Ancestry’s Irish unit fails to secure rights to millions of Scottish records – Scotland says nae to Ancestry. #genealogy

1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession – Unusual book to recommend perhaps, but it certainly helps that I’ve been lured into the Tour de France world these last couple of years (lovely mash-up of sport and geography/history/culture). What the genealogist in me loves is the deep dive this author took to find out everything he could about a 2.5 minute bit of footage from 1923. Puts me in mind of my Annie Moore quest, though this was his COVID obsession. Also, there’s a surprising amount of historical context. I learned a lot about Europe in 1923.

‘It kinda made me laugh’: Mother of Brooklyn pre-schooler sees a big shift in baby names – Old names new again: “my old lady gang” & preschoolers with Ellis Island names

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Kiltmaker Kinloch Anderson’s long history in tartan reveals a fascinating success story – My genie friends of Scottish heritage might find this of interest.

BBC Radio Ulster: Finding a playwright in the family tree – I did an interview with BBC Radio Ulster (about my own roots for once!), so now I’m apparently Marian Smolenyak! My bit runs from 12:03 to 12:10.

Finding Adelia, Val Demings’s Great-Great-Grandmother – I became a little obsessed with Adelia, a great-great-grandmother of Representative Val Demings. Here’s what I was able to learn about her story.

A woman was hospitalized with covid-19. One of her aides turned out to be her long-lost sister – Even pandemics have their silver linings!

Blackstone Reaches $4.7 Billion Deal to Buy Ancestry.com – Wonder how this will play out in the genealogy world

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First baby of 2019, Maeve meets her great grandmother who was born in 1918 – Welcome, Maeve!

American Dream Family Lore of Julián Castro Rings True – Strange when something you wrote in 2012 becomes relevant again!

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National Archives Store – Making sure we know about all elements of our history, the National Archives has ventured into the retro cocktail business.

Tartan Flip Flops – Any Tartan, with matching bag – Fill in the blank: Scotland and flip-flops go together like …

Korean War veteran’s remains identified – Article about one of my soldiers recently identified. I’m the one who called him out of the blue back in 2004. RIP, Sgt. Joseph Durakovich.

Woman who lived in former slave cabin visits Smithsonian

The journey to webinar #500 – Whoa! 500 genealogical webinars from Legacy Family Tree! Congrats on the milestone!

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