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Here are the latest articles on Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter for demmm@hulling-equipment.ru.

SeekingMichigan.org Puts Historical Records Online
Death or Canada (Fleeing the Famine)
Barack Obama is 3.1% Irish
New Tennessee Blog
Video Interview with Chris Pomery
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SeekingMichigan.org Puts Historical Records Online

The following announcement was written by the Library of Michigan and the Archives of Michigan:

'Seeking Michigan' Web site employs today's technology to deliver Michigan's history to information seekers

The Department of History, Arts and Libraries today announced the launch of the Seeking Michigan Web site (www.seekingmichigan.org), a growing collection of unique historical information that - through digitized source documents, maps, films, images, oral histories and

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Death or Canada (Fleeing the Famine)

50 million people in North America claim Irish ancestry. Many of their ancestors arrived in Canada during the famine years. Now a powerful new film shows what life was like for these people.

Death or Canada is an IFTA-nominated two-part Canadian-Irish docudrama which was broadcast in Ireland in November/December 2008 and has now been shown on Canada's History Television. The film, narrated by Brian Dennehy, follows the Protestant Willis family from Limerick to flee to Canada in the Spring of...

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Barack Obama is 3.1% Irish

According to Ancestry.com, Obama's great-great-great-grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, sailed aboard the Marmion from Liverpool on March 20, 1850, with plans of settling in Ohio.

The roots of Kearney can be traced back to the villages of Moneygall and Shinrone in County Offaly, Ireland, reports The New York Daily News.

Obama plans to meet with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in the Oval Office, and then with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and his deputy, Martin McGuinness,...

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New Tennessee Blog

Arlene Eakle has started a new blog devoted to Tennessee history and genealogy. She decided to launch it on March 17 as that is a significant date in Tennessee history. Quoting from Arlene's announcement:

"The 17th of Mar 1775 and all the days leading up to it and the aftermath of it created one of the most pivotal events in the history of Tennessee and Kentucky. And it changed forever the developing history of the United States of America. Keep in mind--as Tennessee goes,

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Video Interview with Chris Pomery

At the recent Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE! event held in London, I had a chance to talk with Chris Pomery, a genealogy and DNA expert. Chris talked about why DNA has recently become so important in genealogy research.

I was also pleased to announce that Chris will be writing articles in this newsletter.

Roots Television recorded our conversation and you can watch and listen at http://www.rootstelevision.com/players/player_conferences3.php?bctid=16661826001&bclid=14621417001.

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