GenealogyBank Adds Papers

GenealogyBank has added Englewood, OK and Del Rio, TX obituaries and death notices to their card catalog! You can see more about this at GenealogyBank.

Dolly's Wet Nurse

Dolly Parton appeared on '60 Minutes' with this down-home tale from her childhood. These are the kinds of stories you will want to add to your family's history! - Mtn Gen

ProGenealogists List Top SItes

ProGenealogists announce their list for the top 50 genealogy websites. Their site states the list was created in the first quarter of 2009, so is not retro to 2008. You can view their list here.

They also list their top 25 genealogy blog sites here. - Mtn Gen

Roots Author Rooted in Scotland, Too

A few weeks ago we reported on Roots Author, Alex Haley's nephew connected with the Baff family in Scotland through DNA testing.

You can read about this amazing technology, and the Haley/ Baff testing at USA TODAY. - Mtn Gen

Genetic Finger-Printing Saving Lives

Modern day genetic fingerprinting, and genealogical sleuthing, have led a University of Utah researcher and his colleagues to the Fry family descendants.

Mr. and Mrs. George Fry landed in Massachusetts, from Somerset, England, sometime between 1624 and 1640. Their legacy?

A specific gene mutation which spawns colon cancer.

Descendants have been located, and thanks to modern day treatment, in Utah at least, the family members are being spared.

You can read more abut this fantastic work here.

NBC's Who Do You Think You Are

The NBC Publicity Department, in Burbank, CA has announced that the April 20 airing of "Who DO You Think You Are", which was to start with actors Lisa Kudrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Susan Sarandon, has been postponed indefinitely.

NBC, the public is disappointed!

The Genealogue Lists 10 Best Genealogy Blogs To Read

Chris Dunham, writer of the famous [or infamous] Genealogue, lists ten of the best genealogy based blogs to read.

I have to admit, they are some of the BEST!