EOGN's Other News

Missouri Museum Open House Concludes

Hello Pulaski County. On behalf of the Historical/Genealogy Societies we want to say, "Thank You" very much for coming out and supporting your museum (Old Courthouse) over the five-day "Open House".

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Samford Genealogy Students Head to England for Research

The following is an announcement from Samford University:

Sponsored by the Samford Library through its annual Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, the travel course began June 23 and will run through July 16. The students are residing in Daniel House, Samford's London study centre.

Genealogist Sherry Irvine, an expert in English, Scottish and Irish family history, and Samford library Director Jean Thomason are course leaders. Irvine has taught in Samford's genealogy program since 1996 and has written extensively on United Kingdom genealogy. Thomason has directed Samford's genealogy program since 1997.

The students hail from Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina, Canada and Western Australia.

Soiled name restored for Stain

One of Medfield, Massachusetts' most famed criminals is getting a long-due redemption.

David Leighton Stain, wrongly convicted of murder and then shunned the rest of his life because of it, lies in an unmarked grave in Vine Lake Cemetery. Next week, he'll get a headstone for the first time since his death in 1915, thanks to a long-lost descendant who became unexpectedly entwined in his story while mapping her genealogy.

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Exploring the past helps us appreciate ties that bind

"Why are you always chasing after dead people?" I was once asked about my fascination -- my obsession -- with history and genealogy.

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Group meets to reminisce about history of Indiana village

More than 50 people gathered in Hortonville United Methodist Church to share remembrances from their past and of the little village they love.

No one seems to know how many people still live in Hortonville, a community at 206th Street and Horton Road, about two miles west of U.S. 31. But many remember a once-thriving community tucked away in the far reaches of their history.

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Cemetery sleuths--Texas Genealogical Society aids verification of grave sites

A volunteer group is helping bring Washington County's cemeteries into the "satellite age," using a book to help it comb for sites that will be recorded for posterity.

The Washington County Genealogical Society is updating Cemetery Records of Washington County Texas 1826-1960, an exhaustive compilation of cemeteries and graves in the county by Judy and Nath Winfield Jr.

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Texas Czech Genealogical Society to hold Conference

The Texas Czech Genealogical Society is scheduled to hold its genealogical conference on July 21-23 at Caldwell Civic/Visitor Center, 103 Texas Highway 21 west in Caldwell.

The titled is "They Came-We Seek," to emphasize that "our ancestors left the Fatherland to come to America. They came with hope and we seek to learn of our ancestors with love while being reunited with family and friends," society President Charlene Hurta said.

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Corps of Discovery descendants abound

Darlene Fassler of Great Falls has known all her life that she was the great-great-great granddaughter of Pvt. Patrick Gass of Lewis and Clark Expedition fame. But last summer at a family reunion in Astoria, Ore., Fassler discovered Gass had 1,061 descendants over nine generations.

"I met 167 relatives in one day," said Fassler, who also volunteers at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. Fassler's not the only one with lots of famous relatives.

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U.K. National Archives Launches SeaBritain 2005 Activities

The National Archives has discovered its sea legs by launching two exciting initiatives to coincide with SeaBritain 2005 – the Trafalgar Ancestors online database and a new exhibition on Nelson, Cook and Bligh at its museum in Kew.

TRAFALGAR ANCESTORS: The Trafalgar Ancestors database features 18,000 individuals who served in the Battle of Trafalgar. It is a free to search online, and offers users the opportunity to discover if an ancestor who served in the Royal Navy in 1805 would have fought in the great battle.

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Civil War graves focus of Dover, Maine event

Wouldn't it be fun to take a tour of Civil War graves in the Dover cemetery? Historian Lou Stevens will give tours at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 2 as part of Civil War Day in Dover-Foxcroft. You can meet him in the old part of the "big cemetery" on Vaughn Road, or take a wagon ride from the Observer Building Museum on Main Street.

There will be all kinds of activities, starting with the 11 a.m. dedication of the Civil War monument next to the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, where Main Street turns into the Guilford road.

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