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.
Genealogy Roundup, November 18
In this week's Roundup: Biden’s Biden Roots: Westbourne or Huntingdon, England or Maybe Nagpur, India?
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In this week's Roundup: Why baby books are amazing historical documents, plus a peek into Ireland's colorful, colorized past.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, August 5
In this week's Roundup: An orphan heirloom rescuer, a woman is reunited with her sister after more than 50 years, the story of Representative Val Demings' great-great-grandmother, and much more.
Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #221: Digital Black History
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.
Genealogy Roundup, June 10
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.
Genealogy Roundup, May 13
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.
Genealogy Roundup, February 19
In this week's Roundup: Joe Biden's roots, Michelle Obama's roots, and a colorized photo of Osturna, Slovakia from 1935
Genealogy Roundup, February 5
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.
Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #216: Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
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.
Genealogy Roundup, December 11
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.