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The Diary, Part 2: Tracing the book's long journey
(Read Part 1 here) Nicole and I are standing in the middle of a deserted plaza in the city of Saarbrücken. We’re here to meet ‘Karl,’ a German man who...
The Diary, Part 2: Tracing the book's long journey
(Read Part 1 here) Nicole and I are standing in the middle of a deserted plaza in the city of Saarbrücken. We’re here to meet ‘Karl,’ a German man who...
The Diary, Part 1: We meet an angel in Germany
It’s a grey December day in Saarbrücken, Germany, not far from the border with France. Nicole and I have just stepped off a train, and are now standing in a...
The Diary, Part 1: We meet an angel in Germany
It’s a grey December day in Saarbrücken, Germany, not far from the border with France. Nicole and I have just stepped off a train, and are now standing in a...
Canadian genealogy for Americans & EasyGenie's ...
Last year, Finding Your Roots featured Canadian-American singer Alanis Morissette. What turned up was quite incredible, including the account of an ancestor who survived a whitewater rafting trip over a...
Canadian genealogy for Americans & EasyGenie's ...
Last year, Finding Your Roots featured Canadian-American singer Alanis Morissette. What turned up was quite incredible, including the account of an ancestor who survived a whitewater rafting trip over a...
5 new genealogy tips for Thanksgiving
Many readers will be travelling this week to visit family, or host Thanksgiving gatherings at their own homes. And when family members get together, it’s an opportunity for conducting and...
5 new genealogy tips for Thanksgiving
Many readers will be travelling this week to visit family, or host Thanksgiving gatherings at their own homes. And when family members get together, it’s an opportunity for conducting and...
New York probate packet reveals the story of Jo...
On Thanksgiving Day, 1925, my great-great-granduncle John J. Lamont died in western New York. I knew the basic outlines of John’s life: born in 1854, middle child of three siblings,...
New York probate packet reveals the story of Jo...
On Thanksgiving Day, 1925, my great-great-granduncle John J. Lamont died in western New York. I knew the basic outlines of John’s life: born in 1854, middle child of three siblings,...
Lessons for genealogists in Saroo Brierly's sea...
Earlier this month, Nicole and I watched Lion, a tearjerker of a movie on Netflix. While it’s not the first movie to have an orphan as the protagonist, the story...
Lessons for genealogists in Saroo Brierly's sea...
Earlier this month, Nicole and I watched Lion, a tearjerker of a movie on Netflix. While it’s not the first movie to have an orphan as the protagonist, the story...