The October 8, 2007 edition of the New York Times has an article on seeking Christopher Columbus’s origins through DNA testing.  It is rather interesting reading.  If you think you’d like to have a DNA test done to help with your ancestry exploration and you’re looking for a comfortable jumping-off point, try the National Geographic’s Genographic Project.

Neat CBS “60 Minutes” segment on Genetic Genealogy this Sunday evening after the football games.  Interesting and informative!  If you missed it live, check-out the CBS website.  Great quote from the show about the importance of knowing one’s family history: “It’s like discovering American history through yourself.”

It’s October again–and with it comes Family History Month.  Libraries and genealogical societies all over the country are planning special events.  Check out the month-long line-up of events at The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library!

There are two online tutorials for beginning one’s family history linked from the Allen County Public Library’s Genealogy Center web page.  If you’ve always wanted to start your family history but didn’t know how, pick one of the links and discover that it’s easier than you think.  Pretty keen.

It’s hard to over emphasize the importance of family stories, and the importance of passing them along to younger generations.  One of the featured links on Roots Television right now is Fabiana Chiu’s story.  Take a listen.  Get to it through GenealogyCenter.Info and clicking on the Roots Television link.

New music video about family history posted on RootsTelevision–kinda neat.  Take a listen to “Family Tree” by Crisptones.  Get to it through GenealogyCenter.Info and clicking on the Roots Television link.

If you: (1) want to search a collection of more than 6M online sites more geared to genealogy than general -ologies (!), (2) like to search more than 1M people and family Wiki pages to see if you can make a genealogical connection, (3) want to post your own family data on the web in a collaborative environment, or (4) want to begin recording your family history on a web site that invites posting data and images, you’ve got to take a look at WeRelate.org.  Take the helicopter tour at the site.

Both in times of war and times of peace, we rightfully honor those men and women who served for us and our homeland.  Check out the new Ken Burns WWII movie debuting this Sunday.  Also watch for other virtual silos of military data debuting between now and Veterans’ Day this November.

Art, history, and symbolism combine so wonderfully (and informatively) in the words on the stones in our communities’ cemeteries.  Tears, smiles, passion, patriotism, intrigue…all abound.