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I have not yet seen this software but the announcement sounds interesting. For one thing, I am not used to seeing much genealogy software produced in Iceland. For another, the word "Osk" means wish in Icelandic. Here is an excerpt from the announcement of Osk version 4.0:
Studlar Software has updated Osk, a genealogy application for Mac OS X and Windows XP, to version 4.0. It’s a Universal Binary update, so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) budget has been the cause of much recent consternation amongst genealogists. The proposed cutbacks will hamper the research efforts of many. A recent announcment that that "all is well" at NARA turns out to be false; the money returned to the budget did not get reallocated to operating expenses. Instead, it went back to the General Fund.
Professional genealogists Marie Melchiori and Claire Bettag met with an NARA representative to discuss the budget crisis. A letter writing campaign by concerned genealogists is needed NOW. Here is their report of the meeting:
It's time to pack up the laptop computer, the handheld computer, the wireless modem, my USB jump drives, a digital camera, the GPS, and a host of other gadgets and hit the road. Oh yes, if there's room left over in the suitcase, I may throw in a change of clothes!
I am starting a two-week road trip. I guess I should say, "land, sea, and air trip" as I will be using all three modes of transportation. I will spend the first week in southern California and the second week on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The first week is on my own business but on the second week I will be attending the 2006 Genealogy Conference and Cruise sponsored by Wholly Genes Software.
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According to a published report in the Times of London, the major U.S. television networks are anxiously bidding for the rights to a wildly popular British show that traces the genealogy of celebrities.
The Times of London reported Saturday that NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox are all competing for the U.S. rights to "Who Do You Think You Are," and that Discovery, National Geographic and even the History Channel have shown a keen interest as well. CBS has already proposed a prime-time special to launch the show with Julia Roberts as the first participant.
The following is an announcement from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein has honored Walter B. Hill Jr., a longtime archivist and historian at the National Archives and a leading authority on the documentation of African Americans in Federal records, for his efforts to make such records accessible and to promote their use by historians, journalists, students and others.
The Times of London has an interesting article about genealogy interest in the U.K. It focuses on the TV show Who Do You Think You Are? The article states:
Genealogy has become a national obsession. Right now, more than three million of us are digging up our family trees via the National Archives. It's not all royal bloodlines and pleasant peasants, though, as the novelist and comedian David Baddiel can testify. In fact, the Latin motto of genealogists should translate as "beware of what you seek"; many of the histories that this sanguine sleuthing exposes are sad, profound and resonate down to the present generation.
There is no keeping up with the Joneses at a record-breaking event in Cardiff. Just ask ex-Bond girl Grace Jones. The 1980s' pop singer and style icon was among 1,224 people who created a new record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname.
The new Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center will open on November 15. The Tennessee Genealogical Society is contributing more than $1 million worth of books and materials to the new genealogy library, part of the Germantown Community Library. The society is relocating its 14,000-book collection from its former home, on Davis Plantation Road, where development was encroaching on the property.
The following is an announcement from the Utah Genealogical Association:
Barbara Dodson Walker, President Emerita of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society has been named a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association. Carol Smith, UGA President made the announcement at the AAHGS sharing banquet during their annual conference in Salt Lake City Oct 27th.
His many friends, acquaintances, listeners, and readers will be saddened to learn that Nick Vine Hall passed away on October 31. He was an author, genealogist, radio broadcaster, publisher, and maritime historian. He was also host of Genealogy and Family History, heard on radio stations throughout Australia for more than 25 years.
Among his many accomplishments, Nick was the author of Tracing Your Family History in Australia: A Guide to Sources and of Parish Registers in Australia: A List of Originals, Transcripts, Microforms & Indexes of Australian Parish Registers. Nick earned his full time living as a genealogist since 1979 and was invited to speak at dozens of genealogical conferences in Australia, America, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, China, and Japan.
Experts at Glasgow Caledonian University are in the process of setting up a unique service that will team up traditional family search services with genetic profiling technology. The centre, which will be launched next year, will help people from around the world trace their Scottish roots and then offer the option of verifying blood relatives through DNA testing. The team also aims to carry out research that will eventually build up a genetic map of the clans of Scotland, allowing people to look into their Celtic ancestry.
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