EOGN's Announcements

Museum of Junior Achievement History

A Worldwide (TM), which became the new name for Junior Achievement in 2004, established a museum and archives to collect and preserve its corporate genealogy and history. The JA Pioneers Archives Committee, established in 2002, created the Museum of Junior Achievement History to develop a permanent archives collection at Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis and to continue the written history of the organization. The organization also has a photo and artifact collection on display at its headquarters in Colorado Springs.

Junior Achievement has been around since 1919, but much of its history was maintained on the local level. Local and regional offices opened, closed, and merged along the way, such that some historical items and information may be hiding away in a box in someone's attic.

The JA Pioneers Museum & Archives would like to hear from individuals who have photos, student-created items, documents (especially student company annual reports), yearbooks, jewelry, jackets/hats/ties, or any other material that relates to the organization's history on a local, regional, or national level.

The telephone number for JA is 1-800-843-6395. The office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain

Definitive 21st Century African American Reference Marks the Start of a New Era in African American Studies

NEW YORK, May 17 -- Oxford University Press today unveiled the Oxford African American Studies Center (http://www.oxfordaasc.com), a milestone in African American studies and online publishing. Fully documenting the African American experience, it incorporates over thirty volumes of the finest reference sets from Oxford into a single online resource. The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars, and librarians instant, cross-referenced access to the most comprehensive reference works in the field of African American studies.

Write Once Archiving Software

The following is an announcement from Software Architects, Inc.:

Software Architects, Inc., the leading developer of UDF file system technology for computers and consumer electronics products, announced its release of Archivist Pro for MS Windows. Archivist Pro v1.1 enables users to create a permanent record archive system using a standard hard disk drive, Iomega Rev drive, DVD multi drive using DVD-RAM media, or MO drives using either rewritable or write once media.

Clooz 2

The following is an announcement from Ancestor Detective, LLC:

The all-new Clooz 2.0 has been released! Clooz 2.0, the electronic filing cabinet for genealogical records, has been completely rewritten and now includes more than 100 templates for specific genealogy records, plus the ability to use generic templates for those records without a specific template. Clooz is not a genealogy program, it's a utility that can be used in conjunction with your genealogy program to keep track of all the papers and electronic documents that you collect during the research process. In fact, this version of Clooz can work directly with Legacy Family Tree 6.0, directly saving people and sources added to Clooz. But users don't need to use Clooz with Legacy--it works on its own as well.

East Tennessee Historical Society Highlights Anderson County Coal Mining History

In 1891, local Anderson County miners, angry over being displaced by the use of state convict labor, attacked a mining camp in Briceville, captured many of the convicts, marched them to Briceville and then shipped them by rail to Knoxville. The state militia was sent in to bring order and was stationed there for about a year. The convict lease system was finally overturned, but a decade later more than 200 miners, many of them Welsh, were killed in an explosion at the Fraterville Mine. Many of the trapped miners wrote poignant letters to their families before their suffocating deaths.

Fun Stuff for Genealogists, Inc.

The following is an announcement from Fun Stuff for Genealogists, Inc.:

FunStuffForGenealogists.com would like to remind you that with spring here, they have tombstone rubbing waxes to help record that tombstone data you find in your travels. Instead of using paper to transfer the data buy Pellon. Pellon is sold in all fabric stores by the yard and is better known as interfacing. Unlike paper, Pellon can be rolled or folded or crushed and remains perfect! It comes in various thicknesses and shades and is very inexpensive.

Duplicate full-color CDs for just $1.00 each

The following is an announcement from Wholly Genes Software:

For several years, Wholly Genes Software, the maker of The Master Genealogist (TMG) and other power tools for family historians, has provided extremely low-cost CD and DVD duplication services to other vendors in the genealogy community. In response to popular request, we're now making the service available to researchers who have short-run duplication needs, such as when planning to distribute CDs at a family reunion.

Sephardic Programs: 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

More than 250 sessions in 23 subject categories and many meetings of geographic and topical special interest groups, including the Sephardic SIG, will take place at The 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, jgsny2006.org, August 13-18, at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel, hosted by the Jewish Genealogical Society (New York) Inc.

RLG to combine with OCLC

Combined programs and services to advance offerings and drive efficiencies for libraries, archives, museums and other research organizations worldwide.

New RLG-Programs division to become part of OCLC Programs and Research.

FGS/NEHGS Conference Registration Online

Federation of Genealogical Societies New Online Conference Registration Now Available

FGS is proud to announce online registration "Birthplace of American Genealogy", the 2006 FGS/NEHGS Conference to be held August 30-September 2, 2006 in Boston.