A Big Brother’s Urgent Plea During World War II
I am fortunate enough to have the letters my father wrote home...
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There’s a lot of hilarious genealogy humor floating around the internet these...
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Ancestry for Free: Genealogy Research Sites That Don’t Cost a Dime
Can you really research your ancestry for free? Yes you can! Most...
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15 Genealogy Quotes We Love
Here are 15 of our favorite quotes about family history. Enjoy! Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. – Ralph Waldo Emerson If you are lucky enough to be a genealogist, you are lucky enough. – Ruth Padilla Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate. –... -
Why Narrative Family History Is Best
New York Times columnist Bruce Feiler asked himself, “What is the secret sauce that holds a family together? What are the ingredients that make some families effective, resilient, happy?” The answers he discovered appeared in a piece in the Sunday Times titled The Stories That Bind Us. It should be... -
LitvakSIG is Participating in the 33rd Annual IAJGS Conference
Thank you to Eden Joachim, President of LitvakSIG, for this announcement. LitvakSIG is the Special Interest Group (SIG) devoted to Lithuanian (Litvak) – Jewish genealogy, heritage and family history. Our website is www.litvaksig.org. Our All Lithuania Database (ALD) containing 1.2 million records is freely searchable, as is our Shtetl Database. Our website has... -
The Dawes Act Turns 126 Years Old: Discovering Native American Ancestors
On February 8th 1887… the Dawes Act, also known as the General Allotment Act, gave authorization to the President of the United States to survey Native American lands for allotment to individuals. The stated objective of the Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into American society. Individual ownership of... -
Somewhat Mysterious Artifact: Do You Know What This Is?
I was skimming through my Google Alerts late last night and came across a link with an intriguing title “Does anyone know what this artifact is? PLEASE HELP!?” Of course, I couldn’t help but follow the link and found it was a plea from a student looking for some help...
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