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Below, you will find some of the latest news headlines on genealogy and family history from around the web. It includes some articles specific to South Carolina Genealogy, although most are more generalized.
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Racializing Barack Obama: Part I - Hudson Valley Press
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Racializing Barack Obama: Part I
Hudson Valley Press, NY - After the South Carolina Democratic primary, where Bill Clinton’s race-baiting alienated thousands of voters, the African-American electorate swung … |
DNA provides clues to family's - CNN International
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DNA provides clues to family's
CNN International - … University of South Carolina. Ely is also a principal investigator for the African-American Roots Project, a nonprofit group that studies the genealogy … |
Lakelands offers several inexpensive, yet fun experiences - Greenwood Index Journal
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Lakelands offers several inexpensive, yet fun experiences
Greenwood Index Journal, SC - Uptown Greenwood will host the SC Festival of Discovery again this year, Thursday through Saturday, featuring a Carolina Barbecue and Black Kettle Hash … |
Finding Your Folks: Dominicks, Drewrys, Oakleys in the mailbag - The Citizen.com
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Finding Your Folks: Dominicks, Drewrys, Oakleys in the mailbag
The Citizen.com, GA - I do have information on the whole Dominick line back to South Carolina and the Drewrys, which goes back to 1649 in York County Va. … |
Descendants to honor Revolutionary War soldier - Greenwood Index Journal
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Descendants to honor Revolutionary War soldier
Greenwood Index Journal, SC - In 1808, Montague moved from Virginia to Abbeville District in South Carolina, settling near the old British star-shaped fort at Ninety Six. … |
Don't overlook church records when researching family lines - Norman Transcript
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Don't overlook church records when researching family lines
Norman Transcript, OK - I think most of us have an area of genealogy that we tend to put off until later. In researching my McKinsey lines I learned that I have the surname … |
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Early Breast Cancer Screening Called Superfluous Despite Family … - MedPage Today
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Early Breast Cancer Screening Called Superfluous Despite Family …
MedPage Today, NJ - Inform interested patients that a family history of breast cancer increases personal risk, but most of this risk is for breast cancer later in life when all … |
Family Poor Predictor of Breast Cancer - WebMD
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Family Poor Predictor of Breast Cancer
WebMD - By Salynn Boyles July 22, 2008 — Family history is a much poorer predictor of early breast cancer risk than most women realize, say researchers whose … |
Cooper family history has 2 sides - News & Observer
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Cooper family history has 2 sides
News & Observer, NC - By Mandy Locke, Staff WriterComment on this story The custody fight over Nancy Cooper’s young daughters is unearthing vastly different images of their … |
No Need For Gene Screens In Breast Cancer Families - Science Daily (press release)
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No Need For Gene Screens In Breast Cancer Families
Science Daily (press release) - The study shows that a family history of breast cancer does not give a useful indication of the likelihood that a woman will develop it herself at an early … |
A brief family history - Economist
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A brief family history
Economist, UK - ADAM SMITH thought that private companies chartered to fulfil government tasks had “in the long run proved, universally, either burdensome or useless”. … |
Diabetes rate almost doubles in Cabonne - Canowindra News
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Diabetes rate almost doubles in Cabonne
Canowindra News, Australia - It comes after a new national Family History Awareness survey found 97 per cent of people who have diabetes in their family do not believe their children … |
Genealogy News Center
Genealogy Today Expands Reach into UK Market with Acquisition
Genealogy Today has reached an agreement to purchase Genealogy-Links.co.uk, an innovative site focusing on central England research developed in January 2001.
Under Investigation - Probing Unsolved Mysteries
A Court TV series hosted by NBC News anchor John Seigenthaler. It profiles cases that have caught the public’s imagination.
Genealogy Today Offers Rewards Program for Genealogists
Genealogy Today has launched a new program which enables its members to earn points that could be exchanged for products from its marketplace.
CBS is offering up a new reality series this fall that allows participants to step back to crucial crossroads in their lives.
Genealogy Today Establishes Registry of Databases
Genealogy Today announced the availability of a new search portal designed to simplify the task of searching free online information resources.
Family History Journey on the Big Screen: ‘Everything is Illuminated’
Coming to a theater near you next month, is the Warner Independent Pictures release based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer.
