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I've made it onto the small screen—of your computer, that is. At last month's Federation of Genealogical Societies conference, Roots Television captured my chat with the ebullient Chris Haley (this actor and Maryland state archivist caught the genealogy bug from his uncle, Roots author Alex Haley).

Catch the 5-minute interview, as well as other videos, on the just-turned-one-year-old Roots Television (go to http://rootstelevision.com/
players/player_conferences.php?bctid=1199137334 and click the box that says Family Tree Magazine).

In this newsletter, we'll quiz Family Tree Magazine readers on the November 2007 issue, tell you about some new online research resources, share Forum users' "genealogy moments" and more. Thanks for reading!

—Diane Haddad, Newsletter Editor
ftmnews-editor@fwpubs.com

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• Take Our November Issue Quiz!
• Three New Genealogy Social Networking Sites
• Search the Proceedings of London's Old Bailey Courthouse Online
• From the Forum: "Genealogy Moments" and a Mystery Soldier
• Tip of the Week: Don't Forget Estate Records
• Worthwhile Web Sites
• Photo Detective: What A Photo Can Tell You About Your Ancestor
• FamilyTreeMagazine.com Events Calendar
• Advertiser Special Offers

Take our November 2007 Issue Quiz—You Could Win
Our International Resources CD!
Attention, Family Tree Magazine readers: Show us your genealogy skills! Grab your November 2007 Family Tree Magazine and click here to answer five questions from the articles in that issue.

If you're one of the first three people to submit the correct answers, you'll win a CD of genealogy books, organizations and hotlinked Web sites from countries around the globe.

To take the quiz, go to http://www.familytreemagazine.com/newsletter/issuequiz1107.asp

Three New Genealogy Social Networking Sites
FamilyInHistory, TreeX and FamilyRelatives' new section are the latest entrants into the genealogy social networking arena. We give you an overview on the Genealogy Insider blog.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/More+New+Genealogy+
Social+Networking+Sites.aspx

Search the Proceedings of London's Old Bailey Courthouse Online
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 is a searchable version of the accounts of more than 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court. It works like a genealogist's dream, and more years are on the way. Read our report on what's there and how to search it.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/More+
New+Genealogy+Social+Networking+Sites.aspx

Excuse Me While I Have a Genealogy Moment
Folks on the forum share their stories about being trapped by escaped microfilm and making eerily fortuitous finds.
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?
tid=279&posts=10&start=1

Mystery Soldier
Cender has posted an old image of a man in a military uniform. See if you can chime in on the era it was taken.
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forum/forums/
thread-view.asp?tid=489&posts=1&start=1

Don't Forget Estate Records
This tip comes from Forum member Happy Dae, who assures you you're not necessarily out of luck if your ancestor didn't leave a will:

When looking for wills of individuals, don't forget the estate records. My ancestor didn't leave a will. Cemetery records didn't exist, and his gravestone had been destroyed. Thus, I had no date of death. However, in his estate records I found a bill for medical care giving dates of treatment, which indicated the approximate date of death. This estate record was dated 1846.

Overwhelmed by all the family history-related Web sites popping up? FamilyTreeMagazine.com sorts through them to bring you the best. We recently recommended these Sites of the Week:

• Family History Kids
  http://www.familyhistorykids.com
  Encourage your child to be a Family History Kid with Maureen A. Taylor's advice for genealogy-related kids' activities and recommended resources for parents and grandparents.
  

• Surname Suggestion List
  http://home.triad.rr.com/combsfamily/sslmain.html
  This free download is a program that suggests alternative spellings of surnames you're researching—then you can search the Web for genealogy sites with those names.

What A Photo Can Tell You About Your Ancestor
You might be surprised at how much you can learn from a photograph of your ancetor. See photo historian Maureen A. Taylor's list, and add your own ideas.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
photodetectiveblog/What+A+
Photo+Can+Tell+You+About+
Your+Ancestor.aspx.

If you have a family photo mystery for Taylor to solve, check out our Submission Guidelines at
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/photos/photohelp.htm.

Find upcoming genealogy and living history seminars—and publicize your group's events—in our online calendar. You must be registered with the FamilyTreeMagazine.com Forum to post.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forum/calendar/calendar-list.asp

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November 2007 Issue

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