Collecting random bits of genealogy news.
Reviews (Books, Software, Sites)
The St. Paul Pioneer Press has published a book review of “Don’t Tell the Girls: A Family Memoir” by Patricia Reilly Giff (Amazon.com $11.53). The book is oriented towards younger children (St. Paul Pioneer Press mentions 8-12 years old) and is really a way to get kids interested in genealogy.
James M. Beidler writes in the Lebanon Daily News (PA), about a new genealogy magazine, Internet Genealogy, from Halvor Moorshead – publisher of the Family Chronicle magazine. The magazine bills itself as Tracing Your Ancestors Using Online Resources. The first issue – the April/May 2006 issue, will hit the newstands in North America at the end of February.
James Beidler, a frequent genealogy columnist for the Lebanon Daily News (PA), has written a review of the genealogy book, “Shaking Your Family Tree: A Basic Guide to Tracing Your Family’s Genealogy†, by Ralph J. Crandall. The book, which is now in its second edition, is one of the best beginner’s books for genealogy around. Crandall spent over 20 years as the head of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS).
A few days ago, Connie Lenzen, writing in The Columbian (Clark County, Washington), wrote an article, Genealogy Today: Citing Internet sources, that reviewed Elizabeth Shown Mills’ “QuickSheet; Citing Online Historical Resources, Evidence! Style.” As more and more people do online genealogy research, this is going to become very important.
Chris at The Genealogue, has written an excellent book review of Destination America, which is the companion book to the PBS series, Destination America.