This article originally appeared here at A light that shines again on December 27, 2007. I've reposted it here in honor of Geography Awareness Week. Want to do genealogy in Ireland? First you need to brush up on your Irish geography - and I don't...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is at the heart of America's history, not to mention my personal family history and that of many other Americans. It is unreal to think that its state library may be in danger of closing, but that is the concern in...