Genealogy in the News
Thursday, September 30, 2004
 
Articles September 21 to September 30, 2004
Genealogy in the News is now a web log based feature. Also called a blog, a web log is easier to update than standard web pages for periodic additions. It also has features that allow automatic archiving.

Genealogy Today: Surnames linked to trait, parentage, location - Names are important. They are our identity. Our surnames are our way of distinguishing one person from another. There is even a scientific field, etymology, that studies names; The Columbian; Clark County, Washington, September 30, 2004
Leavitt, member of pioneer Clark County family, dies at 100 - Las Vegas residents of the 1950s so trusted dry cleaning delivery man Woodruff "Woody" Leavitt that they gave him duplicates of their house keys so he could get into their homes when they were out and hang the freshly-pressed apparel in their closets. Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 30, 2004
Paragould Arkansas to host regional genealogical event - On Oct. 15 and 16, a workshop will be held in the Greene County Community Center as a joint venture between the Greene County Historical and Genealogical Society and the Genealogy Society of Craighead County. According to Greene County Historical and Genealogical Society President Bettye Busby, the event will offer an assortment of sessions for individuals interested in studying their ancestries; Paragould Daily Press, September 30, 2004
An International Genealogy Festival takes place this week in Sligo running from Thursday, 30th September to 3rd October inclusive, with many guest speakers; The Sligo Champion (free subscription required), Ireland, September 30, 2004
Bloodless Bloodlines and Other Genealogical Paradoxes- Go back far enough, and all the branches on your family converge on common ancestors. Go back further, and all family trees meet. How far back you have to go is the subject of a report in today's issue of Nature; Corante (a leading news and business intelligence service) September 29, 2004
Logan sells publisher with genealogy library - City officials apparently do not want to be in the publishing business. Everton Publishers, which was donated to Logan in June, along with its $1.7 million genealogy collection, was sold to Huntsville resident Walt Fuller, who Tuesday identified himself as new president and publisher of the 57-year-old northern Utah company; The Salt Lake Tribune – September 29, 2004
Getting The Most From Libraries (Part 2) - The best place to start research in any library is with the catalog. No two libraries have the same type of catalog. Each has its own system, some antedating the formation of presently acceptable library principles and practices. Some may be of the card catalog type; others the computerized type; Genealogy Today; September 29, 2004
Connecticut tribe files appeal to recognition decision - The Bureau of Indian Affairs rejected the tribe's application in June for a second time, dealing a major setback to the Paugussetts' plans to build a casino and its claims to hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Connecticut; Boston Globe, September 29, 2004
Resource aids researchers of black history; Researchers trying to trace family roots or black history in Missouri are turning to a resource in St. Louis County. Six rolls of microfilm at county library headquarters in the St. Louis suburb of Ladue contain Civil War records of black soldiers, known at the time as the U.S. Colored Troops; Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri, September 27, 2004
Genealogists celebrate town-founding pioneer clan - Just ask Paula Casey, and she'll tell you that her family's genealogy has become a big deal. "My husband's created a monster," she said. Belleville News-Democrat; Belleville, Illinois, September 27, 2004
African-Americans in Washington urged to embrace their heritage - Bill Keene said Saturday that he had a dream, a dream to keep the legend of African-American culture alive. His dream came true with the second African-American Cultural Festival at LeMoyne Multi-Cultural Center in East Washington. Art, clothing and jewelry were displayed along with ethnic foods, dancing and music at the festival sponsored by African-American Heritage Roundtable of Washington County Historical
Society and the LeMoyne Center. Observer-Reporter, Washington, Pennsylvania, September 27, 2004
Rooting through the Filson - If you have the slightest interest in Kentucky history or your
genealogical lineage, a visit to The Filson Historical Society in Old Louisville at 1310 S. Third St. may increase your interest considerably. The Filson is Kentucky's largest repository of historical information, and the sheer magnitude of reference documents will likely yield information for neophytes, as well as seasoned researchers. The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, September 27, 2004
States restrict access to records, but identity thieves still get them - Savvy thieves are using the Internet and finding loopholes in the law to steal identities from the living and the dead, a problem becoming increasingly pervasive in spite of efforts to stop it (AP). Daily Southtown, Columbus, Ohio, September 26, 2004
