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Month: July 2005

Danes Returning to Patronymic Names

29 July 2005 by George Lewis

Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter mentions that Danes are going to be returning (optionally of course) to patronymic names. This goes back to the Viking tradition of naming a child after the father’s first name (mother’s now!) and adding “son” or “datter” (daughter) to it.

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Family Site: Kloosterman.be

28 July 2005 by George Lewis

Kloosterman.be. One of the sharpest looking family genealogy sites around. They use The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (an online, interactive genealogy application).

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Response (re: Sad State of Mac Genealogy Software)

28 July 200528 July 2005 by George Lewis

A response to the article Jamis Buck posted about the state of Mac genealogy software. Unfortunately their server appears to be down right now, but you can find it in Google’s cache. This isn’t a rebuttal or a counter-point so much as it’s a response (I both agree with and disagree with some of what they said).

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Family Site: Wheeler Family History

27 July 2005 by George Lewis

A good example of what family history sites can be, the Wheeler Family History goes beyond simply stating a bunch of dates and events.

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New South Carolina Genealogy Site

27 July 200527 July 2005 by George Lewis

Avery J. Parker has setup a new website dedicated to genealogy in South Carolina : SouthCarolinaGenealogy.org. In the past, they setup NorthCarolinaGenealogy.net, dedicated to, what else, genealogy in North Carolina.

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