Genealogy Roundup, September 6
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 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.
In this week's Roundup: The impact of AI on genealogical research, researching enslaved people in newspapers, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: Driving change at Colonial Williamsburg
In this week's Roundup: A soldier lost in WWII accounted for and returning home to be interred; plus, remembering Alan Arkin.
In this week's Roundup: DNA of a Pompeii victim sequenced, a rare genetic phenomenon, good news for researching genealogy of Catholic Americans, and more.