Genealogy Roundup, April 13
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.
Genealogy Roundup, March 30
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.
Genealogy Roundup, September 15
In this week's Roundup: The history of what is perhaps the oldest Asian community in the United States
Genealogy Roundup, June 23
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.
Genealogy Roundup, April 14
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).
Barry Manilow Is a Limerick Man
As Irish-American Heritage Month begins, I thought I would highlight a hidden Irish American: Barry Manilow.
Genealogy Roundup, March 3
In this week's Roundup: Celebrating Irish-American Heritage Month, Barry Manilow's roots, ancestor animation, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, January 27
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.
Genealogy Roundup, January 6
In this week's Roundup: Genetic genealogy being used for yet another purpose, remembering Annie Moore, and a molecular genealogy oldie but goodie.
Genealogy Roundup, December 23
In this week's Roundup: A thoughtful article examining one angle of questions surrounding genetic privacy and ethics, the last man to leave Ellis Island, a poignant Christmas memory, and much more.