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GENEALOGY News:
20080602
 Dick
Cheney -  Humor?-(
-  Family
-  Lineage
-  History
-  Book
-  West
Virginia - "Dick
Cheney's Incest Joke Irks West Virginian Lawmakers."
... "[Republican Vice President Dick] Cheney explained that during the
course of researching his family lineage for Lynne's memoir "Blue Skies,
No Fences" last year, he learned there were Cheneys on both his father's
and his mother's side of the family. There was a Richard Cheney on his
mother's side, the vice president said." ... ""So I had Cheneys on both
sides of the family and we don't even live in West Virginia," Cheney quipped."
... "[West Virginia Democratic Representative Robert Byrd later responded:]
"That a man who has ascended to the seat of vice president of the United
States would openly display such contempt and astounding ignorance toward
his own countrymen is an insult to all Americans. Now that he or the administration
he represents no longer needs their vote, Mr. Cheney apparently feels that
he is now free to mock and belittle the people of West Virginia."" -By
Mary Ann Akers -WashingtonPost
 WATCH
Republican Cheney make West Virginia incest joke.
20020105
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- www.PRO.gov.uk
: the "Public Record Office: The National Archives." is providing
census records for the year 1901 for England and Wales. Because of
overwhelming demand the site is presently down.
20020103
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- "Historic
census Web site crashes: A Web site offering
a glimpse of life in the UK 100 years ago crashed after more than one million
people tried to log on within hours of its launch."
-CNN
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EllisIslandRecords.org
database for U.S. immigrant genealogical research opens. HavenWorks
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Because genealogical research is an essential
part of Mormon's religious beliefs, they (the Church of Latter Day Saints
[LDS]) have made extensive efforts
to make genealogical records available to the public.
They have contributed substantial resources
to compile both familysearch.org
and ellisislandrecords.org
and have made commitments to sustain continued research.
Don't be surprised if you have a difficult time
accessing the site in its early days, even at 3 a.m. the morning after
it was announced they were inundated with people trying to get into the
site.
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"Ellis
Island Goes Online With Immigration Lists."
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"New
Database on Ellis Island."
-AP via Findlaw
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Latter Day Saint resources:
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