SA family history on the Web by Sharon Marshall 28 June 2004 Not that long ago, Internet genealogy and family history research were separate entities, as US companies flooded the market with special offers ranging from census information on Ellis Island émigrés to links to royal icons and famous celebrities. But "vanity genealogy" has come a long way since then, and now there are few amateur ancestor seekers who don't use the virtual mode. Stuck in an exchange warp and blessed with in-bred ubuntu, South Africans are particularly conscious of keeping the flow of information as cheap, accurate and accessible as possible. For the rest of the article: www.southafrica.info/public_services/sa_abroad/sa_communities/genealogy.htm Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors." .. Carl Sagan List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"