"Forensic Genealogy" Used to Solve Murders

Read about it here.

Help wanted

The Alabama Archives needs volunteers to help transcribe its collection of 100,000 WWI service records.  Click here and scroll past the U.S.S. Cyclops article to read about the project.

Database of African-American Civil War Veterans

200,000 black men served in the Union Army during the Civil War. A project is underway  to assemble their names in a searchable database. Source: ResearchBuzz

Calculating Family Relationships

If my Dad has a cousin, and that cousin has a son, and that son has a daughter, how am I related to her? A quick way to find out is at WolframAlpha's history resources.   Look for "Genealogy" in the middle of the page. The results include a family tree showing the relationship, and other relationship properties  (The girl above would be my second cousin once removed).

Using Reddit for genealogy

Social news aggregator reddit.com provides a place for genealogists to share their big breakthroughs and get advice from other genealogists. If you don't know about reddit, see the Wikipedia entry here .
This is the link to their genealogy content :www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy

Civil War Records at Fold3

Fold3 is providing free access to its Civil War collection from now until April 15th.

Old photos of Ireland

Ancestry.com has added a collection of photos of Ireland to their UK Historical Photographs and Prints 1704-1989 set. There are 120+ photos from the late 1800's to the 1950's, including depictions of daily life as well as historic events such as the Lusitania sinking and the Easter Rebellion.
Ancestry is available (in the library only) in our e-resources. Hover on "research help" on the homepage and click on "e-resources for adults".