| Greetings Fellow Family History Sleuths,
The month of February may be short, but it's long on genealogy news! If you happen to have Catholic roots, you'll be interested in Sunny Jane Morton's terrific new book on researching the nuns in your family (spoiler alert: there's a tale about one my relatives in there)! You'll also find a mix of compelling articles about Chinese, African American, and Hawaiian research. And to round things out, I've taken the liberty of dipping into my genealogy-adjacent activities such as reading and jigsaw puzzles.
Here's hoping there's something for everyone! |
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Searching for Sisters: A Guide to Researching Catholic Nuns in the United StatesWho were the Catholic nuns on your family tree or in your community? Most families know precious little about the women on their family trees who joined religious life. Historians, too, have largely overlooked the estimated 350,000 Catholic women religious (nuns and sisters) in the United States between 1790 and 1990. This despite their enormous collective contributions to the nation’s humanitarian, educational, and social services infrastructure. Instead, the stories of nuns and sisters are largely forgotten, hidden in scattered archives, obscured by name changes and frequent relocations, fading from family and community memory with each passing generation. Searching for Sisters is your guide to finding them. Continue reading Back to top^
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| Genealogy Roundup, February 18Photo by Alyssa Coulter on Unsplash The Case of the Disassembled Lady – So this isn’t exactly genealogical, but I know a lot of us do jigsaw puzzles, and this is an appreciation for them. If you read it, I suspect you’ll recognize some of your own attributes or experiences. After 70 years overseas, he returns to complete the genealogy – Way back on the first TV show I ever worked on, I got to tackle a story involving a Chinese woman who had a family tree that went back 4000 years! This is an article about finding the *recent* missing piece of the puzzle! Fun video, too.
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|  | | Did I snag one of these for my ever-evolving t-shirt stash? Yup. Suspect it might appeal to my fellow genies! Click here to purchase |
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| | | The Quest for Annie Moore of Ellis Island: Uncovering the True Story of the First Immigrant to Arrive at America’s Isle of Hope On January 1, 1892, Annie Moore of Ireland tripped into the pages of history and became the poster child of immigration by being the first to arrive at Ellis Island. And then she disappeared. Adding insult to injury, a different Annie Moore usurped her place in history decades later. Now – 150 years after her birth and 100 years after her death – a determined genealogist finally sets the record straight and reveals the true story of Ellis Island’s first. |
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| Megan Smolenyak | St Petersburg, FL
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