Kimberly's Genealogy Blog September 2004 Archive

Salvaging Flood and Water Damaged Photos & Papers
When disasters hit, most people don't mourn the refrigerator or the couch. Instead, the loss of precious family photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia is what brings them to tears. While it ... Read More

Thursday September 30, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage
In the United States, people with Hispanic roots are celebrating the weeks between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 as National Hispanic Heritage Month. The primarily Hispanic nations of Chile, Costa ... Read More

Wednesday September 29, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Tips for Taking Great Cemetery Photos
Your ancestor's tombstone may be easy enough to read when you're standing just a few feet away, but capturing its three dimensional carving and beautiful inscription on a flat picture ... Read More

Tuesday September 28, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Safeguarding Your Genealogy
After watching my local southwestern Pennsylvania community devastated by floods this past weekend, it brought home the fact that tragedy and misfortune can happen to anyone. Will your genealogy survive ... Read More

Monday September 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Bush Family Tree in New Book by Kitty Kelley
Biographer Kitty Kelley's new book, "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty," hits newstands today. Profiling three generations of the powerhouse political Bush family -- Sen. Prescott Bush, ... Read More

Tuesday September 14, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Native Americans, DNA and the Mormon Church
A new book casts doubts on a basic claim in the Book of Mormon, that Native Americans are somehow related to a lost tribe from Israel who emigrated to the ... Read More

Tuesday September 14, 2004 | permalink | comments (1)

Savvy Genealogy Spending
When tracing your family tree, sooner or later you'll come to a point where you need to let go of some hard-earned cash. Whether it is for a birth certificate ... Read More

Monday September 13, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Can Your Family Tree Make You Jewish?
In an interesting ruling, a top New York rabbinical court has accepted compelling genealogical evidence of Jewish ancestry as proof that someone is Jewish under Jewish law. The beit din ... Read More

Thursday September 9, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Medical Family History - Are You At Risk?
Some studies say that over 40 percent of the population is at increased genetic risk for a common disease such as cancer, diabetes or heart disease. Understanding your risk for ... Read More

Wednesday September 8, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)