Genealogy Roundup, January 10
In this week's Roundup: My post on Annie Moore went a bit viral, a hotel waiting for people to claim lost luggage from 100 years ago, what makes genealogists tick, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: My post on Annie Moore went a bit viral, a hotel waiting for people to claim lost luggage from 100 years ago, what makes genealogists tick, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: Recipe epitaphs that are "a tip of the hat to life’s simple joys," girls who met while sailing to the U.S. meet again 75 years later, great new genie tools to play with, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A tombstone which, according to the photographer has become "a local legend around Salt Lake City," and a soldier accounted for from the Korean War.
In this week's Roundup: A great new research tool plus how life stories of enslaved people became "crucial to a legal battle over a Louisiana petrochemical facility that could triple residents’ exposure to carcinogens."
In this week's Roundup: Restaurants where you can dine among the dead, elevating Black history, children and the census, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Things that never stop being weird no matter how long you've been a genealogist, 7 things you didn't know about Prince's roots, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Efforts to rescue African American burial grounds and remains have exposed deep conflicts over inheritance and representation and the first-ever United States and the Republic of Korea Joint Repatriation Ceremony
In this week's Roundup: A touching (and very thought-provoking) article about veterans, a 1943 letter from an infantry officer killed in action during World War II, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Looking back at the start of the digital revolution in genealogical research, a lovely approach to honoring those in unmarked graves, and a precocious soldier (chuckles for the day).
In this week's Roundup: An interesting article on the role of DNA in identifying service members lost in past conflicts, a sweet slice of family history uncovered during renovations, and more.