Digging for Your Roots, Genealogy Resources

In the May-June 2008 issue, space limitations prevented us from including the URLs for online genealogy research. We're providing all that information in this post for your convenience.

Genealogy Web Sites:

www.ancestry.com
www.rootsweb.com
http://www.cyndislist.com/


Genealogy Software:

Ratings and pricing on software is available here:
http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/


KenTenn Area Libraries:

C. E. Weldon (Martin): http://www.ceweldonlibrary.org/resources/genealogy.htm
Fulton, KY: http://www.fultonlibrary.com/gen2.htm
Obion County: http://www.oclibrary.org/genealogy.htm
Weakley County (Dresden): http://www.weakleycountytn.gov/library.html
UTM: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Paul Meek Library) West TN Heritage Center: http://www.utm.edu/departments/acadpro/library/wthsc/

Sources for Genealogy Forms:

Everton Publishers: www.everton.com
http://www.thefamilyhistorystore.com/index.php?cPath=130&osCsid=49944dcf71610df908473cecaa5577cd

Books:

Local genealogist Martha Clendenin recommends a book entitled Collecting Dead Relatives by Laverne Galeener-Moore, first published in 1987, now in its seventh printing. The book gives practical advice on genealogy with a refreshing dash of humor.

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Christmas Pageant Bloopers - Nov/Dec HOMETOWN

The Nov/Dec 2007 issue is on the streets. It's also online at http://www.hometownkentenn.com/ under Current Issue.

My article, "Christmas Pageant Bloopers" was fun to write, and we thought we'd let our readers in on the fun by encouraging you to post your own Christmas pageant bloopers as Comments to this post. Just lick on the Comments link at the bottom of the post, and you'll be taken to the page where you can enter your story. Keep it short, please.

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Emily Akin
Senior Grapevine Editor

Country Color Commentary, Join the Fun

In the process of writing the article on country sayin's for the September/October Hometown, I found that there are more colorful country sayings than I can shake a stick at, much less publish in Hometown. Some of you might be tempted to give me down in the country for getting some of them wrong or for leaving out your favorites. If you have a different interpretation of any of the country sayin's I mentioned, please let us know by commenting on this post. If we left out your favorite, please post it in your comment.

My favorite country saying: "Slow as molasses in January." Now that's slow!

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Emily Akin
Senior Grapevine Editor