Genealogy Roundup, July 13
In this week's Roundup: TFW you see your research pop up randomly and Who Do You Think You Are is back on air.
In this week's Roundup: TFW you see your research pop up randomly and Who Do You Think You Are is back on air.
In this week's Roundup: A remarkable man who made it his life's mission to "search for, collect, preserve, and teach the history of Black people," "Who Do You Think You Are?" returns to the screen, and more.
In this week's Roundup: DNA identifies soldiers but also reveals mix-ups that resulted in some service members being buried in the wrong grave, insight into early Florida history, how a Black family's Bible ended up in the Smithsonian Institution and so much more.
In this week's Roundup: 19-year-old airman lost in WWII is accounted for by the DPAA, a new ancestry archive, OutHorse your email (really! 😊), and lots more.
In this week's Roundup: The 1950 census gives a snapshot of a segregated neighborhood, ancestry twists and turns, a great application of artificial intelligence, and more.
In this week's Roundup: An excellent video about the Holodomor in the Ukraine in the 1930s, an 8-year-old who crossed the Atlantic alone, the wallpaper which one woman said serves as this reminder for her, "We had survived the unsurvivable time and time again; cultivating hope wasn’t frivolous, it was essential," a living heirloom story, and more.
In this week's Roundup: John Lewis's remarkable family, children switched at birth, the old-fashioned art of letterlocking, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: Two genetic genealogy reunion tales, an interview with the living son of a slave, a fun chat about genealogy, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A soldier lost in WWII accounted for, a worthy project to contribute time and talent to, preserving 125 years of Black history in Baltimore, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: The Panthéonisation of Josephine Baker, news from Reclaim the Records, and more.