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GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS - MARCH 2007 Freetown, Mass. resident Kenneth Sutcliffe's history dates back to the country's roots. Standard Times (MA), March 29, 2007. David E. Rencher has agreed to present the keynote address at the fourth Land Records and Genealogy Symposium in Beatrice, Nebraska this summer. Beatrice Daily Sun (NE), March 30, 2007. For more than eight years the lost property office of London Underground has hosted an urn containing human ashes. The Observer (UK), April 1, 2007. With festivities set to honor the 400th anniversary of Jamestown's founding this spring, the membership rolls have swelled in a society for descendants of the early settlers. Florida Times-Union (FL), April 1, 2007. Rich Running is responsible for seeing that the LDS Church's genealogy records — more than 5 billion documents — are scanned. Deseret Morning News (UT), March 27, 2007. The groundbreaking 1977 television series "Roots" was the impetus for the contemporary Jewish genealogy movement. Jerusalem Post (Israel), March 28, 2007. Area genealogy research organizations have teamed up to attract tourists to southwestern Nova Scotia. novanewsnow.com (NS), March 28, 2007. NokTree.com was released on January 19, 2007. Since its release, the free website and database have sustained steady growth. Press release (WA), March 22, 2007. Names on the 1806 anti-slave trade petition to Parliament went online on March 19 2007. 24 Hour Museum (UK), March 22, 2007. Working at a branch of the Washington State Archives, you can get some arcane requests for information. Daily Record (WA), March 23, 2007. Smith is a nightmare name. Ask anyone checking on genealogy that contains the name. The Ledger Independent (KY), March 23, 2007. The Friends of Local History are working to centralize records of thousands buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Gazette (NY), March 23, 2007. Pauline Harawira's genealogy research helped researchers find a genetic mutation. New Zealand Herald (NA), March 20, 2007. In May, the National Archives will feature a series of programs highlighting records from the National Archives holdings including a book group discussion, a lecture on Mexican War records, and an African American genealogy workshop. NARA Press Release (US), March 20, 2007. Genetic ancestry tests can penetrate the fog of history in a way that traditional genealogical tools often cannot. Daily American (PA), March 22, 2007. The Newberry takes great pride in housing one of the best genealogy collections in the nation. Northwest Indiana Times (IN), March 18, 2007. Non-stop sleuthing produces a story that twists at every turn. Jerusalem Post (Israel), March 18, 2007. The National Archives will celebrate the first annual Jewish American Heritage Month with special programs, speakers, and films. NARA Press Release (US), March 20, 2007. Internet users can look up interment information of those buried at Kohlerlawn Cemetery. Idaho Press-Tribune (ID), March 17, 2007. For several years, Ancestry.com has provided free access to their genealogy databases to patrons of Family History Centers around the world. This relationship appears to now be coming to an end. About Genealogy, March 17, 2007. The Town of Oyster Bay, New York publishes historian's guide to who's buried where in 126 old cemeteries. Newsday (NY), March 18, 2007. The secrets of your family heritage lie in the molecules of your DNA. MSNBC (US), March 16, 2007. April 17, 2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the busiest day in Ellis Island's history, when 11,747 individuals arrived there to begin new lives in America. earthtimes.org, March 29, 2007. Nancy Matthews Daniels, a lifelong Laurel, Maryland resident, has spent the last decade and at least $4,000 searching for her ancestors. Gazette.net (MD), March 15, 2007. US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama can now count himself as one of the millions of Americans with Irish heritage. RTE News (Ireland), March 15, 2007. Together the Minnesota trio are on their way towards cataloging every single grave stone in each of Mille Lacs County’s 37 cemeteries. Princeton Union-Eagle (MN), March 15, 2007. Joan Sher Meister was on a cemetery tour in New Jersey last year when she began thinking back to her family's roots. Jerusalem Post (Israel), March 15, 2007. Genealogy considered a top hobby in America. The local library is one of the best places to begin a search. Hickory Daily Record (NC), March 12, 2007. DNA testing has made it possible for people to make connections when the paper trail fades into tatters. Jerusalem Post (Israel), March 14, 2007. The Goshen Library (New York) houses many historical documents and