Lady Liberty Will Shine Again
Tuesday March 30, 2004
After being closed for over two years due to security concerns following the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is set to ... Read More
Where Did They Come From?
Friday March 26, 2004
Determining the birthplace of your immigrant ancestor is the key to the next branch in your family tree. Learn what and where to search to find your ancestor's country, town ... Read More
BLM Land Records Site Back Online
Friday March 26, 2004
The Bureau of Land Management's Web site is back up and running following a two-week, court-ordered shutdown. An appeals court blocked a judge's ruling that had previously ordered most of ... Read More
McElvis
Tuesday March 23, 2004
Elvis Presley has Scottish ancestry, according to Scottish author, Allan Morrison, who has traced the King's roots to the hamlet of Lonmay in Aberdeenshire. Mr Morrison said that he found ... Read More
Metes, Bounds & Meanders
Monday March 22, 2004
Have you ever found a land deed for an ancestor that measured distance in poles or chains or used trees and streams as boundary marks? This early system of land ... Read More
GENDEX Going Offline
Sunday March 21, 2004
According to an announcement on its Web site, GENDEX -- a surname search database operating since March 1996 -- will be terminating its genealogy operations on April 22, 2004. Credit ... Read More
BLM Internet Blackout Sidelines Genealogists
Saturday March 20, 2004
Genealogists looking for U.S. federal land records are finding themselves out of luck, as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) deals with yet another court-ordered shutdown of its Internet ... Read More
Better Google Searches
Thursday March 18, 2004
A new Web site makes it easier, and more effective, to use Google™ to search for your family history, according to the site's Webmaster Doug Barry in today's press release. ... Read More
Tracing Irish Ancestors
Monday March 15, 2004
While St. Patrick wasn't actually Irish, the day celebrated in his honor certainly is! Celebrate this St. Patrick's Day by uncovering more about your Irish ancestry.
Related Resources: Irish Surname Meanings ... Read More
DNA May Become Future Sunscreen
Monday March 8, 2004
A short strand of DNA, known as pTT, may become the sunscreen of the future according to researchers at Boston University medical school. The fragment, which penetrates the skin when ... Read More
March is Women's History Month
Tuesday March 2, 2004
With roots going back to the first International Women's Day, organized on March 19, 1911 by a German woman named Klara Zetkin, Women's History Month celebrates the accomplishments of famous ... Read More
Georgia Flag Goes to Vote
Tuesday March 2, 2004
As Georgians go the poll for today's Democratic primary, they also get to vote on which Georgia flag they prefer: the Barnes flag, a blue-and-gold banner adopted in 2001 ... Read More
Senator Kerry Relatives Killed in the Holocaust
Monday March 1, 2004
Two relatives of Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic front-runner for president, were seized in 1942 by the Nazis and killed in the Holocaust, according to new information unearthed by Vienna ... Read More
New DNA Genealogy Database
Monday March 1, 2004
In a first step toward the creation of a worldwide genetic family tree, a free interactive genetic genealogy database was launched today by the Utah-based Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation.
Established by ... Read More