Genealogy Roundup, November 3
In this week's Roundup: Navigating unexpected genealogical finds, the mystery of a lost tombstone solved, a soldier accounted for from WWII and more.
In this week's Roundup: Navigating unexpected genealogical finds, the mystery of a lost tombstone solved, a soldier accounted for from WWII and more.
In this week's Roundup: Joe Manganiello's Irish roots, genetic genealogy news, a genealogy themed play, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Efforts to rescue African American burial grounds and remains have exposed deep conflicts over inheritance and representation and the first-ever United States and the Republic of Korea Joint Repatriation Ceremony
In this week's Roundup: A project to digitize millions of rolls of microfilm containing billions of family history records from around the world is complete and a soldier declared MIA during the Korean War has been accounted for.
In this week's Roundup: Remembering a soldier who took part in a WWII POW rescue mission described by Colin Powell as “the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies" and the story behind the photo he carried everywhere.
In this week's Roundup: Reflections on why crime writer Louise Penny is so beloved by readers, an announcement about POW/MIA records, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A soldier lost in the Korean War accounted for and a quilt made from t-shirts bought during travels to all 7 continents.
In this week's Roundup: When DNA tests lead to unexpected answers...and more questions, what it's like to be a genealogist on Twitter, and more.
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: A touching (and very thought-provoking) article about veterans, a 1943 letter from an infantry officer killed in action during World War II, and more.