Genealogy Roundup, November 15
In this week's Roundup: Honoring our ancestors, an orphan heirloom returned to its family, the history of pockets, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: Honoring our ancestors, an orphan heirloom returned to its family, the history of pockets, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: Why archivists get rid of things, Meg Ryan's roots, a soldier lost in WWII accounted for, 84 year old twins who dress alike daily, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: The tombstone I was tempted to commission, changes to the U.S. Census, the musical road in Hungary, and more.
In this week's Roundup: An amazing AI tool that lets you "speak" in multiple languages, Italy's 'Ellis Island' museum, the wallpaper queens of L.A. and so much more.
In this week's Roundup: The remains of a Central Texas soldier missing in action in Korea since 1950 are identified, a WDYTYA flashback, and more.
In this week's Roundup: The real-life high society, private investigator mother who inspired a detective mystery, good news from Reclaim the Records, digitizing photos, pen pals who meet after 70 years, and so much more.
In this week's Roundup: The Nostalgia Machine, how a rare portrait of an enslaved child arrived at the Met, one of the world's largest family trees, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Obituary for a Quiet Life: "The quiet lives pass on soundlessly in the background. And yet those are the lives in our skin, guiding us from breakfast to bed." When life hands you 65 unexpected siblings, when it's handy to have an unusual name, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: China's largest genealogy collection, a soldier lost in the Korean War is identified, and more.
In this week's Roundup: The surgeon who fought to mend disfigured WWI soldiers, discovering a rogue in the family tree, and much more.