Genealogy Roundup, December 30
In our Roundup this week, we take a look at a family business that's been open for commerce for 500 years and through 26 generations!
In our Roundup this week, we take a look at a family business that's been open for commerce for 500 years and through 26 generations!
This week, we have baby names, coroner's case files, 'Ellis Island' from The Coors, a shark tombstone, genealogical serendipity, and much, much more!
This week in Genealogy Roundup: passports, antique mourning jewelry, a memorial for unclaimed persons, a glimmer in the U.S. Arunachal search, and much more . . .
In this week's Roundup, new analysis from AncestryDNA reveals that the average Canadian may have over 15,000 living cousins. In other news, Molly Ringwald will appear in a future episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
This week's Roundup gives us the news that Liverpool is to become home to an Ellis Island-style UK Museum of Migration. Elsewhere, inmates are developing basic skills by connecting the past with the present through indexing.
In a Veteran's Day tribute, I've curated several articles about genealogical research I've done on U.S. servicemen over the years. It doesn't follow the overall theme, but I hope you'll also enjoy an article about a postal "piggybank" from the 17th century.
Legacy Family Tree's new Genealogy Education website, Silicon Valley's dirty little secret (a paper Moleskine notebook obsession--this is a fun one!), and more . . .
Best-Selling Author Lisa See offers valuable Chinese-American genealogy resource, the physicist building a time machine, Bradley Cooper's family history of cooking, and much more . . .
A reunion between Korean families separated for more than 60 years, more on Bruce Springsteen's roots, PBS' 'Finding Your Roots' Returns, a profile of an unclaimed person, and much more!
This week gives us two touching reunion stories, fascinating news about the Estonian Biobank Project, an example of a fun family tradition, and more . . .