Genealogy Roundup, February 19
In this week's Roundup: Joe Biden's roots, Michelle Obama's roots, and a colorized photo of Osturna, Slovakia from 1935
In this week's Roundup: Joe Biden's roots, Michelle Obama's roots, and a colorized photo of Osturna, Slovakia from 1935
The second of two grants in Q4 of 2019 was awarded to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. Funds will assist with an oral history initiative the Center is kicking off this year.
In this week's Roundup: Two thought-provoking genetic genealogy tales and two soldiers accounted for from past conflicts
In this week's Roundup: A morphing surname, detours in Scotland, a great-grandmother who crossed the Atlantic three times throughout her immigration journey, and other tales from the roots of Melissa McCarthy.
In this week's Roundup: Two soldiers returning home from WWII and the Korean War and a new genealogy TV show, featuring "regular" folks, to premiere next month.
In this week's Roundup: The Irish in Barbados, census humor, and researcher beware
In this week's roundup: Share the joy of a woman whose stolen purse, containing the only photo she had of her father along with other memorabilia, was returned 60 years later.
In this week's Roundup: Twins separated as toddlers meet each other seventeen years later.
In this week's Roundup: FindaGrave, a soldier from the Korean War accounted for, Sweden's 'Book Boat,' and more.
In this week's Roundup: how DNA helped one man identify his grandfather and solve a crime, two orphan heirloom stories, Oprah's keynote at the Statue of Liberty Museum opening, and more.