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16+ hour, 37+ min ago  (606+ words) Tom Mooney Out on a Limb While much of our focus this summer will be on July 4 and America's 250th birthday, there is another significant event in American history coming up this month " one of special relevance to people descended from…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (31+ words) Pop Horror The Bloodline of Bathory Poster I will say here and now that YES, I believe in ghosts. Why? Because I " Leave a Reply Cancel reply...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (371+ words) Be honest. For a solid chunk of your childhood, you thought the Queen's name was just Queen Elizabeth. First name Queen, last name Elizabeth. Like Madonna. Like Cher. Like a one-name icon who simply did not require further categorization. And…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (316+ words) Genealogy Club Of Newtown Hosting In-Person Meeting June 10 The Newtown Bee Genealogy Club Of Newtown Hosting In-Person Meeting June 10 Genealogy Club of Newtown will hold an in-person meeting on Wednesday, June 10, 5: 30-7: 45 pm in the meeting room at C. H. Booth Library, 25 Main…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1041+ words) By Rachel Murphy Lecturer, School of History and Geography, University of Limerick Whenever a new series of Who Do You Think You Are? airs, there is an uptick in the number of people who decide to trace their own family…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (71+ words) Raccoon Valley Radio Greene County Iowa Genealogical Society Meeting June 6 @ 10: 00 am - 11: 00 am The Greene County Iowa Genealogical Society will hold their monthly meeting June 6 at 10: 00 am in the meeting room at Jefferson Public Library. Teresa Humpal will have a program…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (132+ words) Volunteering at the Schoolcraft County Historical Society Archive Building is fun and rewarding. Itu2019s like going into your great-grandparentu2019s attic and finding boxes of memorable, documents, and letters that have been unopened for over 100 years. Treasures to be discovered and marveled…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (168+ words) Ancestry, the global leader in family history, introduces "The Parity Principle," a new measure for historians and educators to address the long-standing, significant gender bias in recorded history. Ancestry unveils its Missing Pages installation at London's Potters Field Park, a…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (418+ words) The Viking Genes, a genetic research programme has linked a case of haemophilia in 19th-century Shetland to a family living today. Haemophilia is a rare, usually inherited genetic disorder where the blood lacks sufficient proteins preventing it from clotting properly....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (242+ words) The Jasper County Historical Society Museum located in Rensselaer. JASPER COUNTY " The Jasper County Historical Society Museum's new genealogy center, funded by the Hollis Hayes Trust, opened earlier this spring. The museum is located on Van Rensselaer Street in Rensselaer....