News Bytes Newsletter Archive
2010 Issues
December – Santa's Village; Andrew Drumm: a Local Legacy (PDF, 450K)
November – Our Lives in Captions; Reading Early Handwriting (PDF, 244K)
October – Orphan Train Riders; Is Your House Haunted?; MGC Special Events (PDF, 220K)
September – The Home Children; New MGC Website; Let Your Skeletons Dance (PDF, 228K)
August – Wish I Would Have Known That Before I Left on My Genealogy Trip; City Directories, Census Indexes, Passenger Lists (PDF, 275K)
July – The Liberty Tribune; Ready Reference (PDF, 214K)
June – A Family Story for Father's Day; Vital Historical Records of Jackson County Missouri 1826-1876; Footnote.com; Appointments with a Genealogy Expert (PDF, 253K)
May – Book Review: Only a Few Bones; Family Genealogies (PDF, 300K)
April – "Let's Start at the Very Beginning"; The Freedman's Bureau Preservation Project, Part II (PDF, 199K)
March – Irish Edition; The Irish Parlor; Sidewalks of New York (PDF, 324K)
February – Freedmen's Bureau Preservation Project; They're Coming to America: Immigration Records (PDF, 278K)
January – First Ladies: McKinley and Roosevelt; A New Year, A New Periodical (PDF, 234K)
2009 Issues
December – Family Traditions; Laura: A Book Review (PDF, 500K)
November – Funerary Practices and Cemetery Markers, Part 2; Family Traditions (PDF, 350K)
October – First Ladies: Cleveland and Harrison; Funerary Practices and Cemetery Markers (PDF, 380K)
September – First Ladies: Garfield and Arthur; New MCPL History Databases (PDF, 441K)
August – First Ladies: Grant and Hayes; The Policeman, Part 2 (PDF, 336K)
July – First Ladies: Lincoln and Johnson; The Policeman, Part 1 (PDF, 312K)
June – First Ladies: Pierce and Buchanan (Johnston); A Second Look (PDF, 315K)
May – First Ladies: Taylor and Filmore; Midwest Genealogy Center and Technology (PDF, 361K)
April – First Ladies: Harrison, Tyler, and Polk; North Carolina Ancestors (PDF, 309K)
March – First Ladies: Jackson and Van Buren; Early Bird Lock In (PDF, 316K)
February – First Ladies: Monroe and Adams; African American Genealogy (PDF, 337K)
January – First Ladies: Jefferson and Madison; Using Bibliographies in Genealogical Research (PDF, 275K)
2008 Issues
December – First Ladies: Washington and Adams; Compiling My Family, The Sampsons (PDF, 254K)
June-November – News Bytes was on hiatus for the move to our new location.
May – Reminiscing; Moving Day Reminder; Newspaper Research (PDF, 207K)
April – Historic Fort Osage; Moving Day; Organizing Genealogy Papers (PDF, 206K)
March – Spinning Wheel List; 1911 Irish Census; Periodically Speaking (PDF, 209K)
February – It's Tax Time!; Cemetery Symbols; Changes in Newspaper Microfilm (PDF, 283K)
January – Covered Wagon Women; Writer's Blocks; Finding Women's Name (PDF, 233K)
2007 Issues
December – The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy; New Year's Resolution; NetLibrary (PDF, 185K)
November – A Military Presence; V-Mail (PDF, 284K)
October – Finding "Lost" Cities; You Wouldn't Want to... (PDF, 125K)
September – Orphan Trains; A Family Heirloom Primer (PDF, 183K)
July/August – A Visit to Yorktown; Using a Digital Camera, Part 3 (PDF, 175K)
June – Conferences at Home; Using a Digital Camera, Part 2 (PDF, 185K)
May – War of the Rebellion Official Records; Using a Digital Camera (PDF, 231K)
April – Fraternal & Benevolent Societies; Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese (PDF, 69K)
March – Meet Me in St. Louie!; Searching for Great-Grandfather - Part 2 (PDF, 85K)
February – By George! It's President's Day!; Searching for Great-Grandfather (PDF, 125K)
January – Guides to Research; Genealogy Webpage Reviewed; New Building News (PDF, 125K)
2006 Issues
December – King, Nobleman, Knight, Commoner; Writing the Great American Genealogy (PDF, 117K)
November – Genealogy Travelers; V.G. Johnson (PDF, 114K)
October – Obituaries & Death Records; NARA Descriptive Pamphlets (PDF, 105K)
September – O, Canada; Genealogy Conference (PDF, 75K)
August – "Mug Books"; Family Histories (PDF, 96K)
July – Union Provost Marshal's Files; Online Database Research (PDF, 86K)
June – Conservation & Preservation; Family History Archive; African-American Research (PDF, 79K)
May – Genealogical Proof Standard; Antebellum Records; Periodicals to the Rescue (PDF, 89K)
April – WorldCat; Genealogy Detectives (PDF, 194K)
March – It's a Long Way to Tipperary; Family History Library - Part 2 (PDF, 368K)
February – The Trail of Tears; Family History Library (PDF, 66K)
January – Bibliographic Indexes; Teach Your Computer (PDF, 64K)
2005 Issues
December – Lyman C. Draper, Historian; Telling Tales (PDF, 47K)
November – Amnesty Papers - Civil War; Records of Vital Information (PDF, 47K)
October – Territorial Papers of the U.S.; Internet Research (PDF, 224K)
September – Passenger Lists & Immigration - Part 4; Census Research (PDF, 48K)
August – Passenger Lists & Immigration - Part 3; Standards for Genealogical Research (PDF, 67K)
July – Passenger Lists & Immigration - Part 2; Periodical Indexes (PDF, 52K)
June – Passenger Lists & Immigration (PDF, 683K)
May – "Indian" Pioneer Papers; Getting Started in Genealogy (PDF, 56K)
April – City Directories: A Snapshot of Life (PDF, 271K)
March – TeenGenes: The Younger Set (PDF, 49K)
February – African American Sources (PDF, 126K)
January – Searching for Ancestral Women (PDF, 263K)
