com (NY), October 26, 2006. A conversation is the best way to gather oral histories from family members. Baker City Herald (OR), October 25, 2006. On the 13 September 2006 in the heart of the Highlands of Scotland, an ancient historic ceremony was re-enacted, when Ranald Alasdair MacDonald of Keppoch was publicly recognised as the Chief of the Honourable Clan Ranald of Lochaber Mac Mhic Raonuill. ElectricScotland.com. During the Salem Witch trials in 1692, 19 innocent men and women were hanged, one man crushed to death by rocks and four left to die in prison. The News Courier (AL), October 21, 2006. Complete restoration of the Old Smithville Burying Ground in Southport, North Carolina will take a long time, a lot of money and a lot of hard work. Star-News (NC), October 22, 2006. A genealogy language primer. The Albuquerque Tribune (NM), October 19, 2006. Nebraska: A Beatrice family genealogy booklet is in the making as part of the Beatrice 150th anniversary year next year. The booklet will feature present and past Beatrice families. Beatrice Daily Sun (NE), October 20, 2006. Oklahoma: Harold Stump has been the face of the Edmond Historical Society and Museum for the past 15 years. The Edmond Sun (OK), October 20, 2006. Pikeville Medical Center (Kentucky) plans to study local genealogy to learn more about prominent diseases in the area. The Medical Leader (KY), October 19, 2006. Watertown, Connecticut : The grave of Paul Y. Wilson, a World War I Veteran, has finally received a gravestone after over 16 years. Town Times (CT), October 19, 2006. PERSI (Periodical Source Index) is one of the most-valuable genealogy resources available today, but it also is one of the most unknown. Daily Camera (CO), October 20, 2006. Alabama : Descendants of T.R. Barlow, a Confederate cavalryman, who died 105 years ago, finally have a place to pay their respects. The Atmore Advance (AL), October 18, 2006. A study published in the open access journal BMC Biology reveals that fewer than 10% of African American mitochondrial DNA sequences analysed can be matched to mitochondrial DNA from one single African ethnic group. Science Daily (MD), October 14, 2006. We take it for granted that we can go to the local clerks office and get a birth certificate and all the benefits of knowing that basic information. New Jersey adoptees don’t get that luxury. The Trentonian (NJ), October 18, 2006. The Jones County Genealogical and Historical Organization (Mississippi) is announcing that the Jones County history and family history book “Echoes From Our Past” is at the printers. Laurel Leader-Call (MS), October 13, 2006. Three O'Neill relatives found each other on the Internet. They are descendants of Henry O'Neill who founded New Hope Plantation in 1783 in frontier Florida. The Florida Times-Union (FL), October 14, 2006. After an exhaustive search, The Mail on Sunday has found that Dame Helen does indeed have living relatives in Russia. Daily Mail (UK), October 15, 2006. The National Archives welcomed its millionth visitor in fiscal year 2006 on Friday, September 29, 2006 at 3:15 PM. NARA Press Release (US), October 10, 2006. How do you become a genealogy genius? Coventry Telegraph (UK), October 13, 2006. The Vermont Historical Society's collection of Catholic materials increased significantly in September with a donation of 83 parish histories from the Vermont Catholic Tribune newspaper. Catholic News Service, October 13, 2006. Eccentric David Dickinson, presenter of Bargain Hunt and antiques expert, had no idea that his ancestry lied in Turkey. Toplum Postasi (UK), October 12, 2006. Local Elks Lodge donates decades of records to Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, Arizona. Daily Courier (AZ), October 12, 2006. The Lewis and Clark Expedition is not just history to the children of Delphia Clark Shives. It's family history. Carroll County Comet (IN), October 11, 2006. More than 25 people gathered around portraits displayed at the Stamford Historical Society (Connecticut), many of whom remarked at the similarities between their own facial features and those of their 18th- and 19th-century relatives. Stamford Times (CT), October 12, 2006. News from the National Archives (UK). In keeping with the social networking trend, some genealogy sites are trying to connect living relatives. International Herald Tribune (France), October 9, 2006. Duke University Archivist Tim Pyatt spends his days answering questions about Duke trivia. The Chronicle (NC), October 11, 2006. The 2007 Shoun-Shown-Shawn Family Reunion will be held in Memphis, Tennessee on July 13-15. The Norman Transcript (OK), October 7, 2006. Researching genealogy can mean finding anything - sometimes in terms that leave nothing to the imagination. Toledo Blade (OH), October 8, 2006. So is it worth checking and rechecking a source? Bangor Daily News (ME), October 9, 2006. Each day, the 14 workers at Historic Map Works feed 250 or so more maps into large-format scanners and beefy servers. Portland Press Herald (ME), October 6, 2006. Turns out Annie Moore, the first Ellis Island immigrant, never moved west of New York City's Hudson River. Voice of America, October 4, 2006. Already a mine of information for local historians, Kerry County Library is now home to the first ten volumes of the Kerry Placenames Survey. The Kingdom (Ireland), October 5, 2006. A gathering of 130 cousins from nine family branches in a Lower East Side Synagogue revives longabandoned notions of family and history. Grand Street News (NY). Minnesota : Between 3,500 and 4,000 people visit the Sauk Centre Area Historical Society exhibits each year, many of these with genealogy related requests. Sauk Centre Herald (MN), October 3, 2006. Crawford County Friends of Genealogy are on a mission to preserve Crawford County's role in World War II by compiling a book featuring military personnel with ties to Crawford County, Arkansas. Van Buren Press Argus-Courier (AR), October 4, 2006. A new website has been launched creating an online encyclopaedia telling the story of 20th century London. 24 Hour Museum (UK), October 2, 2006. The Friends of New Vineyard Cemeteries (Maine) have spent countless hours documenting information for state and local records. Morning Sentinel (ME), October 2, 2006. Forum provides valuable tips on how kin can use existing records to explore genealogy. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA), October 2, 2006. Davidic Dynasty, a project of the Eshet Chayil Foundation, has compiled a partial list of David's purported descendants. 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