Genealogy Roundup, December 2
In this week's Roundup: A promising new resource for researching and remembering people who were enslaved, plus an oldie but goodie memory of the late, great Leah Chase, Queen of Creole Cuisine.
In Remembrance of Col. George C. Smolenyak
He would wake us on Saturday mornings whistling reveille. This was usually accompanied by a glass of OJ and quick, vigorous back rubs to “get the blood pumping.” It was time to do chores and you weren’t going out to play before the house was spotless because this officer-father liked precision, control, and cleanliness. The army had been a good choice for him.
Genealogy Roundup, November 18
In this week's Roundup: Biden’s Biden Roots: Westbourne or Huntingdon, England or Maybe Nagpur, India?
Genealogy Roundup, November 11
In this week's Roundup: A Veterans Day tribute and President-Elect Joe Biden's Irish roots
Genealogy Roundup, November 4
In this week's Roundup: Why baby books are amazing historical documents, plus a peek into Ireland's colorful, colorized past.
Genealogy Roundup, October 28
In this week's Roundup: The story of a man who volunteers his time to honor the dead and another about seeking to right a historic wrong and restore discarded headstones.
Genealogy Roundup, October 21
In this week's Roundup: A charming story about a handshake deal, an 80-year-old beekeeper, and his honeybees, who are hard at work in a slice of woods on the Niagara Frontier; Joe Biden's Irish roots, a statue honoring the patron saint of immigrants, and much, much more.
Genealogy Roundup, October 14
In this week's Roundup: A Georgia elementary school to be renamed after Michelle Obama, the best babyhood ever, Genealogy masks of the day #45-47, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, October 7
In this week's Roundup: A Seattle-area couple reminisce about the 71 years of their marriage, economics, and quality; Eva Independence: born on the 4th of July; Genealogy masks of the day #40-44, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, September 30
In this week's Roundup: Genealogy masks of the day #35-#39 and, should you be intrigued to see an example of rather deadpan, old-fashioned journalistic impartiality in action, check out an old newspaper clipping about not-your-average-wedding!
Genealogy Roundup, September 23
In this week's Roundup: A rare day-by-day document of life aboard a slave ship, passenger ship posters, genealogy masks of the day #30-#34, and much more.
Genealogy Roundup, September 16
In this week's Roundup: Newspaper Navigator from the Library of Congress, great obituaries, and genealogy masks of the day #26-#29.