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New Genealogy Events Scheduled - Washington, DC and Burbank, CA

April 14, 2010 - Washington, DC - U.S. National Archives - "Who Do You Think You Are? The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History" - 7:00 p.m.

June 11-13, 2010 - Burbank, CA - Southern California Genealogical Society - "Cases that Made My Brain Hurt," "Michelle Obama's Roots," "Neglected History" and "Cold Cases: Genealogists, Coroners and the FBI" - Marriott Los Angeles Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center, 2500 Hollywood Way

Hope to see you there!

Upcoming Event: San Luis Obispo, CA

February 6, 2010 - San Luis Obispo, CA - San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society - "Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for Finding Your Lost Loved Ones," "Online Newspaper Research," "Trace Your Roots with DNA" and "Right Annie, Wrong Annie" - Veterans Memorial Hall, 801 Grand Ave.

Psst...Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, will be speaking at the conference, too. She's presenting "Identifying Family Photographs," "Preserving Family Photographs" and "The Last Muster: Images of the Revolutionary War Generation." It's going to be an excellent day. We hope to see you there!

Genealogical Round Up, January 28

See you SLO on Feb 6th! (I hope!)
Genealogy expert Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak to speak at seminar sponsored by sponsored by the San Lui

1st enumeration of the 2010 Census to begin. Dr. Groves blogs from Alaska
2010Census

Genealogy Blog - A Grave Mistake: Ukrainian Caught Using Tombstones To Build A House - GeneaNet

Genealogical Round Up, January 21

"Friends" star Kudrow's new series inspired by a night of TV watching in Ireland | American in Irela

Celebrity genealogy hits prime time: My latest HuffPo post about the upcoming NBC and PBS genealogy series. We're all in for a treat!
Megan Smolenyak: Celebrity Genealogy Hits Prime Time

Stage for McCourt show - Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak's posterous

Love these records! Have used them for a long time, but now they're more easily accessible.
A government genealogy service lets family history leap off the page - latimes.com

Seriously bummed about this. It's official - Ancestry Magazine Discontinues Publication
bit.ly

I see that others are writing about it, so I guess it's OK to 'fess up that I wrote the companion book to the upcoming Who Do You Think You Are? series on NBC! Hope you'll watch the series and snag the book!
www.amazon.com

Am stunned but grateful to be listed by @wefollow as most influential genealogy Twitter user. Must include factors other than # of followers. Seriously, there are folks with thousands and thousands of followers, so not sure what else they're taking into account. Was a big surprise to stumble into this list.
Genealogy Twitter Users : WeFollow

So cool to be included with Cyndi and Dick in this piece by Tara Calishain of ResearchBuzz fame!
ResearchBuzz » Who’s Following Who on Twitter? Twiangulate Will Tell You

Who Do You Think You Are?): Premiere day announced: Friday March 5 at 8!
NBC.com - NBC Presents Post-Winter Olympics Primetime Schedule Beginning March 1

January Grant Awarded

Judy Rosella Edwards' weekly newsletter, Greenspace Genealogy, focuses on the genealogical history of private property that is donated to become greenspace. The newsletter is sent to land conservation and preservation agencies hoping to inspire donors, as well as genealogists who are researching families who lived in the greenspace. The grant will help cover the newsletter expenses.

You can apply for an Honoring Our Ancestors Grant here.

Genealogical Round Up, January 14

Pretty much what I was expecting to see in terms of popularity of the name Megan, but probably an unusual pattern for many.
en.geneanet.org

Megan Smolenyak: A Brief Roots Tribute to Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan Biden

Very sad to hear about this. Have a soft spot for feisty Irish Catholic mothers, having been raised by one myself. Was charmed by Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden. RIP.
Vice President Joe Biden remembers his Irish mother | Irish News | IrishCentral

POW/MIA command hoping digs for soldiers' remains will resume in North Korea | Stars and Stripes

Genealogical Round Up, January 7

Just a couple links for this week - enjoy!

Annie's story getting told in Ireland . . .
Face of Cobh icon revealed | Irish Examiner

Researched five of these, but not saying which ones!
Streep, Colbert set for PBS genealogy show - UPI.com