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Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #210: loveren collections

By |2019-01-03T10:38:02-05:00January 3rd, 2019|Grants, Human Interest, Immigration|

My third and final grant for Q4 2018 was awarded to loveren collections, an organization with the aim to reconnect people to the land and everyday perennial plants. The grant funds will assist with the purchase of books for research in European ancestral herbalism and ceremony (specifically from the Carpathian Mountains and Eastern Europe), which could be accessed as a free library source through the Permaculture Teaching Institute in Chicago.

Genealogy Roundup, June 1

By |2016-06-01T10:07:00-04:00June 1st, 2016|Family History, Genealogy Roundup, History, Human Interest|

This week, explore a unique town in Ohio founded by a freed slave from Virginia as well as a treasure trove of Civil War photos, get a genealogy lesson from Michelle Obama, and learn what one community did to remember unclaimed persons.

Hillary Clinton Family Tree a Wake-Up Call for Genealogy

By |2015-04-08T11:16:36-04:00April 8th, 2015|Celebrities, Family History, Human Interest, Research|

If everyone got a quarter of Hillary Clinton's tree wrong, what about yours? Are the names adorning your family tree really your ancestors or just crowd-sourced fiction?

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