Genealogy News

Genealogy society offers workshops (The Norman Transcript)
Two genealogy workshops for beginners and near beginners will be offered by the Cleveland County Genealogy Society. "Genealogy Basics -- Before You Surf the Internet" will be Jan. 11. Snow date is Jan.

Genealogy sessions, talks set for Jan. 6 (Madison Eagle)
The Morris Area Genealogy Society invites the public to an evening of “winter workshops and discussions” at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave., in Whippany.

National Archives to offer free genealogy workshop (Saugus Advertiser)
On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at 2 p.m., the National Archives and Records Administration Northeast Region (NARA) in Waltham will feature a lecture on "Exploring Family History: What's NOT Online."

Local Calendar (Daily Record)
TRACE YOUR ROOTS at the Genealogy Society Meeting's winter workshops and discussions at the Morris County Library, 30 Hanover Ave., Hanover, 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Information: (973) 635-2310.

Hamilton County Genealogy Gets Easier (The Chattanoogan)
Genealogists all over the world who have reason to do research in Hamilton County, Tn., will be thrilled to hear the latest news from the office of Hamilton County Court Clerk, Bill Knowles, that marriage records have been and will be posted online.

Resolutions for a New Year (About.com)
In 2008 I organized some of my genealogy files, continued to scan some of my old family photos and slides, took a few online genealogy classes, attended a genealogy conference,...

LOCAL NEWS BRIEF (The Daily Telegram)
Tecumseh: Web site started… Ridgeway Twp.: Tires stolen… Tecumseh: Genealogy presentation… Adrian: Man arrested

Ancestry.com available to Manukau library members (Scoop.co.nz)
Manukau Libraries are pleased to offer Manukau residents free access to Ancestry.com, one of the world’s largest genealogy data bases.

Long road home for family Bible (The Sacramento Bee)
The Manning family Bible vanished so long ago that Leanor Manning Gilbert and Janice Manning, two Sacramento-area sisters, never knew it existed. At least, not until early December, when a stranger in Wyoming tracked them down and returned the 1870s-era Bible. For Mary Hay of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., the Bible represents a longtime puzzle solved, a solution finally found. For Manning, 69, and ...

Out of the shadows (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
The books stretched on as far as my eyes could see. I craned my neck around the corner, and there were more. Photo caption: Librarian Steve Miller stands in the Allen County Public Library’s “shadowed storage” area. Photo by Laura J. Gardner | The Journal Gazette