I'd like to welcome E.B. Lapointe to the Genealogy Today writing staff. E.B. will be expanding our coverage by focusing on Canadian issues in her new monthly column. )) Ruby Coleman posted The Elusive Maiden Name: "Our female ancestors bless us with new names, but locating their maiden names can be frustrating." http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/ruby/020910.html )) Bob Brooke posted Preparation is the Key to a Successful Genealogy Vacation: "Regardless of whether you travel 25 or 2,500 miles to do research, there are many things you should do at home in preparation for your trip." http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/everyday/020906.html )) Lisa Ritter Starr posted Filling in Blanks One Space at a Time: "Nowhere in adoption do children face more missing pieces about their lives as they do in international adoptions." http://www.genealogytoday.com/adoption/puzzle/column/020918.html )) E.B. Lapointe posted So Where is My Canadian Ancestor, Eh?: "The country has played a bit of a 'catch-up' game since then with its records, and only over the past few years has the country's genealogy societies deemed it necessary to index the census returns." http://www.genealogytoday.com/ca/connect/020918.html )) Deanna Corbeil posted Digging Up Your Roots the "Write" Way: "Contacting other family members by mail can be a great way to get family history information. Learn how to write a letter that'll get them to share what they know." http://www.genealogytoday.com/junior/pursuit/2002aug30.html )) Philip Westwood posted Newspapers in Family History Research: "Newspapers began to appear in the late Seventeenth Century and became more widespread in the early Eighteenth Century. From around 1750 onwards regional Newspapers started to report local events and references to individuals became more common." http://www.genealogytoday.com/uk/columns/westwood/020831.html )) Andy Westmoreland posted Filling the Ancestral Void: "My father had no knowledge of his family. No family history, no grandparents, no Christmas cards from uncles or aunties." http://www.genealogytoday.com/articles/filling_the_void.html )) Genealogy Today, in cooperation with Genealogy Works, announced the release of a new instructional package aimed to help genealogists with online and offline research. Genealogy, Climbing Your Family Tree covers a variety of topics, and includes embedded links to hundreds of essential online resources. http://www.genealogytoday.com/guide/lessons.html )) Genealogy Surveys We have developed the following anonymous surveys in an ongoing effort to better understand the needs of genealogists. Please take a few minutes and share your thoughts http://www.gentod.com/survey/index.html )) Not Just Links! The New Symbol of Trust... We developed a list and corresponding symbol to help researchers identify genealogy sites where the majority of their pages contain real content (e.g. transcribed cemeteries, census records, passenger lists, etc). If you believe your site qualifies, visit this page. http://www.gentod.com/notjustlinks/index.html )) New Uploads!!! Black Creek Cemetery Butler County, Missouri http://www.gentod.com/pub/blackcreekmo.html Conover Cemetery Lawrence County, Illinois http://www.gentod.com/pub/conoveril.htm Old Mandurah Cemetery Western Australia http://www.gentod.com/pub/oldmanaus.htm More records... http://www.gentod.com/genealogy/enoch/records.html