- Why International?
- The IIGS™ Newsletter strives to be international in its focus. The call is out for article submissions from genealogists all over the globe.
- The Mystery of the Melungeons
- Virginia genealogist Nancy Sparks Morrison gives her views on a genealogical mystery which is the subject of debate. As with all articles in the IIGS™ Newsletter, other viewpoints are welcome and eligible for publication in future issues. *
- Seelenstandsverzeichnis Project
- American genealogist Edgar Dohmann and three German genealogists have not let the Atlantic Ocean deter them from embarking on a collaborative effort to transcribe Borgholz, Germany church records from the late 1600s.
- Giving Credit
- Genealogists are serious about documentation. They should be equally serious about understanding and abiding by copyright laws for their own protection and for the good of the genealogical community.
- In Search Of My Mennonite Roots In Canada
- Don Fehr takes you step by step through his search for his Mennonite roots. All researchers can benefit from Don's experience.
- IIGS™ Chat for Genealogy
- The days of struggling by yourself to track elusive ancestors disappeared with the advent of the Internet. Chat is an Internet tool which gives genealogists the opportunity to meet, exchange information and ideas, and even to cry on each other's shoulders.
- Help Wanted
- A classified section created for IIGS™ teams which need volunteers.
- And the winner is . . .
- No one. Either genealogists are not creative, and I find that hard to believe, or the IIGS™ Newsletter's logo contest was a bad idea, or maybe our timing was off. Whatever the reason, the IIGS™ Newsletter's logo contest is cancelled for lack of interest. Not one submission was received.
*After publication an error was discovered in this article. Somewhere, in one of the several steps an article travels from author to final publication, a typo occurred. While IIGS™ cannot change the article as it's posted, it was determined the error merited a correction on the index page. In the English translation of the article "The Mystery of the Melungeons," the figure 60 million is used in one of the paragraphs. It was the author's intent that the figure read 6 million. IIGS™ Newsletter regrets the error.