A key element of being a genealogist and collecting family history is interviewing living relatives, family acquaintances and others. ...more

September 30, 2007

EAST MANATEE — A 32-year-old man driving on State Road 64 East on Monday night was shot at after two vehicles pulled up near his car, authorities said. The driver, Gene Spearmon, told deputies he was driving his cousin's black Lincoln Town Car home from his mother's house. ...more

September 25, 2007

he took almost a century of firsthand family knowledge to his grave. ...more

September 23, 2007

She has been a U.S. citizen only a couple of weeks, but Martini Barksdale can recite obscure facts about American history and rattle off more details about current political events than most lifelong residents of the country. ...more

September 20, 2007

How many hats can one woman wear? When is it too many? ...more

September 2, 2007