26th April 2007, 06:00 pm
I just found an article about genealogy blogs. GeneaBabble wasn’t mentioned, of course, but some of my favorites were. I’m surprised that The Genealogue wasn’t included, though. That blog is simply scrumptious!
That reminds me… am I the only one that hates the word blog and anything related to it? I use it because everyone knows what it is and there’s no reason to use another term, but for some reason the word just bothers me. I also can’t stand the word “enjoy.” Or “meal.” Yeah.. don’t tell me, “Enjoy your meal!” Ugh…
26th April 2007, 05:48 pm
Researchers at LDS Hospital will launch the Intermountain Genealogical Registry, a lineage-based population database containing the pedigrees of more than 10 million individuals – the largest in the United States – who have lived or whose descendants have lived in the Intermountain region of the United States. The purpose of this groundbreaking new database is to enhance the discovery of genetic factors that contribute to cardiovascular diseases through the study of a large population of patients in which cardiovascular diseases appear to cluster in certain families. [Read more]
Interesting stuff. I may have to look a little deeper into how genealogy is being used to study genetic diseases. I never really thought too much about it, but I’m kinda one-dimensional that way…
18th April 2007, 12:09 pm
I’m a little late on this one (I put off my taxes until the last minute - shame!), but you can still get free access to Titanic passenger lists at findmypast.com for a limited time. You will find the original handwritten passenger lists as well as transcripts that includ the names, ages and professions of the passengers as well as cabin class. I haven’t really had time to look at it very well, so check it out for yourself and let me know what you find!
18th April 2007, 08:48 am
Sorry about the lack of updates recently! Busy, busy, busy!
I ran across a site called WeRelate.org. WeRelate is sponsored by the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy, Inc. in partnership with the Allen County Public Library. WeRelate uses the same model as Wikipedia to organize and maintain information.
The project looks promising and I encourage you to check it out and help expand it. There is a brief tutorial video on the site to help you get started.
