Genealogy Roundup, October 26
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: 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: Musical show about Annie Moore, Flat Stanley Does His Roots, research tools, and more.
In this week's Roundup: How to live with your digital doppelgängers, the future of handwritten text recognition, seeking dual citizenship, 2030 census design, 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: An excellent video about the Holodomor in the Ukraine in the 1930s, an 8-year-old who crossed the Atlantic alone, the wallpaper which one woman said serves as this reminder for her, "We had survived the unsurvivable time and time again; cultivating hope wasn’t frivolous, it was essential," a living heirloom story, and more.
In this week's Roundup: The history of what is perhaps the oldest Asian community in the United States
In this week's Roundup: A US Army Corporal lost in the Korean War accounted for and welcomed home, a dramatic multiracial love story in Lin-Manuel Miranda's family tree, 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).