Genealogy Roundup, December 20
In this week's Roundup: The plan to destroy historical wills, unusual obituaries, a tool for locality-based research or studying particular clusters of people, and more.
In this week's Roundup: The plan to destroy historical wills, unusual obituaries, a tool for locality-based research or studying particular clusters of people, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Some great genealogy detective work, a soldier lost in the Korean war accounted for, and more.
Lots of inspiration this week! Start with a look at a memorial which had as its genesis this thought: "The character of a nation as a people of great deeds is one, it appears to me, that should never be lost sight of." Explore the story of Lucy Lee Shirley, a woman who transcended the shadows of slavery and domestic abuse and who, among other things, was able to educate herself and her family and leave her children more than $23,000 in today’s money; check out the update on the DNA of long-lived Italians which was previously reported as stolen, and more.
Remaking of 'Roots' movie and photos of Victorian London.
Cindy Crawford discovers her New Haven roots, no Death/Birth Certs Issued in Detroit and a family's forgotten Civil War history.