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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How the Smithsonian Institution Is Crowdsourcing History

Lilywhites invite ‘The Boss’ back to his ancestral home – So now the folks from Rathangan are hoping Bruce will come for a visit since his great-great-grandmother hailed from there – maybe in May??

How Your DNA Can Reveal Your Surname – Well, I can believe that this works well in the UK, but I think it’s much iffier in the US – though I wish it were the case! Otherwise, the 4 Smolenyak families in the world would share the same Y-DNA, when in fact, we’re 4 different haplogroups! And in general, I’ve found quite a few cases where this hoped-for situation didn’t materialize in the results. Still, very handy for our English cousins and those of us with UK heritage!

Places You Can No Longer Go: Nueva Germania – This is one of those weird pockets of history you never hear about – and one that will likely explain someone’s unexpected DNA results one day.

Genetic Family Reunion: DNA Reveals Alex Haley’s Scottish Roots – For those who haven’t seen it, this is a video about how DNA revealed the Scottish heritage of “Roots” author, Alex Haley. In fact, you’ll see his nephew, Chris Haley, meet his Scottish cousin, June Black. As a bonus, you get to see Chris out-sing London traffic! And not so incidentally, one of the cooler aspects of this is that DNA wound up confirming family lore. I thought I’d share it again in light of the upcoming May launch of the 21st century version of “Roots.” Watch this and you’ll know something most viewers won’t!

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