“Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing” now available in audio format!
"Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing" now available in audio format!
Genealogy Round Up, January 6
Holocaust Survivor Meets Her Liberator Nearly 70 Years Later.
Genealogy Round Up, December 24
"Vanished" - Sharon and I researched four of the fellows mentioned for JPAC. Breast cancer - "How Genealogy Saved (or Significantly Changed) My Life".
December 2013 Seton Shields Genealogy Grant Awarded
Grant to purchase archival supplies for research on the event at Grand Central Station (NYC) resulting in the destruction of the Grand Central Depot.
Genealogy Round Up, November 25
Two People in Love Couldn't Be Together, But They Sent These Letters for 50 Years
Seton Shields Genealogical Grant Award
The grant will be used to have the 1953 Centennial edition of the Du Quoin Evening Call reprinted to celebrate the town's 100th anniversary.
Smolenyak Classic: Finding Knute Rockne in the Ellis Island Database
The manifest that included Knute Rockne had been difficult to find. I decided to have a go at finding the record myself, and I discovered that he was indeed remarkably well-hidden in the database.
Seton Shields Genealogical Grant Awarded to Girl Museum
Girl Museum is a completely virtual museum that focuses on research and exhibitions about girl culture from across time and space.
Genealogy Round Up, January 3
150th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Monitor, Annie Moore of Ellis Island and Haddonfield genealogist helped Army identify remains of airman killed in 1946
Seton Shields Genealogical Grant Awarded to JewishGen
This month's grant goes to JewishGen, a valuable resource I’ve used many times over the years, including countless databases and many other tools and resources.