Follow-Up on Hurricane Katrina and Genealogy Records (Biloxi)
Murella H. Powell wrote a quick article in The Sun Herald to let people know that the genealogy records at the main Biloxi Library (MS) were saved and preserved.
Month: December 2005
Tourism and Genealogy and Kentucky
The Central-Kentucky News Journal has an article by James Roberts, about Taylor County bringing in more tourism. Even while genealogy research on the internet may remove some incentives for traveling to various areas to do local genealogy research, interest in genealogy is rising, and towns and counties are starting to realize just how beneficial it can be to tourism.
Genealogy and an Old Murder
There is an interesting article by John Andrew Prime in The Shreveport Times (LA) about an unsolved murder mystery, and how fast information started pouring in from genealogists and others looking to help Dale Nicholson solve the mystery surrounding his grandfather. Dale is hoping to find his grave, so that his mother can place a tombstone on the grave.
Providing A Home for Personal Papers
Jessica Gill, writing in the Newburyport Current (MA), discusses what is involved in donating one’s original personal papers (or those of your family members) to local organizations that can help preserve them and make them available to others doing genealogy research. The Newburyport Archival Center is but one example of such an organization (and a good one at that).
Scottish Pupils Given Genealogy Project
The Scotsman is reporting that students at seven schools across Scotland are being assigned a genealogy project that will give them “unrivalled access” to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, the official government genealogy website.