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| 2006-02-11 |
| Genealogy sleuths use DNA testing to reveal their roots |
| ...With a swab of his cheek and $139, Donald Woodworth hopes to uncover a piece of family history: the Michigan resident just might be related to Walter Woodworth, one of Scituate?s first settlers.
Birth and death records already point to a link between the two men but the cheek swab, says Woodworth?s wife Sherrye, will clinch it.
Scores of genealogy sleuths like those descended from Woodworth are using DNA testing to find out if they not only share a surname, but a Y-chromosome, too. At least a dozen companies sell DNA kits designed to help families move beyond the paper trail to discover new branches of their family tree.
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| 2006-01-21 |
| Genealogy Like ?A Puzzle? |
| ...They call themselves the "Vee-Gees."
The name, short for volunteer genealogists, is a play on the disco superstars, but there?s no mirror ball in the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society?s Genealogy Library.
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| 2006-01-16 |
| Genealogy society reaches 30 years |
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MANITOWOC ? Bruce Huffer of Manitowoc stayed as far away from genealogy as possible for as long as he could.
But Huffer, who spent countless hours following his mother through cemeteries and courthouses tracing her family history, finally decided in the early 1990s to track his father's ancestry.
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| 2005.12.22 |
| Genealogy Today: Finding adopted kin's story takes sleuthing |
| ...My daughter and her husband have mailed their adoption application file to China. We'll have a new baby in the family in a few months. Since Jen and Rob said they were open to adopting siblings, we may have more than one.
Adoption is not a new thing to our family. My daughter-in-law is adopted, we have a foster daughter who we think of as an adopted daughter, and my grandmother's mother was adopted. From the e-mail that I receive from Columbian readers, my family must be about average in the adoption department.
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| 2005.12.13 |
| Genealogy society opens library |
| ...Everyone has a connection to the past: family.
For Donna Smith, 69, of Everett, that connection leads to Scotland.
"I went to Scotland last year to search my Scottish relatives and went to the church where my forefather was baptized in 1753," Smith said. "His parents were married there, too. I was thrilled."
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| 2005-10-15 |
| Archives preserve treasures of information |
| ...History seems palpable within the walls of the Lauderdale County Department of Archives and History.
Perhaps it's the thick smell of aged paper in the air. Maybe it's the glass-encased relics from eras long since passed, or the stacked rows of centuries-old marriage records stretching across the remnants of an old hotel ballroom.
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| 2005-10-15 |
| Library offers genealogy programs |
| ...The Local History and Genealogy Department of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library presents a series of programs designed to help the public conduct genealogical research of their family history.... |
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| 2005-09-26 |
| Company will make DVD for your family |
| ...Every day another television documentary hits our screens, highlighting famous figures, from national heroes such as Nelson to villains such as Hitler and from noble sportsmen to heavyweight politicians.
Now a Norfolk company will produce the same type of television feature - for anyone who wants to tell their own family history.
The "family documentary", which will be put on DVD, taps into the genealogy market, which has boomed in recent years, partly thanks to the vast amount of information on the web.... |
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| 2005-09-26 |
| Recording Your Genealogy |
| ...Researching your ancestors is one thing, but preserving your findings for future generations is another, so let Marina Garrison show you how. ... |
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| 2005-08-18 |
| Institute in Israel will try ?to lift Jewish genealogy to new heights? |
| ...A group of Jewish genealogists want to give the study of the Jewish past a brighter future. The genealogists recently announced the formation of the International Institute of Jewish Genealogy, to be housed in the Jewish National and University Library of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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| 2005-08-15 |
| Family matters at genealogy camp |
| ...NEW ORLEANS - Jameel Reese expected to spend his summer swimming, hanging out, goofing off with friends. Instead, he spent it finding family.... |
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| 2004-09-15 |
| Libraries, courthouse offer plenty of genealogy resources |
| ...Todd's most important piece of advice for genealogy beginners is to "document everything. That way you can go back and find that source again."
She said names can be spelled differently on records and still be referring to the same person. "Many times, hand-written records are spelled wrong."... |
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| 2004-09-14 |
| How To Open and Read a GEDCOM File |
| ...If you've spent much time on the Web researching your family tree, then it is likely that you've either downloaded a GEDCOM file from the Internet or received one from a fellow research via email or on floppy disk. So now you have this nifty family tree which may contain vital clues to your ancestors and your computer can't seem to open it. What to do?... |
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| 2004-08-31 |
| Genealogy software ignores internet
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| ...While all products offered web publishing wizards, some did contain links to genealogy web sites but generally the coverage was far from comprehensive.
?In terms of the quality of research tools provided by the software, it was a bit of a mixed bag with only one program scoring well in this area,? read a CA statement. ... |
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| 2004-07-28 |
| BBC2 celebrities dig up their family roots
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| ...The BBC is to tap into growing interest in genealogy with a series that follows 10 media personalities, including Ian Hislop, Jeremy Clarkson and Meera Syal, as they trace their family trees.... |
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| 2004-07-28 |
| The shaman story
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| ...is of utmost important to know your ancestors, to know one"s genealogy at least the past five generations. This is common in our villages. As for residents of big cities, they are often completely unaware of their ancestry.... |
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| 2004-07-28 |
| Family focus for BBC Two schedule
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| ..."People are fascinated by genealogy and family history these days, particularly since the internet became a mass medium, but television's never really tackled it."
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