Genealogy Roundup, November 24
In this week's Roundup: A U.S. Airman killed in action in WWII is identified and genetic genealogy memories
In this week's Roundup: A U.S. Airman killed in action in WWII is identified and genetic genealogy memories
In this week's Roundup: A look into the scrapbook kept by long-dead mother of American GI who endured near-starvation in WWII POW camp - a scrapbook that was nearly lost in an estate sale, looking back at when the seeds of genealogy were planted, and more.
In this week's Roundup: A WWII soldier who was formerly buried as an Unknown Soldier is accounted for, remembering the first soldier I researched who was identified, and celebrating 50 years of genealogy.
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: 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: Remembering the only American to help lead a resistance group against the Nazis, a woman who was executed in 1943
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.
In this week's Roundup: News for Black people with Sierra Leone roots, Paul McCartney's magic piano, Stephen Colbert's roots, and much more!