Genealogy Roundup, May 19
In this week's Roundup: News for Black people with Sierra Leone roots, Paul McCartney's magic piano, Stephen Colbert's roots, and much more!
Genealogy Roundup, May 12
In this week's Roundup: Tips for using tech to capture your family history, census news, remembering a gut-wrenching genealogical discovery, and more.
Finding Barry Manilow’s Mysterious Grandfather
As an Irish American fanilow, I wanted to know which town or city could lay claim to him (shout-out to Limerick!), but that's not where the real story was...
Genealogy Roundup, August 5
In this week's Roundup: An orphan heirloom rescuer, a woman is reunited with her sister after more than 50 years, the story of Representative Val Demings' great-great-grandmother, and much more.
Genealogy Roundup, March 4
In this week's Roundup: Solving a long-held family history mystery, WDYTYA flashback, and more.
Another Accomplished American of (Close) Rusyn Heritage!
We of Carpatho-Rusyn stock get to claim Cathy Guisewite and her mother, Anne – as well as the cartoon character Cathy – as fellow Rusyns!
Genealogy Roundup, December 4
In this week's Roundup: A soldier who gave his all in the Korean War accounted for, important news about a proposed fee increase by the USCIS, a charming family tradition, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, October 9
In this week's Roundup: Genealogy aboard the Queen Mary 2, two soldiers accounted for from the Korean War, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, September 4
In this week's Roundup: The Irish in Barbados, census humor, and researcher beware
Genealogy Roundup, March 20
Did you know that besides genealogists like me, the DPAA team includes historians, analysts, investigators, combat medics, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, life support equipment specialists, forensic photographers, linguists, trained mountaineers, dive teams, forensic anthropologists and archaeologists, and more? Click through to see some of them in action!