Russia Archives - Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/tag/russia/ genealogical adventurer & storyteller Tue, 05 Aug 2014 02:04:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Genealogy Round Up, August 4 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-august-4/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-august-4/#respond Tue, 05 Aug 2014 02:04:32 +0000 http://www.silverleafdesign.biz/clients/megan/?p=28667 Was David Duchovny's family from Russia or the Ukraine? Couple in China reunited 70 YEARS after their families forced them to break up.

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]]> Usually not a huge fan of prank videos, but in this case, the pranksters were the ones caught off-guard – by a remarkable act of generosity

Nas Discovers His Third Great Grandmother: Pocahontas (no, not THAT one) – coming up this season on Finding Your Roots

I know you’re just dying to know whether David Duchovny’s family was from Russia or Ukraine, right? Because of that Siberian beer commercial? Well, here’s the answer.

A SECOND Homecoming: LeBron James and His Return to Cleveland

Couple who could never forget one another are reunited 70 YEARS after their families forced them to break up in China

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]]> https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-august-4/feed/ 0 Genealogy Round Up, October 21 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-october-21/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-round-october-21/#respond Mon, 21 Oct 2013 21:36:28 +0000 http://www.silverleafdesign.biz/clients/megan/?p=28826 Retirees buying indie bookstores, Irish ancestry and a Russian version of "Who Do You Think You Are?"

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]]> Cool! “Retirees” buying indie bookstores! This is the kind of trend I like to see. As indie bookstores hang in, owning one becomes the new fantasy career.

Hey, if you’re near Pensacola, FL on Nov 9th, come join us for a day of genealogy! This is my last time speaking for quite a while! To register, visit this link and click on Nov 9 entry. Hope to see you there! And please let your FL/AL/LA/GA/MS friends know, too!

Well, I can’t afford to buy a castle to celebrate my Irish ancestry, but at least I have friends with one (Turin Castle Mayo! Rich Americans Snap Up Irish Castles for Love and Discounts NYTimes.com.

Wow, FamilySearch is partnering with everyone these days. MyHeritage and now . . . DC Thomson Family History (formerly Brightsolid) & FamilySearch.org to make billions of records available.

Who knew? Russia has (or at least, had) its own version of “Who Do You Think You Are?” featuring Russian celebs.

Gets a little more convincing toward the end.

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