Controlled Unclassified Information Office

In a press release from the National Archives Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States announces the formation of the (CUIO) or “Controlled Unclassified Information Office”. Mr. Weinstein also announced that the recently created office will be headed by director of the Information Security Oversight Office, William J. Bosanko.  The creation of this office is in response to a memorandum issued by President Bush on May 9, 2008 to the Heads of Departments and Agencies on the Designation and Sharing Continue reading “Controlled Unclassified Information Office” »

How to Research Your Family Name

By Dakota Caudilla

You’ll be surprised with the kind of information you’ll unearth when you do a research on your own family name. People you’ve never known existed, long-lost relatives, and friends who share the same lineage as you! This is what researching your own surname can do for you. If you’re not ready for some surprise findings, you’re better off leaving all this researching to others in your family.

 

Researching your own surname can be done through different methods. For one thing, the most popular among all the other methods of researching your own family surname is through the Internet. The wide availability, freedom of use and flexibility of the internet makes it the most popular genealogical research tool known to humankind today!

Try websites like http://www.genealogy.com and you’ll see what we mean. By typing in your surname or your ancestor’s first and last name, you’ll come up with a whole list of possible family members that you can easily fill up your family tree. These tools are generally easy to use and some websites even have communication tools whereby you can contact the possible relative directly too. These websites contain hundreds of millions of family names in their database to help people find long-lost family members.

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