Culture is kept thriving - Assyrians celebrate roots and traditions at a festival of food,music and dancing; Elizabeth Daniels Raasch brought her obsession for genealogy to the Assyrian Cultural Center of Bet-Nahrain on Saturday. And she did not leave disappointed. The Modesto Bee, Modesto, California, September 26, 2004
City man brings Civil War to life - The one-man show starred Kevin Johnson, an employee of the State Library’s History and Genealogy Unit, and follows the humble beginnings of Private William Webb, an actual Civil War soldier of the 29th Connecticut Infantry, through his recruitment, his training, and on through the battles he fought; Register-Citizen, Litchfield, Connecticut, September 26, 2004
Group looks to connect people with their past - Rick Curran got to know his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaddy by reading a Bible and doing a bit of research. Curran studied his genealogy and discovered Joseph Pope was a tailor who called present-day Burlington County, N.J., home after leaving Linconshire, England, between 1670 and 1680. The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, September 26, 2004
October seminars focus on family history - September is nearly over and October - National Family History Month - is around the corner. This is a good time to start tracking your roots and if you have already started, time to sharpen genealogical skills. The Sun Herald; Gulf Port and Biloxi, Mississippi, September 26, 2004
The family tree way - In 1657, my maternal ancestor, Phillips Weslyd, was arrested for starting a bar brawl in a Lincolnshire ale-house. Witnesses said that Weslyd had threatened to "ride over" a fellow drinker with his horse "and endeavoured so to doe". At the Family Records Centre in Islington, north London, almost 350 years later, I have a degree of sympathy for my erstwhile relation. "Is this your bag?" asks a bespectacled man with combed-over hair, pointing at my handbag placed on the corner of a nearby table. "It needs to be removed," he says sharply. "It could cause an accident." Sadly, I have no horse at hand to ride over him. Instead, I spend the next 10 minutes slamming large bound volumes of birth certificates very close to his fingers. Telegraph.uk, London, United Kingdom, September 26, 2004
Searching for family trees a growing pastime - In an effort to expand its archive of local history, the Mount Pleasant Free Public Library would like any local residents who have searched and recorded their family history to consider donating a copy to the library for use in their genealogy section. PittsburgLive.com, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2004
One-room schoolhouse, Teglia Ranch teacher remembered - Pearl Grandin Dominquez taught school in Lyon County in a one-room schoolhouse east of Dayton at the Teglia Ranch in the early 1900s. At the time, she was 25 years old and married to Dayton rancher, former Reno resident, Joe T. Dominguez. It was a few years ago when Pearl’s cousin, Della Holifield, a resident of Vancouver, Washington,
researching family genealogy, traveled to western Nevada to learn more about Pearl’s life as a teacher here in the early 1900s. Leader-Courier, Reno, Nevada, September 24, 2004
Rediscovering Jewish heritage - A new generation embraces religious traditions neglected for a time. When Mark Neumann was growing up in the 1970s, he spent hours sitting in the den of his great-grandfather's Park Heights Avenue apartment, drinking in stories about the family's history. Using hand-drawn genealogy charts, the old man explained how his father, Henry Sonneborn Sr., came from Germany in the mid-1800s, worked as a peddler and built the well-known Baltimore clothier, Henry Sonneborn & Co. Baltimore Sun, Maryland, September 24, 2004
Genealogy Today: A trio of libraries for research - There are three libraries that I search to find books. The first is the Internet, which is like a huge virtual library. The second library
is the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The library has copies of thousands of family histories. The third library where I look for genealogy books is the Library of Congress catalog, online at
www.loc.gov., The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington, September 23, 2004
Family-history contest - Students in Northwest Missouri have a chance to preserve their family history and become published during the month of October, which is Family History Month. The Genealogy and Local History branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library is sponsoring the family-history contest, St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, Missouri, September 22, 2004
Database Links Past To Present - The Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library System reached a milestone late last week after Sylvia Moore entered the 100,000th obituary into an index and genealogy database. Pine Bluff Commercial, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 21, 2004
Family matters can get you hooked - Genealogy, the tracing of the family tree, can be an addictive
process. That's because whether a person's ancestors hailed from Ireland, France or The Netherlands they all have a unique story that is inextricably linked to those living in the present. The Marlborough Express, New Zealand, September 21, 2004


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