Month: March 2006

Out for a few days

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I’ll be out for a few days, I’m working on a photo book for the family and it’s taking up all my time, and I’ve also been reading a very interesting book that I’ll be posting a review about when I get back.

Genealogy T-Shirts and Gifts

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Jimmy Kavanagh, of JMK Genealogy Gifts, has expanded his genealogy gift lineup, to include the following new designs:

DNA Jigsaw
Genealogy & Family History – solving the puzzle of where we come from
Family Tree Jigsaw

If you are looking for a gift for a fellow genealogist, or perhaps something interesting to wear next time you go traipsing through cemeteries, you might want to check them.

All in the Family: Middle School Teacher Traces His Roots

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Steven Scarpa has an article for the Record-Journal (Meriden, CT), All in the Family: Middle School Teacher Traces His Roots, about a person researching their family’s history – it’s a good little article covering amateur genealogists, and one of those signs of how mainstream genealogy is fast becoming. The focus of the article, Gary O’Neil, mentions how difficult it can be at times, as well as the fact that it’s not a simple “sit down an do it in a few weekends” kind of project. It’s a positive article about genealogy and how popular it’s becoming.

Cutting-edge Genealogy

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Schelly Talalay Dardashti has an article in Ynetnews, Cutting-edge genealogy: A genealogy about-face as savvy people change the way we research our families, about how genealogy research is being changed and updated to take advantage of the latest and greatest in computer technolgoy. It’s mainly about MyHeritage.com – a genealogy site devoted to facial recognition for genealogists. One of the most interesting of the new technologies that are or will be soon be, at genealogists’ disposal.