 I just watched the pilot of a new genealogy television program: Legend Seekers. This show is good! If you are in Indianapolis or Champaign, Illinois or Macomb, Illinois or Bloomington, Indiana or most anywhere in Nebraska, you can see it too.
Legend Seekers seeks to show the interesting stories in family trees of every-day Americans, not celebrities. If the pilot episode is any indication, these will be interesting stories. The episode that I watched is called The Lively Family Massacre... Read the rest of the story »
The following article was written by and is copyright by Lloyd Bockstruck.
The Latin expression "caveat lector" [let the reader beware] must be espoused by everyone involved in genealogical research. Failure to do so can either deny one the truth or cause the reader to graft into a pedigree which has no connection to the one being researched. The remainder of this article is for Plus Edition subscribers only. If you have a Plus Edition user ID and password, you can read the ... Read the rest of the story »
The marriage of genealogy and genetics may be saving lives in two families -- one in Utah and the other in New York -- descended from the same colonial ancestor. And future research may help many more. Last year, scientists at the Huntsman Cancer Institute announced they had discovered that the families carried the same genetic mutation, responsible for a 1,600 percent increased risk of colon cancer. They said they hoped that with education and screening, those with the mutation could stop the... Read the rest of the story »
The following announcement was written by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The National Archives will host its fifth annual Genealogy Fair. This year's two-day program will showcase Federal records located at the National Archives and professional genealogy organizations' resources for family history research. Sessions include introductions to genealogy research, census records, Freedman's Bureau records, immigration records, ... Read the rest of the story »
Several newsletter readers wrote to call attention to an excellent article on the BBC web site about Irish immigrants to America. In 1832, 57 emigrants from Donegal, Derry and the surrounding counties set sail for a new life in America. They found work on the railroads, but within weeks they were all dead, struck down by cholera - or possibly even murdered by locals who believed the immigrants had brought the disease with them. The men were buried where they had died, in a mass... Read the rest of the story »
The following announcement was written by RootsMagic, Inc.: SPRINGVILLE, Utah. — March 25, 2009 — RootsMagic, Inc. today announced the official release of RootsMagic 4, the latest version of the award-winning genealogy software which makes researching, organizing, and sharing your family history easy and enjoyable. With the release comes a free trial version of the software as well as a discount offer for owners of other software products.
Impressive New Features
"RootsMagic 4 is ... Read the rest of the story »
Did the Sundance Kid really die along with Butch Cassidy in South America, or did he live to ripe old age in Utah? DNA evidence may soon answer the question. The Oscar-winning movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" more or less followed the official version of Utah's most famous outlaws: Butch and Sundance high-tailed it to South America. Things didn't go well there. In a shootout with the Bolivian Army in 1908, both outlaws died in a blaze of gunfire, if not necessarily... Read the rest of the story »
Roots Television has a must-watch video for genealogists trying to manage their digital photos. The video shows how to label your digital genealogy images so you and others can easily identify them later. There are plenty of free good programs available to change the canvas size and add text. This example uses GIMP. "GIMP" stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program and is free for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. The video is available at: ... Read the rest of the story »
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