Why Native Americans are concerned about potential exploitation of their DNA:
GLP
"Until the advent of genetic genealogy, knowing your ancestry meant combing through old records, decoding the meaning of family heirlooms and listening to your parents and grandparents tell you about the ‘good old days’. For anthropologists and archaeologists interested in going back even further in time, the only reliable means of understanding human history were trying to interpret ruins or remnants of skeletons or other information uncovered at the site of remains."
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Google Books Project Ruled Legal by U.S. Appeals Court:
Reuters"A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that Google's massive effort to scan millions of books for an online library does not violate copyright law, rejecting claims from a group of authors that the project illegally deprives them of revenue."
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More Cemetery Walk Videos Online on Olive Tree Genealogy YouTube Channel:
OliveTreeGenealogy
"Olive Tree Genealogy has put more Cemetery Walk Videos online over the past few days. You can view these Cemetery Walks on my Olive Tree Genealogy YouTube Channel. The complete list of over 60 walks can be found here.
The Death of the Family Meal and Other Things That We Just Don't Do Anymore:
The Telegraph
"New research has found that fewer people than ever sit down to eat a family meal together. But what else has vanished from society?"
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Samford University Library and the Advisory Board of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) have announced the new host site for IGHR.
IGHR will be moving to Georgia in 2017. One of the four prestigious genealogical institutes in the United States and the only one with special emphasis on Southern research, IGHR will be moving from its home of more than 50 years at Samford University and the Samford University Library. Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. has grown immensely, and demands on its space and staff can no longer accommodate the week-long, intensive series of courses.
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This Day In History: October 22
1797: The first successful parachute descent is made by Andre-Jacqes Garnerin, who jumps from a balloon at some 2,200 feet over Paris.
1824: The Tennessee Legislature adjourns ending David "Davy" Crockett’s state political career.
1836: Sam Houston sworn in as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1939 Birthday: Christopher Lloyd, actor; (Back to the Future Film series; Who Framed Roger Rabbit; won three Emmys, two of them for his role as Jim Ignatoski in Taxi TV series).
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