I’m delighted to announce that the 221st grant has been awarded to Olivia Dorsey of Digital Black History. Grant funds will be used to help cover the costs of running the Digital Black History website.
In this week's Roundup: A heartfelt and thought-provoking poem touching past and future (recited by the author), RIP Irish sculptor Jeanne Rynhart, and more.
In this week's Roundup: The joys of physical books, letters from the 1918 flu epidemic, putting genealogical skills to use for COVID-19 contact tracing, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Joe Biden's roots, Michelle Obama's roots, and a colorized photo of Osturna, Slovakia from 1935
In this week's Roundup: The evolution of US girl names from 1880-2013, a rescue tale, tributes for fallen soldiers from past conflicts, and more.
The second of two grants in Q4 of 2019 was awarded to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. Funds will assist with an oral history initiative the Center is kicking off this year.
In this week's Roundup: Reconstructing Irish archive lost in 1922 fire, ancestral songs, a reminder to act on the proposed rate hike by the USCIS, and more.
In this week's Roundup: Two thought-provoking genetic genealogy tales and two soldiers accounted for from past conflicts
In this week's Roundup: Two soldiers returning home from WWII and the Korean War and a new genealogy TV show, featuring "regular" folks, to premiere next month.
In this week's Roundup: The Irish in Barbados, census humor, and researcher beware
In this week's roundup: Share the joy of a woman whose stolen purse, containing the only photo she had of her father along with other memorabilia, was returned 60 years later.
In this week's Roundup: A town for sale (with the tempting name of Story), a perfectly preserved baby boot from the 14th century, using genetic genealogy to catch criminals, a mother-daughter reunion after 82 years apart, and more.