The following is a Plus Edition article written by andcopyright by Michael John Neill.
Last week'scolumn outlined a four-step process to genealogy problem-solving. Myexample of applying this process to an actual problem focused onlocating a marriage record for a couple whose first daughter was bornin 1851. This week we continue our search for the marriage record ofthat couple and see that it did not happen near where their firstdaughter was born. Our problem-solving process,... Read the rest of the story »
The following announcement was written by the City of Valdosta: The City of Valdosta has been awarded a Historic Preservation Fund Grant to produce a Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-enabled web site to be used by family-members, historians, genealogists, and anyone interested in learning about the generations of Valdostans laid to rest at the city-owned Sunset Hill Cemetery. Valdosta is one of the first communities in the state to offer this type of innovative resource, creatively combining... Read the rest of the story »
The Western North Carolina Historical Association will present its Outstanding Achievement Award to Dr. George A. Jones at the Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society's monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at 400 North Main St., Hendersonville, NC. Jones is being honored for his more than 25 years of work in promoting and preserving the history of Henderson County.
I received the following e-mail message from John Graham: Dear Dick,
Way back in Vol 4 Number 34 of your newsletter (21 Aug 1999), you wrote an article on an index to contemporary death notices in Australian newspapers. At the time, the index was being compiled and published on the web by the Sydney Dead Persons Society, and eight months after inception, had reached a total of 50,000 entries.
Well, almost ten years later, I thought it appropriate to bring you up-to-date with the progress... Read the rest of the story »
The census is a count of everyone living in the United States every 10 years. The next census will e conducted in 2010. The census is mandated by the U.S. Constitution and your participation in the census is required by law. Federal law protects the personal information you share during the census for 72 years. Genealogists use census data frequently but that is not the purpose of this expensive operation. Census data is used to distribute Congressional seats to states, to make decisions about... Read the rest of the story »
 The Upcoming Events section of this newsletter is published as a newsletter article once per month, usually in the first week of the month. However, you can also view the latest list of events at any time by clicking on "Upcoming Events" in the Navigation menu near the upper right corner of the page at http://www.eogn.com.
Each event is listed with the name, location and dates. Click on the name to see the details, including a link to the event's web page or to an e-mail... Read the rest of the story »
Want to plot the locations your ancestors lived on a map? How about building a timeline of the events in an ancestor's life? You can do that at no charge by using Exhibit. Exhibit turns a boring old spreadsheet into an interactive web-based map, timeline, or table with some simple HTML. Exhibit takes data sets up to about 500 rows, plots locations on a Google Map, dates on an interactive timeline, and displays images and links in a tabular or thumbnail view. The viewer can sort, search,... Read the rest of the story »
 Geneally.com is a new dedicated genealogy and family search engine, built from the ground up to create a useful resource for anyone researching their ancestry. It is so new that it isn't fully operational just yet. Hundreds of new links are added each day.
In November 2008 Geneally acquired the former genealogy news site www.rssgenealogy.com, making Geneally.com a starting point for all matters of interest to family historians. The company plans a full launch in April with what it... Read the rest of the story »
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