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Genealogy HowTo - The Process for Finding Your Ancestor's Homeland
By Karen Clifford, AG, FUGA
Perhaps you have had the opportunity in the past to identify a new ancestor in the United States. Maybe you went so far
as to trace that ancestor to the place he or she arrived in America. But as you tried to make the leap to the original
homeland of the ancestor, you found many individuals with the same name--so many, in fact, that you could not tell who
the proper ancestor was.
Ask Us - How can parents get kids excited about genealogy?
Here are 20 genealogy and family oriented activities that a parent or grandparent can do with a child that do not require a lot of advanced planning and which will probably help the child to have an increased interest in their ancestors both living and dead.
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Reviews - Book Review of The Cornish Overseas: The Epic Story of the 'Great Migration' by Philip Payton
Review written by Larisa Schumann
For those of you with Cornish ancestry this is a valuable resource for the story behind the story of your family's
migration to Australia, South Africa, or the Americas. However, even if you don't have Cornish ancestry, this is a fascinating
book! Philip Payton's extensive and detailed account uses language that will be easily understood and is supplemented
by maps and line drawings. And those of you who love to read endnotes will be pleased by Payton's 20-plus pages at the
book's end. He also includes a detailed index.
Upcoming Events - CLICK HERE FOR MORE Upcoming Genealogical Events-
- 16 September 2008, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: The Ottawa Branch,
Ontario Genealogical Society will be meeting with guest speaker Marc
St-Jacques, President la Societe de genealogie de l'Outaouais. He will review
the collections at the National Archives of Quebec, the Gatineau City
Archives and CRAO, a private archives centre. Contact: Norine Wolfe by
email at tinneytree@rogers.com for more information.
- 18-21 September 2008, Winchester, VA: The Tenth Biennial Gathering
of Clan Ewing in America has been announced. For more information, go to
http://www.clanewing.org or send an
e-mail to jimandevelyn@telpage.net.
- 19-20 September 2008, Butte, MT: The Montana State Genealogical
Society's 19th Annual Conference "Go a Mile High to Dig Deep into a
Genealogical Gold Mine" will feature Michael John Neill, Ellen Crain and
Christy Leskovar. More information can be found at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtmsgs or contact S Valentine at
smv2222@bresnan.net
- 19-20 September 2008, Saint Paul, MN: The Minnesota Star of the
North Genealogy Conference will feature Christine Rose and Paula Stuart-Warren.
This conference is sponsored by the Minnesota Genealogical Society and includes
the annual MGS awards banquet. For more information go to the society's Web site
http://www.mngs.org.
- 19-20 September 2008, Rolling Hills, IL: The Polish Genealogical
Society of America will be hosting their 30th annual conference "Honoring
Our Ancestors." Guest speakers will be Jonathan Shea, Orvill Paller,
James Pula, Matthew Rutherford, Dris Rzepczynski and Beau Sharbrough.
More information can be found at the society's Web site
http://www.pgsa.org.
