More Scottish Census Data Put Online
According to The Scotsman, 1841 census records for Scotland were placed online, along with many other historical Scottish documents.
More information: ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk
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Most-Wanted Time Capsules
The International Time Capsule Society has listed their most-wanted time capsules. They list nine time capsules that go back to the 1790s (including one involving George Washington as well as one that concerns the MASH TV series) that are missing, and that they hope to recover or at least document.
Maine Seafaring Ancestors a Fascinating Topic
Roxanne Moore Saucier has another intersting article for her column in the Bangor Daily News (Maine), Maine seafaring ancestors a fascinating topic , about some of the unique things we find out about our ancestors.
Civil War Veterans’ Descendants Meet
Dwight Dana has an article in The Morning News Online (Florence, SC), Descendants of two Civil War veterans meet about, what else, descendants of Civil War veterans meeting.
Interesting story, and one that will hopefully become more common as people do more genealogy research and dig up the stories of their ancestors. Sarah Allen mentions one of the things she wants to do before she dies is find the family Bible, and hopefully if enough people in the Florence area see the article, she might just get that chance.
Unlocking Memories From the Past
The BBC has an intersting article, Unlocking memories from the past by a reader in Australia, Patrick Flinn, discussing his genealogy research and getting to know the family he never really had a chance understand.