Genealogy Round Up, January 27
The Best Genealogy Websites for Finding Your Irish Roots. Look what I found in the branches of Jimmy Fallon's Family Tree - Irish America.
Smolenyak Classic: Finding Knute Rockne in the Ellis Island Database
The manifest that included Knute Rockne had been difficult to find. I decided to have a go at finding the record myself, and I discovered that he was indeed remarkably well-hidden in the database.
Genealogy Round Up, March 7
The first part of the Annie Moore movie, "From Cork to New York". A chance to help make history! "Revolutionary Voices": A Last Muster Film.
Seton Shields Genealogical Grant Awarded to Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
I hold a special place in my heart for Ellis Island, so when it was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy, it seemed a fitting time to make a donation to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
Genealogy Round Up, January 24
Digging Up the Roots of Family Lore, Families still awaiting closure as military dissects 1952 Alaska glacier crash and Martin Luther King Day
Genealogy Round Up, January 3
150th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Monitor, Annie Moore of Ellis Island and Haddonfield genealogist helped Army identify remains of airman killed in 1946
American Tapestry by Rachel Swarns
American Tapestry by Rachel Swarns
Michelle Obama’s Ancestors: The First Lady’s Multicultural, Great Migration Past
Several years ago, I conducted extensive genealogical research into the [...]
Michelle Obama’s Ancestors: Purnell Shields
This is the seventh in a series about the ancestry [...]
Michelle Obama’s Ancestors: Rebecca Jumper (aka Coleman)
This is the sixth in a series about the ancestry [...]