Bennett Greenspan, president and CEO of Family Tree DNA of Houston, will lecture on the use of DNA to track genealogy at 2 p.m. April 28 at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, 1440 Spring St., Atlanta.
Greenspan will discuss using DNA to settle family disputes, connect to long-lost relatives and learn more about where your ancestral roots are. In 1999, he founded Family Tree DNA, a company dedicated to using genetics for personal ancestry research. Having heard him before — as well as participated in DNA testing to solve my own genealogical puzzles — I can say he is well worth hearing.
The event is co-sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society. Cost is $12 adults, $8 seniors, and $6 students. Free parking. To RSVP, go to www.atbreman33.eventbrite.com or www.thebreman.org. Family Tree DNA’s website is www.familytreedna.com. For more DNA discussions, see www.isogg.org, the website of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy, a nonprofit educational organization. Terry Barton (terry@worldfamilies.net) is Atlanta area coordinator for ISOGG.
Cherokee County obituaries
John Carver has published “Annotated Obituaries From the North Georgia Tribune, Canton, Georgia; 1934-1950,” in which he abstracts important information from this Cherokee County newspaper.
Because of high printing costs, he printed only 10 copies to be placed at the Georgia Archives and a few other libraries. No copies are for sale. It features a full-name index.
This is a very important work. Carver’s other books include “Annotated Obituaries From the Cherokee Advance, Canton, Georgia, 1880-1938” (2003). His address is P.O. Box 1377, Jasper, GA 30143.
Gale Genealogy Connect
The Cobb County Library System has added the Gale Genealogy Connect database to its website. It is available online to patrons with a Cobb County library card. If you are not a Cobb resident, you can purchase a card.
To find the database, go to www.cobbcat.org, then Collections, then Georgia Room, then Genealogy Resources. The Georgia Room in Marietta can help you navigate the process; check with them at 770-528-2333.
The database contains more than 500 digitized genealogy books found at libraries across the country. According to www.gale.com/genealogy, these books were digitized from publications and reprints of the Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore, one of the most prolific sources of published genealogical material. The resources include “how to” genealogy works as well as reference books by well-known genealogy authors.
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