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Revealing a massacre, or stating the obvious (Online Journal)
For some folks interested in genealogy, tracing one’s roots is a stimulating activity. It’s immensely interesting and meaningful to learn where one’s life started.
GeneTree Adds Y-Chromosome DNA Testing Option to Trace Paternal Line Ancestors, Research Surnames and Connect with ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SALT LAKE CITY----GeneTree, a DNA-enabled family history-sharing networking Web site designed to help people understand where their personal histories belong within the greater human genetic story, today added a Y-chromosome DNA testing option allowing participants to search for paternal line ancestors in the world's largest and most diverse genetic genealogy databases.
7/22 KISSIN' KUZZINS: "Early Quaker Records in Virginia" available in reprint (The Lufkin Daily News)
The Clearfield Company has recently reprinted Miles White's little volume titled "Early Quaker Records in Virginia." These records deal with the so-called Chuckatuck Record which has been published in Volume VI of Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.
DNA provides clues to family's African heritage (CNN.com)
With a flick of the wrist, James Johnson uses an elongated cotton swab along the inside of his 102-year old mother's cheek.
- By: Lawrence Pierce (The Charleston Gazette)
Nancy Sparks Morrison of Cross Lanes holds a photo of her great-great-grandmother, Mary Collins, born in 1843. Morrison’s genealogy research about her Melungeon heritage helped her discover she had familial Mediterranean fever, even when doctors doubted her.
Conference aims to help genealogists uncover Eastern European branches of family trees (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
If you are a descendant of the millions of immigrants who came to America from Central or Eastern Europe, tracing your family tree can be a challenge because borders changed often in those regions ...
Revealing a Massacre, or Stating the Obvious (Middle East Online)
I found myself stumbling into the details of a massacre, one that is conveniently overshadowed by the dust of the battle, the rigidity of academic research and the lack of media access of those who have survived, says Ramzy Baroud .
Land records used for several purposes (Lebanon Daily News)
Last week’s “Roots & Branches” column talked about questions I get about genealogy when on vacation, and recommended the U.S. Census as the gateway for genealogical beginners.
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