Collecting random bits of genealogy news.
Benjamin Cline has written an article, Census of the dead still alive in the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH), about local genealogists efforts to catalogue the various cemeteries, and get the information into databases and out to genealogists outside of the area.
Meghan Burke has written an article in the The Villages Daily Sun (Florida) about a lady bitten by the genealogy bug and the unique circumstances surrounding it.
Daniel Gilbert writes in Potomac News Online, about how Margie McHose tracked down the relatives of a man on a postcard she found in her garage while getting ready for a yard sale.
If you live in the USA, PBS has a one hour show tonight, A Cemetery Special, that repeats on October 31st. I believe it’s 8:00PM EST.
Another article covering the new release of the 1861 census, this time from the BBC’s website. This is exciting news for those doing genealogy research in this area.