London Archives - Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/tag/london/ genealogical adventurer & storyteller Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:29:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Genealogy Roundup, December 20 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-december-20-2/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-december-20-2/#respond Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:29:58 +0000 https://megansmolenyak.com/?p=163254 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.

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]]> Ministry of Justice plan to destroy historical wills is ‘insane’, say experts – In case you haven’t heard about the intent to destroy English & Welsh, this is seriously insane – even more so when you consider what’s going on with the British Library. It’s as if they’re actively trying to destroy their history.

A Cow’s Moo Killed a Child and Other Strange Victorian Deaths – So many strange ways to go.

Hierarchical Index of Verbs and Objects in Historic Coroners’ Inquests – In case you were wondering how people died in London in the late 1700s. Also, a useful index approach for those doing locality-based research or studying particular clusters of people in general.

ACPL’s Curt Witcher honored with National I Love My Librarian Award – So well deserved! 👏👏👏 He’s earned it a thousand times over. And it’s just like Curt Witcher to donate his prize to Allen County Public Library’s Genealogy Center’s gift fund.

Fun day over on Threads seeing our European genie friends joining! Used AI to make this to welcome them:

Top Photo Credit: Alan Cleaver under Creative Commons license

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]]> https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-december-20-2/feed/ 0 Genealogy Roundup, January 8 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-january-8/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-january-8/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:10:24 +0000 https://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=160317 In this week's Roundup: Some great genealogy detective work, a soldier lost in the Korean war accounted for, and more.

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]]> My Relentless Search to Find My Family’s African American ‘Eve’ – This is how you do it.

How to Scavenge for Bits of History Like London’s Mudlarks – always found mudlarking captivating

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Winchester, W.) – Welcome home, PFC William Junior Winchester. Honored to have researched your family.

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]]> https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-january-8/feed/ 0 Genealogy Roundup, September 21 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-september-21/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-september-21/#respond Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:05:08 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=158260 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.

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]]> This obscure London memorial is filled with heart-wrenching tales of everyday heroism – This is – but should not be – obscure.

For a while she was a name and a status — enslaved. Now we know more

DNA of long-lived Italians wasn’t stolen after all

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen review–inside the mind of the Boss – His Dutch, Irish and Italian ancestors all get a shout-out in this review of Springsteen’s new autobio

Photo Credit: dilettantiquity under Creative Commons license

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]]> https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-september-21/feed/ 0 Genealogy Round Up, November 11 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-november-11/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-november-11/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:03:34 +0000 http://www.silverleafdesign.biz/clients/megan/?p=28813 Remaking of 'Roots' movie and photos of Victorian London.

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]]> Hmmm . . . mixed feelings about this. Always wary when people try to remake a classic.

Photos Of Victorian London Show Difficulties Of Life On The Streets

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]]> https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-november-11/feed/ 0 Genealogy Round Up, September 2 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-september-2/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-september-2/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:35:50 +0000 http://www.silverleafdesign.biz/clients/megan/?p=28836 Cindy Crawford discovers her New Haven roots, no Death/Birth Certs Issued in Detroit and a family's forgotten Civil War history.

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]]> CT, London & a dash of Hemingway. Cindy Crawford discovers her New Haven roots. #WDYTYA

Preview video – amazing that 6 of 8 great-grandparents were alive when she was born!

From a secret barrel, a family’s forgotten Civil War history.

Wow, reminds me of when some Russian archives used old documents because they ran out of paper. No Death/Birth Certs Issued Because Detroit Has No Paper.

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