Canadian Genealogy – Saskatchewan
Steve Haney has another column out about Canadian genealogy, this time about Saskatchewan.
Month: October 2005
Center makes tracing family roots easy
Kim Leady has written an article, Center makes tracing family roots easy, for the Dickson Herald (Dickson, TN) , discussing the Family History Center in Dickson, TN, and how popular it has become: Genealogy is spreading across the nation. Over the past few years it has grown into a popular pastime, shared by young and … Read more
DNA Testing & Ancestry (ABC this time)
ABC/Good Morning America has an article about people using DNA kits to trace African-American ancestry. ….companies are selling DNA-based genealogy tests which claim to pinpoint where a client’s ancestors came from in Africa. Several celebrities have taken the tests, including talk show host Oprah Winfrey, director Spike Lee, actor Isaiah Washington and now ABC News’ … Read more
Deciphering Old Handwriting
I recently came across an interesting article about deciphering old handwriting (www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/). If you’ve looked at more than a handful of old census forms, you’ll know how important it is to determine the proper names, as well as why you can’t always do a simple online search of census records and come up with good results.
Using DNA, Genealogy, to Identify Missing Korean War Veterans
Another semi-related DNA genealogy story – there is an article in The Daily Reflector (NC) by T. Scott Batchelor that discusses how remains recovered from the Korean War/Conflict are being identified and some of the lengths that people are having to go through to get them identified and the families contacted.