Genealogy Roundup, July 19
In this week's Roundup: The impact of AI on genealogical research, researching enslaved people in newspapers, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: The impact of AI on genealogical research, researching enslaved people in newspapers, and much more.
What became of Arne Pettersen, the last man to depart from Ellis Island?
In this week's Roundup: DNA of a Pompeii victim sequenced, a rare genetic phenomenon, good news for researching genealogy of Catholic Americans, and more.
In this week's Roundup: The DPAA starts a multi-year "hellship" accounting project, honoring legacy in broken families, Fort Johnson named in honor of Sgt. Henry Johnson, unclaimed persons, and much more.
It was all but inevitable that I would take a genealogical dive to learn more about the family that has given us Ms. Waddingham, and it didn’t disappoint.
In this week's Roundup: Useful search tools for genealogical research, plus an update to the article about nameless English singing girls arriving in America in 1890
In this week's Roundup: Genetic genealogy and law enforcement, reuniting mementos with their families, a wild research ride, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Donation of Irish-Jewish family records, a shout-out for Unclaimed Persons, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Recipe epitaphs that are "a tip of the hat to life’s simple joys," girls who met while sailing to the U.S. meet again 75 years later, great new genie tools to play with, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Musical show about Annie Moore, Flat Stanley Does His Roots, research tools, and more.