This week's news includes:
Ancestry.com expects to raise $100
million in its IPO; the
Kansas African American Museum in
Wichita has received a $25,000 grant to establish a statewide
program called "Knowing Me, Knowing You";
Footnote.com has announced its plan
to create the complete Interactive U.S. Census; and the "Who Do You
Think You Are LIVE" show will be held in Olympia, London, on 26-28
February 2010, sponsored by
Ancestry.co.uk.
The Guys will be at the Western Michigan Genealogical Society's
Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 6 November 2009. Details
are available at
http://gotancestors.com. The Guys
will also be at the Florida State Genealogical Society's Conference
in Melbourne, Florida, on 13-14 November 2009. Details are
available at
http://flsgs.org.
George thanks Teresa Remsberg for providing a link to the Canadian
Border Crossings database at
Ancestry.com where a record of his
great-uncle, Brisco Washington Holder, showed he arrived in
1919.
Mary responded to Pat's concerns in podcast episode #186 about
birth certificate copies being issued with a different place of
birth (Drew realizes after the podcast that he mispronounced
"Islip" several times); Victoria asks about Post-Em notes on
Ancestry.com
family trees; Mark shares information about articles of
genealogical interest:
- Kentucky's last Civil War daughter at http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/805969.html
- Death of the last Civil War widow at http://tinyurl.com/CW-widow
- Smithsonian Magazine
published an article about the last U.S. WWI solder at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/last-doughboy.html
- European legal challenges to Google Books at http://tinyurl.com/GoogleBookEU
- An article about the original Star Spangled Banner back on
display at http://tinyurl.com/ybbo47q
Mark also shares information about employment records; Eric talks
about George's and Drew's books, and chuckles over The Guys'
botching the pronunciation of place names; Daniel asks about the
Ball family; Michelle talks about presenting classes in her
genealogy society and the joys of belonging to her society; Tim
reminds The Guys of the "Tip of the Iceberg" poster published and
for sale by the California Genealogical Society and Library (See
http://preview.tinyurl.com/IceburgPoster1
and
http://preview.tinyurl.com/IceburgPoster2);
John asks about George's relative, John Allen Morgan; Angie poses
her quandary of a polygamous great-great-grandfather who changed
names and her difficulties locating his Civil War pension (See
http://preview.tinyurl.com/AngiesGGGF
from the
Journal of Social
History in which Angie's ancestor is discussed); and Roger
tells us how he organizes and files his genealogical materials.