Genealogy Roundup, November 23
This week, check out some stunning drawings by a soldier who sketched his way through WWII and shared that, "For me, drawing is sort of synonymous with thinking.”
Genealogy Roundup, November 16
In this week's Roundup: See how librarians came to the rescue of books and records damaged in a fire started by a 19 year-old Naval Reservist who feared being sent to war in Korea and thought that “a little fire” would gain him probationary status, check out how the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is commemorating the upcoming 100th anniversary of the United States entry into World War I, discover a unique museum in Venice, and more . . .
Genealogy Roundup, August 31
In this week's Roundup: dream over Russian window art (stunning!), read the stories of some Missouri adoptees who were able to learn their biological parents' identities thanks to passage of a recent law, check out the world's tallest cemetery, and much more.
Genealogy Roundup, August 24
In this week's Roundup, get your funny bone tickled with an Ellis Island cartoon, explore a tattoo shop formerly frequented by medieval pilgrims (and still in the same business!), check out two family sagas you might enjoy reading, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, July 27
This week's Roundup brings us pictures from a unique and memorable honeymoon, a matching grant challenge to preserve WWI memorials, and an interview with Australian comedian, Nick Cody.
Genealogy Roundup, May 11
After his identity was confirmed through DNA analysis, a WWII pilot's remains were returned home to be laid to rest with full military honors.
Genealogy Roundup, April 20
This week's Roundup brings us the story of a female reporter who went undercover in 1921 to expose the immigration process, the man who walked 2,000km to trace his grandfather's escape from a Russian gulag, the rescue of a treasure trove of family history, and much, much more!
Genealogy Roundup, March 23
This week, we meet Annie Moore's Irish cousins, a spy, and the man who develops found film, check out news on next generation DNA Sequencing, see classic "then and now" New York streetscapes, and so much more!
Genealogy Roundup, March 16
The Phono Museum, John Kasich: A Carpatho-Rusyn Pennsylvanian, a look at one of the very few women to receive the Kearny Cross for bravery during the U.S. Civil War, heritage travel, and lots more in this week's Genealogy Roundup!
Genealogy Roundup, March 2
DNA testing helps two sisters find each other again, the last wish of a Marine who fell in action during WWII is granted, an opportunity to help name four sheep ambassadors at Colonial Williamsburg and more.