Genealogy News

LocalGuide: Genealogy Forum to meet Tuesday (Billings Gazette)
The Yellowstone Genealogy Forum meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday features a program on "Wills: Where to Search for Wills, Dying Without a Will, and Preparing a Will." The speaker will be from the Crowley Law Firm.

Genealogy website MyHeritage offers low-cost DNA tests (Guardian Unlimited)
MyHeritage, the genealogy social networking website, is offering its 27 million global users a "cheek scraper" DNA test for less than £100. The site is expanding its family research features after linking with US company FamilyTreeDNA to offer the DNA test for an additional payment that will help identify living relatives with common ancestors. Israeli-based MyHeritage's 27 million ...

Genealogy group to discuss symbols of West Africa (Springfield News-Sun)
The African American Genealogy Group of the Miami Valley will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, 1350 Bush Row Road, Wilberforce.

Going digital (Helena Independent Record)
Rita Gibson said the genealogy library at the Lewis and Clark Library is a well-kept, but unintentional, secret.

I Can't Find it on my Computer! (About.com)
If you use a computer in your genealogy research, then you likely have a large collection of digital files. Digital photos, downloaded census records or wills, scanned documents, emails... If...

Pete Barth column: Petersons close out football journey (Sheboygan Press)
Theyre not related, but in football genealogy, Cedar Grove-Belgium seniors Josh and Chris Peterson have been blood brothers for a long, long time.

John O'Connor, Family Tree: Chasing the genealogy for a friend was an adventure of love (The Republican)
Robert Joseph Goff was born in Letterman Hospital in San Francisco on June 17, 1933. The family moved to Utah, to Windsor Locks and, finally, after his father retired from the military, to Springfield, in 1947.

71-year-old former Elvis Presley girlfriend tracked down in Chicago (Guardian Unlimited)
On December 4 1956, Marilyn Evans entered - and exited - rock 'n' roll history

¡ASK A MEXICAN! (La Prensa San Diego)
Dear Mexican: I recently received the biography of Rolling Stones bassist Ronnie Woods. While reading about his friendship with Jimi Hendrix, Ronnie described him as part black, Cherokee and Mexican.

Community Notes (Greene County Daily World)
A new food pantry for the Pleasantville area will open Saturday at the Pleasantville United Methodist Church. The pantry will be open the second and fourth Saturdays of the month from 10:30 a.m. - noon.