Genealogy Round Up, October 21

Cool! "Retirees" buying indie bookstores! This is the kind of trend I like to see. As indie bookstores hang in, owning one becomes the new fantasy career.

Hey, if you're near Pensacola, FL on Nov 9th, come join us for a day of genealogy! This is my last time speaking for quite a while! To register, visit this link and click on Nov 9 entry. Hope to see you there! And please let your FL/AL/LA/GA/MS friends know, too!

Well, I can't afford to buy a castle to celebrate my Irish ancestry, but at least I have friends with one (Turin Castle Mayo! Rich Americans Snap Up Irish Castles for Love and Discounts NYTimes.com.

Wow, FamilySearch is partnering with everyone these days. MyHeritage and now . . . DC Thomson Family History (formerly Brightsolid) & FamilySearch.org to make billions of records available.

Who knew? Russia has (or at least, had) its own version of "Who Do You Think You Are?" featuring Russian celebs.

Gets a little more convincing toward the end.