Genealogy Round Up, July 8
DNA Stories: A Tale of Two Sisters (VIDEO)
DNA Stories: A Tale of Two Sisters (VIDEO)
13 grants to purchase family treasures from pawn stores, do the detective work to track down descendants of the original owners, and return the item to that family.
Son Of WWII Soldier, Receives Father's Letters 69 Years Later and A Filthy History: When New Yorkers Lived Knee-Deep in Trash
Video illustrating a clever use of mtDNA testing to solve family history mystery. DNA Stories: Tale of Two Sisters. Happy 5th anniversary Unclaimed Persons!
This video will be of interest to folks who are into genetic genealogy. It features a clever use of mtDNA testing to get past a long-standing brick wall.
Down Under: The Case of the Cannon Tombstone (video) featuring George Morgan & Drew Smith
The Genealogy Guys are drawn to a tombstone with a cannon on it, and in the course of their sleuthing, we learn the unexpected story of Idlebrando Zacchini.
The chilling pictures of suitcases left in a New York insane asylum by patients who were locked away for the rest of their lives.
Grant for a local history project called "Voices of Elmwood." They will research people buried in Elmwood Cemetery and have actors reenact their lives during a hayride through the cemetery.
Unclaimed persons - it's a quiet but disturbing epidemic. People are going to their graves with no family to claim them. Medical examiners and coroners' offices are turning to an unexpected resource for help: genealogists.