Genealogy Roundup, September 6
In this week's Roundup: Check out the New Jersey quarter featuring Ellis Island and peek in at the solar eclipse viewing party at the National Archives.
Genealogy Roundup, August 30
In this week's Roundup: After decades apart, siblings and war veterans are buried together with military honors; family histories rewritten with a DNA test; the 2017 Family Heritage Award Honorees, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, August 23
In this week's Roundup: A video about the search for a Tuskegee Airman whose plane went down on the way back to base after a reconnaissance mission in December 1944, what it's like to be a genealogist, missing soldier and airman from WWII returning home, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, August 16
In this week's Roundup: Reminders of steamships in New York City, once one of the world's busiest ports; a colonel's WWII-era Army uniform is returned to his granddaughter, who "for the past 3 ½ years has researched and documented the life of her late grandfather, publishing his wartime diaries and giving speeches about his heroism"; and more . . .
Genealogy Roundup, August 9
In this week's Roundup: Explore the resurgence of interest in genealogy in China – “Genealogy is like an encyclopedia of Chinese families,” says one enthusiast; check out plans for a future exhibit at Ellis Island, and much more!
Genealogy Roundup, August 2
In this week's Roundup: A DNA test opened up a mystery and eventually led to the discovery of a century-old baby swap in a NY hospital, how one man set out to immortalize his father, and more . . .
Genealogy Roundup, July 19
In this week's Roundup: The official lyrics video of Miracles (Someone Special) by Coldplay & Big Sean. I love this! I'm very grateful to my great-grandparents who were brave enough to leave everything familiar and come to the USA.
Genealogy Roundup, July 12
In this week's Roundup: Goat yoga in cemeteries, two soldiers accounted for and returning home, gardening the graves of strangers in a historic cemetery, and more . . .
Genealogy Roundup, June 28
In this week's Roundup: a history of Rusyns, a great grandkids photo idea, the possible genetic predisposition toward wanderlust, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, June 21
In this week's Roundup: A family tree that's both a work of art and of love, an orphan heirloom story, time capsule rooms to explore, and more.