Genealogy Roundup, October 4
In this week's Roundup: A documentary about the village that's home of all the Smolenyaks (and variations) and an interesting resource for US census data.
In this week's Roundup: A documentary about the village that's home of all the Smolenyaks (and variations) and an interesting resource for US census data.
In this week's Roundup: An amazing AI tool that lets you "speak" in multiple languages, Italy's 'Ellis Island' museum, the wallpaper queens of L.A. and so much more.
In this week's Roundup: The real-life high society, private investigator mother who inspired a detective mystery, good news from Reclaim the Records, digitizing photos, pen pals who meet after 70 years, and so much more.
In this week's Roundup: The Nostalgia Machine, how a rare portrait of an enslaved child arrived at the Met, one of the world's largest family trees, and more.
In this week's Roundup: China's largest genealogy collection, a soldier lost in the Korean War is identified, and more.
In this week's Roundup: The surgeon who fought to mend disfigured WWI soldiers, discovering a rogue in the family tree, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: The impact of AI on genealogical research, researching enslaved people in newspapers, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: Driving change at Colonial Williamsburg
In this week's Roundup: Exploring what life was like for ancestors, a new genealogy TV series on the way, the old myth of names being changed at Ellis Island, and much more.
In this week's Roundup: The DPAA starts a multi-year "hellship" accounting project, honoring legacy in broken families, Fort Johnson named in honor of Sgt. Henry Johnson, unclaimed persons, and much more.