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Genealogy conference in Indianapolis can help you discover your roots
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - … and improve your efforts, you may want to consider attending the Midwestern Roots Family History and Genealogy Conference next month in Indianapolis. … |
Conference aims to help genealogists uncover Eastern European … - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Conference aims to help genealogists uncover Eastern European …
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - But genealogy guru Stephen P. Morse made parts of this fascinating and frustrating task easier when he created One-Step Search Tools, a streamlined way of … |
Genealogy Records Are Given to Library - New York Times
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Genealogy Records Are Given to Library
New York Times, United States - Ruth Carr, head of the New York Public Library’s genealogical division, with a register included in the 75000 volumes donated by the New York Genealogical … |
GeneTree Adds Y-Chromosome DNA Testing Option to Trace Paternal … - MarketWatch
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GeneTree Adds Y-Chromosome DNA Testing Option to Trace Paternal …
MarketWatch - "This is a powerful addition for people exploring their genealogy through genetics," said Matt Cupal, GeneTree COO. "Researching a paternal line with Y-DNA … |
Wheeler Family Is Preserving Its Genealogy - TheDay
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Wheeler Family Is Preserving Its Genealogy
TheDay, CT - ”This is why we're so passionate about preserving our history and our genealogy. These are all of our ancestors,” Steven Wheeler said. … |
Residents uncover city’s past - The Colony Courier Leader
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Residents uncover city’s past
The Colony Courier Leader, TX - When he returned to North Texas after the Austin trip, Beckel sought the input of Rufi, who has an interest in genealogy. “We started out on parallel tracks … |
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Footnote.com Provides Free Access to FBI Case Files from Early 1900s
Footnote.com is providing FREE access to one of the most overlooked collections of genealogical-valuable records that the U.S. government possesses. The Bureau of Investigation records have never before been available online. In fact, many experienced genealogists have never heard of these records. Millions of residents were investigated by the government from 1908 to 1922 and extensive dossiers were written. The reports often included full name; place and date of birth; names of parents, spouses, children, and siblings; occupation; date of immigration (if applicable); political and religious affiliations; and more. If you haven’t looked at the Bureau of Investigation case files,…
World’s Oldest Bible Going Online
File this under “history.” The British Museum has scanned and is placing online images of world’s oldest Bible. The Codex Sinaiticus is a manuscript of the Greek Bible, written between 330–350 A.D. It was discovered in the 19th century. Very few people have seen this Bible due to its fragile condition. The British Museum keeps it under lock and key and and in the dark in a sealed container. It was removed from its storage case, carefully scanned and then replaced. The purpose of the scanning is to allow millions of people to view the important work without requiring any…
Personal Historians Conference
The following announcement was written by the Association of Personal Historians: Personal Historians Set to Convene in Salt Lake City Want some expert help in preparing a personal history? Looking to organize piles of family records, stories or photographs? Not sure how to video an interview? Ask for the assistance of a professional personal historian! Members of the Association of Personal Historians (APH) have the skills to capture the stories of a lifetime in print and/or video. To sharpen those skills, personal and family historians will convene this fall for the fourteenth annual international conference. Registration is now open, and…
Plastic Bins Can Help Save Precious Documents
Writing in the Tampa Bay Online web site and the Tampa Tribune newspaper, Sharon Tate Moody offers some sound advice about disaster planning for genealogists. She writes: I have a zillion paper files and notebooks full of old correspondence (from pre-e-mail days) and copies of so many deeds and wills that I’ll be 90 before I find time to scan all of them.
Ancestry.ca Launches 1891 Canadian National Census Online
The following announcement was written by Ancestry.ca, part of The Generations Network: World first: 1891 Canadian national census launches online – Ancestry.ca 4.5 million names fully searchable in both English and French + original document images (Toronto, ON – 22nd of July 2008) Canadian family history website Ancestry.ca today launched online for the first time the 1891 Census of Canada, which contains 4.5 million searchable names and 90,000 images of original census pages. Included is information from all then-existing Canadian provinces and territories.
New Book: Vital Records of Stoughton, Mass., to 1850
David Lambert has written a new book: “Vital Records of Stoughton, Mass., to 1850.” Actually, this is both an old and a new book. The earliest records of the town were published over 100 years ago and are included in the new book. The town hall suffered two fires before 1880, and a few vital records were lost. The missing records from 1834 to 1850 have been partially filled in with family records for births that the town clerk collected and from the state records starting in 1841. Those previously-unpublished records are also included in the new book.
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