I usually hear from my distant cousin in Italy at Christmastime. The day after the election, though, an e-mail popped up. ...more

November 16, 2008

The long and divisive war in Iraq is about to resonate with presidential candidates in a way not seen so far in the campaign: The sons of both vice presidential nominees are assigned to go there soon. ...more

September 6, 2008

Susan Sumner shook hands with a distant cousin for the first time Saturday as about 75 descendants of some of Dade City's founding families did the same around her. ...more

May 19, 2008

Three of Dade City's oldest families got together for a family reunion Saturday. ...more

May 18, 2008

The race began about 11:30 p.m. Monday with two women in labor at Tampa General Hospital. ...more

January 2, 2008

A midwife delivered the first baby of 2008 at Tampa General Hospital. Six-pound-10-ounce Micheal David Pierce, born at 12:01 a.m, to Daniel Micheal Pierce, Jr. and Miranda Cyrus, second cousin of Billy Ray Cyrus. ...more

January 1, 2008

"The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA," by Edward Ball (Simon & Schuster, $25) ...more

December 30, 2007

I confess to diving gleefully into the computer age, embracing the Internet with zeal. 'Google' is one of my favorite words. But, as a genealogist, I'm not yet sold on 'wiki.' ...more

October 28, 2007

William Shakespeare once posed the question, 'What's in a name?' Obviously, old Billy wasn't a genealogist. Nothing is more important than the name of the next ancestor we're pursuing. ...more

October 7, 2007