Genealogy Today April 2002 Updates # New Navigational Menus # Get Your Kids Involved in Your Family History # Looking at Our Ancestors # Newspapers Dating Back Over 150 Years! # Jeffersons Offer Hemings Proposal # Wayne County is storehouse of Indiana's early history # Check data carefully to avoid errors # Marching to Pretoria & beyond # Donations needed for Henderson Cemetery # Chinese group wants surnames standardised # Newly Released CDs from Genealogy.com! # Search new databases at Ancestry.com! Forwarding of this message to your genealogy friends is encouraged. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW NAVIGATIONAL MENUS http://www.genealogytoday.com/ By Illya D'Addezio Last weekend Genealogy Today re-published all of its content with a new easy-to-use interface designed to simplify access to the growing collection of information. Improvements include a new navigation bar and enhanced search tools. The new design was created to help the user discover the helpful information hosted at Genealogy Today. The new organization breaks the site into six primary sections: News, My Family, Help Center, Contribute, People and Search. There is an additional section called Hot Topics, which filters content for the most popular topics in genealogy. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ GET YOUR KIDS INVOLVED IN YOUR FAMILY HISTORY http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=306&s=RN By Bob Brooke Everyday Genealogy - 22/Apr/2002 Genealogy isn't just for older folks. Through genealogy, kids can gain a better appreciation for their heritage. And while an older person might keep the historic records, family history is just that-a history of the family. So get your kids and grandkids involved. While you may spend countless hours searching through old records, scanning photographs, and creating your family tree, your kids will find that boring. But they may find researching occupations of their ancestors fun. Children like-indeed, they need-hands on activities ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ LOOKING AT OUR ANCESTORS http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=311&s=RN By Ruby Coleman Tracing Lines - 23/Apr/2002 Everybody has photographs, most of which are unidentified. They open doors to our research and put faces on our ancestors. Look closely at the photograph and on a paper jot down your ideas. The following are guides for what to look for in old photographs. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NEWSPAPERS DATING BACK OVER 150 YEARS! http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=305&s=RN Periodicals and newspapers are the diaries of local communities. They are excellent sources of family history details — often recorded nowhere else. Look for obituaries, marriages, legal notices, and more. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ JEFFERSONS OFFER HEMINGS PROPOSAL http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=319&s=RN By Allen G. Breed The Washington Post - 19/Apr/2002 Thomas Jefferson's heirs are proposing the creation of a separate cemetery on the grounds of Monticello for the descendants of slave Sally Hemings, but aren't ready to let her offspring into the family association. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ WAYNE COUNTY IS STOREHOUSE OF INDIANA'S EARLY HISTORY http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=309&s=RN By Marjorie Blocher Kinsey Evansville Courier & Press - 21/Apr/2002 A recent trip to Richmond, Ind., helped me find some genealogy resources that are new to me and may be helpful to others. Wayne County, Ind., was one of the first places settled by those who moved out of Ohio after early treaties with Native Americans opened up parts of southeastern Indiana. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CHECK DATA CAREFULLY TO AVOID ERRORS http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=307&s=RN By Beverly Smith Vorpahl Spokesman-Review - 22/Apr/2002 We were discussing "given names" a while back, with a mention of my aunt, who would have happily given her name back if only she could. I even speculated that maybe she didn't know she had been named for her paternal grandmother, Julia Elvina Hadlock Wing. Turns out I was probably right. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MARCHING TO PRETORIA & BEYOND http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=321&s=RN By Schelly Talalay Dardashti The Jerusalem Post - 24/Apr/2002 South Africans preserving Jewish history and records... 'THE 100-year wonder," is what former South African Beryl Baleson called the Jewish history of Southern Africa ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DONATIONS NEEDED FOR HENDERSON CEMETERY Glasgow Daily Times - 24/Apr/2002 Donations are needed for the upkeep of the Henderson Cemetery. Donations may be sent to Kenneth Nuckols, 70 Little Work Acres, Glasgow, Ky. 42141. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CHINESE GROUP WANTS SURNAMES STANDARDISED http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=318&s=RN By Lam Li The Star Online - 26/Apr/2002 While Muslims and non-Malays are debating the proposal to use surnames and dropping the bin and binti or a/l and a/p in their identity cards, the Chinese have a different set of problems involving surnames. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NEWLY RELEASED CDS FROM GENEALOGY.COM! http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=304&s=RN West Virginia, 1863-1900 Marriage Index Ontario, Canada, 1858-1869 Marriage Index ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ SEARCH NEW DATABASES AT ANCESTRY.COM! http://www.gentod.com/go.mv?to=303&s=RN Biddeford and Saco, Maine City Directory, 1849 Taunton, Massachusetts City Directory, 1869 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ HOW TO CONTRIBUTE We are always looking for helpful articles on various research techniques, historical perspectives, family tales, genealogy book and software reviews and details of recent conferences, meetings or seminars. 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