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(+) Working with Directories by Michael John Neill Geni.com Obtains $5 Million in VC Funding The Ethnic Origins of U.S. Presidents More Recent Articles Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - 3 new articles (+) Working with Directories by Michael John Neill On the surface, city directories may not seem to contain much information. After all, they usually only provide the names of heads of households. They also do not provide the details typically obtained from census records taken during the same time period. Directories are especially key for urban researchers and provide details about individuals in off-census years. Ignoring them because they seem tedious, repetitive, and dull may leave gaps in your research. City directories can be... Read the rest of the story » • Email to a friend • • Geni.com Obtains $5 Million in VC Funding Charles River Ventures, a Waltham, Massachusetts venture capital firm, has added to its existing investment in California-based Geni Inc., a private genealogy website, with a $5 million Series C funding round, according to published reports. Charles River Ventures was joined in the Series C funding by fellow return backer Founders Fund of San Francisco, website PE Hub reports. Founded in 2006, Geni had raised $11.5 million before the most recent financing round. Founded in 1970,... Read the rest of the story » • Email to a friend • • The Ethnic Origins of U.S. Presidents The club that Barack Obama now joins has traditionally been far more exclusive than just all white and all male. There has never been an Italian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Russian, Greek, Spaniard, or Hispanic elected to the White House. No descendent of the great waves of immigration from southern and eastern Europe that washed over this country in the 19th century has ever made it. Nor has anyone of Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian descent ever been elected. Most presidential ancestors came from... Read the rest of the story » • Email to a friend • • More Recent Articles (+) Along Those Lines... by George G. Morgan: Alternate Proofs of Birth IGS Seeks Newsletter Editor AFFHO Congress (Continued) with a Remote Lecturer Pitfalls That Can Create Brick Walls or Cause You to Claim the Wrong Ancestors Kia Ora from the AFFHO Congress This Newsletter is Thirteen Years Old! 2010 NGS Family History Conference-Call for Papers Family Pursuit Announces the Release of Private Family Trees Arrived in Auckland (+) Wrong Names and Early Babies: Analyzing an 1880 Census Entry by Michael John Neill

 

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