Collecting random bits of genealogy news.
TIME Magazine is carrying an article by Michael D. Lemonick, that covers genetic genealogy research, an area that continues to grow as more people do DNA genealogy research and as more people become interested in their medical genealogy. This is another high profile story, the second or third in the past few weeks (although the others were more concerned with regular genealogy or DNA tracking alone).
Kurt Erick writes in The Pantagraph (Central Illinois) about the Illinois Secretary of State revamping their archives and making genealogy information easier to access, at www.ilsos.gov/genealogy/
Saw this in a story at Genealogy Software News – GenoPro is adding a new feature to version 2.0 of their software (GenoPro 2.0 is in beta right now):
I’ll be traveling for a few days, and won’t have much in the way of internet access.
In the meantime, I’d suggest checking out a new genealogy blog by the same person behind The Genealogue.
It’s called Genealogy Websites I Don’t Hate and looks to be a useful addition to anybody’s bookmarks.
It’s being reported all over the place this week, and LifeScience.com has a pretty good summary. Western Union has, as of January 27th, stopped sending telegrams. Many genealogists have come across old Western Union telegrams, which brought important personal news years before the telephone, the internet, etc., came along.