Genealogy Roundup, October 6
In this week's Roundup: Searching for descendants of those impacted by racial terrorism, meeting Donny Osmond and Cyndi Ingle, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Searching for descendants of those impacted by racial terrorism, meeting Donny Osmond and Cyndi Ingle, 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 project to digitize millions of rolls of microfilm containing billions of family history records from around the world is complete and a soldier declared MIA during the Korean War has been accounted for.
In this week's Roundup: Remembering a soldier who took part in a WWII POW rescue mission described by Colin Powell as “the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies" and the story behind the photo he carried everywhere.
In this week's Roundup: Remembering the only American to help lead a resistance group against the Nazis, a woman who was executed in 1943
In this week's Roundup: The fascinating history of Hart Island, NY; brothers, adopted separately, reunite; an Irish pub owner gets a $1 million surprise, and lots more.
In this week's Roundup: The lovely village in Poland with painted flowers adorning everything from ceilings to walls to wells to dog houses, remembering an African American basketball star from the 1930s, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A photo album found on the streets of Jerusalem returned to its original owner
In this week's Roundup: Paste Eater's Grave, Lady Liberty's Mini-Me, when someone you admire turns out to be even better than you thought, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A soldier lost in the Korean War accounted for and a quilt made from t-shirts bought during travels to all 7 continents.