Brooke Shield’s family was featured on Who Do You Think You Are tonight. It was exciting to see the excitement on their faces as they discover their ancestry. I found her ancestry interesting as it had a line that was not as well off that married into a well-to-do family with royal heritage.

Westmoreland County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. It was founded on February 26, 1773, and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania, west of the Allegheny Mountains. Here are some links to help you if your ancestors are from this beautiful area of the United States.

The second season of Who Do You Think You Are (WDYTYA) aired tonight starring Vanessa Williams. It kept me interested and feeling quite emotional as Vanessa learned of her family’s heritage.

Who Do You Think You Are, the show sharing family histories to famous people, was a huge hit last year. February 4, 2011, the first show will feature Vanessa Williams. Also revealed this season include Steve Buscemi, Kim Cattrall, Ashley Judd, Tim McGraw, Rosie O’Donnell and Lionel Richie.

”Villainy and Maddness”, Washington’s Flying Camp is an exciting riveting new book written by Richard Lee Baker about a group formed during the American Revolution. I really enjoyed learning about this and wanted to share it with you.

Genealogists that are researching in the Washington County, Tennessee area have a great new resource to use. The following book is now available: Washington County, Tennessee – Deeds, 1797-1817, Volume 2 written by Loraine Bennett Rae.

There are so many incredible resources now available on the web, from cemetery lists to census reports and much more. These were all made available by volunteers - regular people just like you!

Carolyn Schott wrote the book Visiting Your Ancestral Town. These series are “created especially for the action-oriented person who wants to try something new and wants to find out about it now.” It is a wonderfully written book designed to help someone as they make plans to travel.

Virginia Genealogy Links to help in your research

This article teaches you how to use your computer to Burn new DVDs from VHS.