Genealogy Roundup, January 4
In this week's Roundup: Death masks, finding family, how a research trip turned into a life mission, remembering Annie Moore, and so much more.
In this week's Roundup: Death masks, finding family, how a research trip turned into a life mission, remembering Annie Moore, and so much more.
In this week's Roundup: Musical show about Annie Moore, Flat Stanley Does His Roots, research tools, and more.
In this week's Roundup: An interesting article drawing parallels between modern day immigrants and those of yesteryear, a genealogical stroll down memory lane, welcome home to a soldier lost in WWII, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A musical version of Annie Moore's life, a labor of love by one of Annie's Irish relatives; 15 best genealogy books, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A special photo finds its way home 130+ years later, how many Americans imagine their family tree, and another snippet from the 1950 census.
In this week's Roundup: A cool orphan heirloom rescue, remembering Annie Moore, investigating the origin of DNA in archeological sediments, and more...
In this week's Roundup: A look into the scrapbook kept by long-dead mother of American GI who endured near-starvation in WWII POW camp - a scrapbook that was nearly lost in an estate sale, looking back at when the seeds of genealogy were planted, and more.
In this week's Roundup: News for Black people with Sierra Leone roots, Paul McCartney's magic piano, Stephen Colbert's roots, and much 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: Memories of my Dad on what would have been his 85th birthday, a hidden gem in an 1864 town book, the last man to leave Ellis Island, and more.