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Genealogy Roundup, August 1

By |2018-08-01T10:52:13-04:00August 1st, 2018|Genealogy Roundup, History, Human Interest, Military|

In this week's Roundup: The variety of tools used to identify decades-old remains of soldiers unaccounted for, the remains of Tuskegee Airman Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson have been officially identified, books that had once belonged to Thomas Jefferson found in a dumpster and returned, and more.

Genealogy Roundup, January 10

By |2018-01-10T10:47:06-05:00January 10th, 2018|Books, DNA / Genetic Genealogy, Family History, Genealogy Roundup, Human Interest, Military|

In this week's Roundup: The smallest, oldest cemetery in Paris, upcoming genealogy reads, the remains of a recently identified missing soldier from WWII are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors, and much more . . .

Genealogy Roundup, May 24

By |2017-05-24T10:55:17-04:00May 24th, 2017|Books, Genealogy Roundup, History, Human Interest|

In this week's Roundup: A new book that tells the story of America’s involvement in World War I through letters by General John Pershing and others who fought or supported the war effort and five snippets of family history shared in the wake of the removal of Civil-War era monuments in New Orleans

Genealogy Roundup, February 15

By |2017-02-15T10:51:45-05:00February 15th, 2017|Books, Celebrities, Family History, Genealogy Roundup, Immigration|

In this week's Roundup: An amateur genealogist "who can trace his family tree to the founding of Manhattan and the New York Stock Exchange" shares an important insight about what genealogy is (and isn't), a unique map designed to illustrate "that difference is something to be celebrated," and much more.

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