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Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - 6 new articles Computing in the Clouds
Cloud computing refers to Internet-based software and databases. The Internet itself is "the cloud." In almost all drawings of Internet applications, the Internet is shown as a "cloud" into which various computers are connected. The cloud is used as a... Genealogical Society Treasurer Indicted for Theft A 67-year-old woman has been indicted for bilking the non-profit she volunteered at out of thousands of dollars, according to Licking County (Ohio) Prosecutor Ken Oswalt. From Jan. 1, 2007, through Dec. 10, Karen L. Ray, last known address 561 Hudson Ave., Newark, Ohio, allegedly stole about $4,300 from the Licking County Genealogical Society, the indictment and Oswalt state. She is charged with fifth-degree felony theft. Ray was a volunteer treasurer for the ancestry identification... Meeting Records for Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York Located The following is an extract from the TimesUnion web site: Lee Traver was in the basement sorting through a box of family items when he came across two very worn brown books written in beautiful quill penmanship. "I had no idea what they were when I first found them," said Traver, a farmer who lives off Route 43. "I didn't think they were anything special but would never think of throwing them away." He found the books contained meeting records of a bygone town called... Cologne Archive: After the Disaster The collapse of the Cologne city archive three weeks ago (see http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/03/colognes-archives-building-collapses-3-missing-many-escape.html and http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/03/cologne-archive-collapse-disaster-for-historians.html) wasn't just a personal tragedy for the historians and contributors involved, it was a disaster for Germany's cultural history, says Bettina Schmidt-Czaia, director of the municipal depository.... NGS Conference Early Registration Deadline The (U.S.) National Genealogical Society sent out a notice saying that the registration deadline for the early-bird lower conference rate for the NGS Family History Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina is approaching. Make your conference registrations by Tuesday 31 March 2009 to save $35! The NGS Family History Conference is scheduled for May 13-16 2009 at the Raleigh Convention Center. This conference will include more than 150 educational sessions and workshops, luncheons and social... Internet Genealogy – It's Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Perhaps the best line in the article is a quote from Lisa Gorrell: "What would be nice is to have a poster of it in every research facility – especially those with computers – to remind them that so little of their research... More Recent Articles
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