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THE Kenyan government has launched a study to document the lineage of US President Barack Obama. The government last Tuesday said the decision to trace Obama’s cultural roots was in honour of the former Illinois senator, whose father, Barack Hussein Continue reading Kenya to Launch Project on President Obama’s Family Tree
It seems that Charles Darwin had no use for the inhabitants of Australia – and he stated thus in no uncertain terms. “It can hardly fail to deteriorate,” Charles Darwin said after his voyage here in 1836. Indeed, he found Continue reading Aussies Plan to Assemble Massive Genealogy
Sharon Tate Moody writes a great column this week on how to find information on our relatives that ended up in mental institutions. This type of research is often a challenge, for the state hospitals will seldom divulge patient information, Continue reading Finding Your Relatives Who Were in Mental Institutions
The Linn [County, Oregon] Genealogical Society will be moving their holdings there from the Linn County Courthouse to the new library during the month of February. Albany’s two libraries will close for about two and a half weeks next month Continue reading Linn Genealogical Society Holdings Moving to New Library in Albany, Oregon
The following News Release was received from Bob Velke today: Wholly Genes, Inc., of Columbia, Maryland, is proud to announce the 2009 Genealogy Conference and “Land Cruise,” 26-30 August 2009. Prompted by economic conditions, the company has broken from the Continue reading The 5th Annual Genealogy Conference & “Land Cruise” to Washington D.C. – Hosted by Wholy Genes, Inc.
I ran across an interesting document today – being offered for auction online. The Estate document includes a list of 31 named slaves being rented out by the estate of Thomas W. Riviere of Upson County, Georgia. It is dated Continue reading 31 Named Slaves Included in Document from Estate of Thomas W. Riviere, Upson County, Georgia – 1859
To answer my question posed in the title, “I doubt it.” We all know that the infamous John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s assassin, was killed in a Virginia barn on April 26, 1865. He is said to be buried in Continue reading Did John Wilkes Booth Die of Arsenic Poisoning in 1903?
Micheal Bennet was recently appointed to the U.S. Senate by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter. Bennet was the Denver Public Schools superintendent, but replaces former Senator Ken Salazar, who is now Interior secretary. There’s an extensive “Rocky Mountain News” article about Continue reading The Family History of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
Kristin Hopper has created a blog titled “Genealogy and Ancestry of Barack Obama and the Other U.S. Presidents.” She is attempting to share photos of the parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents of each of the presidents when available. Pictures are an Continue reading The Genealogy of Presidents Blog
Continuing with my review of new Chinese arrival data found at Ancestry.com, this afternoon I spent some time checking out the “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chinese Arrivals, 1900-1923.” According to the website, the database contains descriptive lists of Chinese seamen arriving at Continue reading Chinese Seamen Arriving at Philadelphia, PA 1900-1923 – Now at Ancestry.com
John D. Reid, with Anglo Celtic Connections posted a blog today announcing the fact that Bill Arthurs has a great new Titus family website up and running. Having Titus family ancestry myself, I got fired up upon reading that blog, Continue reading The New Titus Family Website
There’s a good article in the Seattle P-I today about Fumiko Hayashida, who in March of 1942, was loaded up along with 225 other folks from Bainbridge Island, Washington – and transported to the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California. Continue reading Japanese-American Fumiko Hayashida says, “There’s No Use Crying About the Past”
An article titled Scanning Project Digitizes 25,000 US Library of Congress Books, by Art Chimes, caught my eye today. I’d previously read that Library of Congress volumes were being posted at www.archive.org, but had not spent any time checking it Continue reading Digital Books From the L.O.C. for Genealogists at the Internet Archive
The Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society has extended its story deadline for Volume 2 of San Jacinto Valley – Past and Present. The genealogical society is requesting families’ stories, no matter how long the families may have lived in the area. Continue reading Stories Needed for Volume 2 of “San Jacinto Valley – Past and Present”
Promoted by Chris Lydiksen’s Ancestry.com “Chinese New Year Brings New Records” blog, I clicked over to Ancestry this afternoon to check out some of the new and updated Chinese-related databases at Ancestry.com. One of the databases is an updated index Continue reading Ancestry’s Updated Chinese Exclusion Index Reviewed