Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

The Number One Word of the Year is 'Blog'

A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year's presidential campaign tops United States dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the 10 words of the year.

TREEFIC Website Offers Free Online Family Tree Service

The following is a press release from TREEFIC.COM:

Cambridge, England, 2nd December 2004 -- TREEFIC.COM invites genealogists to build and publish their family trees online at TREEFIC's innovative new website.  TREEFIC creates high-quality interactive family tree diagrams that can be viewed using a normal web browser.

Make Love, Not Spam

I have written a number of times about the problems of spam mail. Now a vigilante effort has thousands of individuals fighting back. The web servers that send spam mail are being overwhelmed and even knocked off line.

Sure, it is probably illegal. So why is everyone cheering? You can read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4061375.stm.

Help Wanted at NGS

The current e-newsletter of the U.S. National Genealogical Society reports that the organization plans to add two more people to the staff: a new Executive Director will be hired to fill a position that has been empty for nearly a year and a newly-created position of Director of Information Systems will also be added.

NGS Settles in its new Headquarters

The U.S. National Genealogical Society's weekly e-newsletter is reporting that the society has completed the move into their new headquarters location. The new address is 3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22204-4304. The telephone numbers remains unchanged at (703) 525-0050 and (800) 473-0060.

Publishing Your Genealogy with Ancestral Author

Those of you who have already discovered Ancestral Author may want to skip to the end of this article for information on a free upgrade. If you are hearing about this great shareware program for the first time, allow me to introduce you.

Who's the Daddy?

Great Britain's Home Secretary was willing to risk tarnishing his political career to discover whether or not he is the father of his married former lover's children. His search has provoked disgrace and admiration in equal measure. David Blunkett is attempting to clear up the mess he helped create with Kimberly Fortier, the publisher of the Spectator and the woman he still loves.