Genealogy Roundup, August 8
In this week's Roundup: A reunion of descendants of a man credited with saving 28 lives along the Niagara River, how the Defense Department identifies remains of soldiers lost in past wars, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A reunion of descendants of a man credited with saving 28 lives along the Niagara River, how the Defense Department identifies remains of soldiers lost in past wars, and more.
In this week's Roundup: The variety of tools used to identify decades-old remains of soldiers unaccounted for, the remains of Tuskegee Airman Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson have been officially identified, books that had once belonged to Thomas Jefferson found in a dumpster and returned, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A soldier killed in World War II is returned home for burial nearly 74 years after his death, an exciting new project from Reclaim the Records, DNA braids, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Welcome home and RIP Staff Sgt. David Rosenkrantz and Pfc. Willard Jenkins, myths about immigrant ancestors debunked, century-old divorce records, and more...
In this week's Roundup: Best genealogy ad ever, a mother/daughter reunion takes place sixty years after the daughter was told her mother was dead, welcome home and RIP to Sgt. John W. Hall, who gave his life in the Korean War, and more...
In this week's Roundup: Missing immigrant children, RIP and welcome home Staff Sgt. Marshall Kipina, and correcting the record of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Henry Johnson
In this week's Roundup: Welcome home and RIP Sgt. John W. Hall, who gave his life in Korea in 1950. Plus, more on the roots of Michelle Obama and Meghan Markle.
In this week's Roundup: A sweet story about a 96-y-o WWII veteran who received unexpected help to visit his wife's grave, new DNA technology (and lots more on genetic genealogy), a missing soldier from the Korean War identified, and much more!
In this week's Roundup: generational photo recreations, celebrity roots, a milestone reached in Army repatriation cases, a story of Titanic survivors, and more...
In this week's Roundup: Hoping to welcome Tuskegee airman Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson home soon, the woman who sold her home to find her Welsh roots, RIP and welcome home CPL William C. McDowell and Staff Sgt. Marshall F. Kipina, volunteers who enjoy history and can read cursive wanted, and more . . .