Genealogy boom as digitization links past to present
An array of initiatives expands access to family history. Ancestry.com partners with Chicago Trib to digitize 150 years of material including 15 million clippings and full front pages 1849 to present. Other groups offer CDs books classes and online shows while tragic events spark renewed interest in local archives.
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Swisher Wins First in 1999 Excellence in Writing Contest
Linda Herrick Swisher a genealogy columnist and Dimen sions staff assistant for The Star lifestyle section was named a first place winner in the 1999 Excellence in Writing Contest by the Council of Genealogy Columnists. Her column Its All Relative won first in general columns. She serves as secretary and publicity chair for the Indiana Genealogical Society and maintains the South Suburban Genealogical and Histori National publicity chair for the 1999 Federation of Genealogical-Sociel Conference in St Louis where she will lecture on The ABCs of Publicity. She has been active in genealogy since 1980 and was elected first vice president membership of the Council of Genealogy Columnists. Officers will be installed and awards oriented at Wednesdays ceremony.
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