Mormon Genealogy: - Black roots: a lineage of surprises (Denver Post)

Black roots: a lineage of surprises (Denver Post)
It's not uncommon for black American families to have assumed for generations that they are of African lineage with the possible exception of a long-ago Cherokee ancestor. High cheekbones, straight hair, lighter skin - these are among the markers typically cited to make the argument that a great-great-great-grandparent must have been an American Indian.
A family, a nation in 200 years of letters - International Herald Tribune

A family, a nation in 200 years of letters International Herald Tribune, France - Feb 6, 2006 ... one family in depth, it's a gold mine," said David Ouimette, who manages the genealogy collection for the Family History Library, run by the Mormon Church in ...

Community briefs
Nevada Appeal - The Nevada State Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Family History Center at 4751 Neil Road, in Reno. The public is welcome to attend. The guest speaker will be Chip MacLeod, state commissioner for the Clan MacLeod Society ...

Mormon Genealogy: - Bush country (Casper Star-Tribune)

Bush country (Casper Star-Tribune)
RANDOLPH, Utah -- To get to the place where they like George W. Bush more than any other place in America, you fly west for a long time from Washington, then you drive north for a long time from Salt Lake City, and then you pull into Gator's Drive-Inn, where the customer at the front of the line is ordering a patty melt.
NEW YORK DOLL - Cleveland Free Times

NEW YORK DOLL Cleveland Free Times, OH - Feb 2, 2006 ... is looked up straightaway at his day job in 00s working a genealogy archive run by ... at a pawn shop and getting clean and sober via Mormon ministry, Kane ...

Poll: Mormons, non-Mormons split on issues
Daily Herald - Before you leave us to do our own research, can you tell me if you have found any "official" declaration from the Church on the subject? Speaking as if I can read your mind again, BB. Please be more specific. Your vague questions are getting very ...
Personality Crisis: New York Doll documents Arthur Kane s return to rock (Cleveland Free Times)
By Charles Cassady Jr. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, indie documentaries seemed to go through a distinctly Jerry Springer phase.

Mormon Genealogy: - Datebook

Datebook
Chillico Gazette - SPECIAL PRESENTATION: 6 p.m. at Zion Baptist Church, "Becoming A Foster Parent," presented by representatives from A New Leaf, Heidi Gatewood, administrator, and Donald Gatewood, director. Public invited. Families welcome. BREAKFAST: 9:30 a.m. to

Platte County Community Calendar
Guernsey Gazette - Project SAFE has a support group available. Please call the office at 322-4794 if you are interested. Laramie Peak Museum in Wheatland is closed for the Season and will reopen in Spring of 2006. SHARE Wyoming, a nonprofit organization, is

Datebook
Chillico Gazette - CHRISTIAN HOTLINE: Are you hurting? Call a trained empathic listener and prayer warrior at (877) 286-8314 or (877) 286-8318 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. FREE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Community Service Mobile

Mormon Genealogy: - A family, a nation in 200 years of letters (International Herald Tribune)

A family, a nation in 200 years of letters (International Herald Tribune)
Historians and librarians say the collection is probably as remarkable for its intellectual vigor as for its age and size.
A family, a nation in 200 years of letters - International Herald Tribune

A family, a nation in 200 years of letters International Herald Tribune, France - Feb 6, 2006 ... one family in depth, it's a gold mine," said David Ouimette, who manages the genealogy collection for the Family History Library, run by the Mormon Church in ...

21st-century 'Roots' digs into lives of people at the top
AccessAtlanta - For years, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. had "Roots" envy. "Roots," the 1976 novel-turned-miniseries, unspooled the fictionalized account of author Alex Haley's family history. Gates, a specialist in African-American studies, wanted to ...