Genealogy Roundup, October 7
In this week's Roundup: A Seattle-area couple reminisce about the 71 years of their marriage, economics, and quality; Eva Independence: born on the 4th of July; Genealogy masks of the day #40-44, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A Seattle-area couple reminisce about the 71 years of their marriage, economics, and quality; Eva Independence: born on the 4th of July; Genealogy masks of the day #40-44, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A rare day-by-day document of life aboard a slave ship, passenger ship posters, genealogy masks of the day #30-#34, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: An orphan heirloom rescuer, a woman is reunited with her sister after more than 50 years, the story of Representative Val Demings' great-great-grandmother, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: A 1972 song that sounds (kind of) like English but is actually all nonsense, RIP John Lewis, the stuff genealogists trip across while researching, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A tale of genealogical serendipity, another Reclaim the Records win, Colonial Williamsburg fashion, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A heartfelt and thought-provoking poem touching past and future (recited by the author), RIP Irish sculptor Jeanne Rynhart, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A soldier from WWII accounted for, ways to help librarians and archivists from your living room, extreme roots quest, and more.
In this week's Roundup: RIP to “the proverbial dean of American genealogical research" and an artistic tribute to DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin.
In this week's Roundup: Joe Biden's roots, Michelle Obama's roots, and a colorized photo of Osturna, Slovakia from 1935
In this week's Roundup: A soldier lost in WWII identified and recently interred at Arlington National Cemetery, two oldie-but-goodie genealogical videos, and more.