TICK TOCK: Using Internet Research "Clocks" In these severe economic times, it is refreshing to find resources that can aid researching data on the Internet. For example, What's New in Genealogy & Family History Resources? has http://www.academic-genealogy.com/whatsnewingenealogyfamilyhistory.htm at the top of the page under current information: . . . DAILY TREE ROOT INFORMATION: "family history" - Google Search and genealogy - Google Search. All results are shown with more text for the past 24 hours, as sorted by date, using standard view. Insert other keywords for a perpetual moment by moment daily review of anything, such as surnames, organizations, locations, etc. Another "tick tock" clock can be found at Surname Newsgroups: Blogs, Genealogy Newsletters and Periodicals, by going to sub site: Blogs - Searching the Internet. http://tinyurl.com/nsbt9d Here, BlogPulse provides current searches for content posted on weblogs or blogs. Open it daily to discover the people, issues, blogs, posts, commentaries, tidbits and news that bloggers are discussing, as well as the bloggers names. As of this posting, current Total identified blogs: 112,597,777 New blogs in last 24 hours: 106,543 BlogPulse is an excellent search addition to social networking resources for family trees, and can provide ongoing contacts for various types of genealogy and family organizations. http://tinyurl.com/nfzedm Schools - Colleges - Universities: Alumni and Genealogy Education provides global comprehensive resources for educational institutions and their genealogy and family history data, past and present students, alumni, associations, faculty, friends and military personnel. http://www.academic-genealogy.com/schoolscollegesuniversities.htm This currently updated site "tick tocks" the real status report for the professional community; the state of the art for peer acceptability. Combine with current information from Libraries and Museums, using LibGuides. http://www.academic-genealogy.com/librariesmuseums.htm There are now 42,035 guides by 12,649 librarians at 766 libraries worldwide. Respectfully yours, V. Chris & Tom Tinney, Sr. http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ Family Genealogy & History Internet Education Directory: Scholarly mega site map of world wide Internet resources.