old photos that used to be available for viewing, but are now being packed away for lack of room. The Chronicle (NY), March 10, 2007. The 1800 census returns were to be maintained by the Clerk of the U.S. District Court in each state. It wasn’t until 1830 that they were ordered to be shipped to the Library of Congress. Terre Haute Tribune Star (IN), March 10, 2007. Marilyn Soper found a formal induction document for Dr. John Hiram Gleason dated June 2, 1896 and would like to see it returned to a proper and rightful heir. The Union Leader (NH), March 12, 2007. You don't have to convince Simone Chiha and Jaime Garner that it's a small world. They met through Match.com, then learned that their families have been connected for generations. Dallas Morning News (TX), March 9, 2007. Unavailable on DVD since 2004, Warner Home Video will re-release Roots in a 30th Anniversary Special Edition on May 22, 2007. The Urban Network (CA), March 9, 2007. The National Archives has worked with a group of young people to create an innovative web-based resource looking at crime and punishment in the Victorian era. News from the National Archives (UK), March 9, 2007. Manx National Heritage is marking the 200th anniversary of the Act to abolish the transatlantic slave trade with the screening of a new documentary and a fascinating archive exhibition. 24 Hour Museum (UK), March 9, 2007. The government has set out its future vision for the protection of the UK’s heritage with the release of a white paper. 24 Hour Museum (UK), March 8, 2007. The mission of the Coal County (Oklahoma) Genealogical and Historical Society. Ada Evening News (OK), March 8, 2007. ZOOOF.COM, a leading online genealogy service and social networking website announces the launch of its family trees website, available in 35 languages. Press release (The Netherlands), March 8, 2007. Up to 400,000 records of the O'Doherty clan have been destroyed by a fire at the clan's family history centre in Buncrana. Derry Journal (Ireland), March 9, 2007. After six years of research, historian Janie Lynn Panagopoulos believes she solved the mystery of why it first came to Dowagiac, Michigan from New York City. Dowagiac Daily News (MI), March 9, 2007. PhillyHistory currently features only 25,000 images of Philadelphia dating back to the 1800s, with more images coming at the rate of 2000 a month. Research Buzz (US), March 4, 2007. The valuable cloth-bound tomes entitled The O'Neills of Ulster, their History and Genealogy - published in 1907 in Dublin - had been left out for the binmen on a street in Vienna, Virginia. Belfast Telegraph (UK), March 6, 2007. Many people stop at the museum of the Grant County Historical Society in Elbow Lake, Minnesota when they dig into family history. Fergus Falls Daily Journal (MN), March 6, 2007. The Oklahoma Cherokee Nation’s vote last weekend to remove African-Americans from official tribal membership made news in the U.S. and around the world. American Chronicle (CA), March 6, 2007. Caribbean Histories Revealed, a new online exhibition from The National Archives, launches on Tuesday 6 March. National Archives Press Release (UK), March 6, 2007. Jean Dixon Mann of Fernandina Beach and the Nassau County Library System have received 2006 Outstanding Achievement awards from the Florida State Genealogical Society. Nassau Neighbors (FL), March 3, 2007. They came primarily from the South to forge better lives for themselves and their families, yet they are the least recognized group of people who worked in Southwestern Pennsylvania's coal industry. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA), March 4, 2007. A genealogy from more than 100 years ago suggests that the descendants of Genghis Khan are living in Chaoyang, in China's northeastern province Liaoning. The Epoch Times, March 5, 2007. Riverton Village Library (Illinois) today announced its plans to launch a fundraising campaign geared specifically to the preservation and expansion of its current collection of local historical documents and memorabilia. Press release (IL), March 5, 2007. Use the Internet to research your family tree, but don't gleefully download page after page of undocumented genealogies and then declare that you're done researching your family history. Albuquerque Tribune (NM), March 1, 2007. BlackNews.com (US). Retired attorney Richard Spector spends several hours each day pursuing his favorite hobby n discovering both his living and deceased relatives. Cleveland Jewish News (OH), March 1, 2007. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2007. US Census Bureau Press Release, March 1, 2007. The British Library announced on Thursday 1 March 2007 major plans to move its historic newspaper collection. 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