Georgia Research Endangered by Plans to Close Archives

The Secretary of State for Georgia has decided to close the Georgia archives. Someone also posted that the Georgia Virtual Vault is down and has been down for sometime. This will severely limit research in Georgia.

Please sign this petition to keep the archives open to the public.

Petition link:

http://www.change.org/petitions/the-governor-of-ga-leave-our-state-archives-open-to-the-public


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Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA now on KINDLE

Richard Hill’s groundbreaking use of genetic genealogy tests in adoption search was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. In order to share his success secrets and tips with other adoptees and genealogists, Hill created an educational web site, DNA-Testing-Adviser.com, which makes genetic genealogy understandable to all. He also provides specific test recommendations to those who contact him. As the unifying expert who bridges the fields of genetic genealogy and adoption search, he has become the go-to person for adoptees and others seeking to find lost relatives or confirm suspected relationships. The author has a BS in physics, an MBA, and more than thirty years experience in marketing. Richard gives talks on DNA testing and serves on the Advisory Board of the Mixed Roots Foundation where he is Co-Director of the Global Adoptee Genealogy Project.

Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA


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Generous Genealogist New Website

This looks to be a wonderful new website. Go here and volunteer or place a query for a look up. This is from the owner:

Hi everyone.

Quickly by way of an update.

The http://generousgenealogists.com site is about 95% functional. A couple of open items remain, but we are now open for business. If you mentioned earlier an interest in being a volunteer on the site, that database now works.

What I can use from you is help getting the word out to others about the site. In order for this to develop and grow we need as many readers & volunteers as we can get. Any help in publicizing things is most appreciated.

btw. We are still working on establishing a hosting relationship with the TrailToThePast folks.

The last (also first Newsletter is at: http://generousgenealogists.com/in-the-news/

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Genetics 101 FREE Course and Contest

 Go here to take an online course in Genetics 101. You can take a test at the end which may win you a $25. gift certificate to Amazon.com.

You will also get a certicate of completion that you can print out.

 http://spittoon.23andme.com/23andme-and-you/genetics-101/back-to-school-genetics-101/


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Roanoke Conundrum - Fact & Fiction, An International Symposium

Roanoke Conundrum—Fact & Fiction has been designed as an unique gathering of scholars from around the world to the remarkable emergence of new research that is stimulating excitement and discussion on Sir Walter Ralegh’s explorations and settlements on the Carolina coast in the 1580s…and particularly the story (in fact and fiction) of  “The Lost Colony.”  We will explore not only the historical facts as we know them, but how the arts interpret history in many different forms.  Oct. 6-10, 2012.  All events are FREE and open to the public!

 Roanoke Conundrum—Fact & Fiction is sponsored by the Roanoke Island Historical Association and the National Park Service at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in association with the US Fish & Wildlife Visitor Center, the First Colony Foundation, and Elizabeth R & Company, with assistance from the Dare County Arts Council, Dare County Schools, Town of Manteo and the Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences, East Carolina University.

Click here to access the 4 day schedule:
 http://thelostcolony.org/event/roanoke-conundrum-fact-fiction-an-international-symposium/

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