The News includes: the launch of a new 9th
The Generations Network,
Inc., Web site at Ancestry Web site for Sweden (at
http://www.ancestry.se); the
introduction of DNA Ancestry (at
http://dna.ancestry.com) and DNA
testing services; and the announcement of Cook County, Illinois,
births, marriages, and deaths online by January of 2008.
Listener e-mail reports include: many Pennsylvania Land Records are
now online at the Pennsylvania State Archives at
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/landrec.htm;
the Birmingham [Alabama] Public Library has an interesting and fun
video it ints collection on YouTube.com. Watch it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAxrLJ5nw_g.
A posting in the Mental Floss Magazine's blog at
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7710
discusses and shows photos of "Strange Gravestones."
Drew delivers his weekly Genealogy Society Tip. George's Web site
of the week is Genwriters: Writing for Future Generations, at
http://www.genwriters.com.
The site was created by Phyllis Matthews Ziller and contains
extensive tutorial, how-tos, and reference resources for writing
family histories, biographies, and other historical
documentation.
Drew talks about Chris Dunham's blog, The Genealogue, at
http://www.genealogue.com/, and
about the Challenges posted there. The information is fun and
informative, and the Challenges are excellent practice in honing
your research skills. The Guys then discuss the use of City
Directories in your research and tips for using them. (With thanks
to Amy Johnson Crow, CG.) The Guys then examine and discuss some
old family photographs that Drew's brother has uncovered, and their
attempts at identifying the subjects. We learn about a Jewish
mutual aid society, and George suggests studying old photos'
environment and surroundings for additional clues to dating and
identifying clues.