From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
During the 1990s, the world was seized with stories of Nazi plunder and heirless property.…
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The World’s Oldest Bible Reunited Online
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
All 800 surviving pages from Codex Sinaiticus, the earliest surviving Christian bible, now freely available to scholars worldwide at www.codexsinaiticus.org.…
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Hobbies Long Gone
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
From mourning cards to shrunken heads, eight pastimes people no longer pursue.…
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Billing Issues
From The Geni Blog
*Update: As of 12:40 PM PST, it looks like our payments processor is back up and running.…
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US National Archives Missing Historical Documents and Items
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
US National Archives visitors know they'll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S.…
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When The Holidays Chime With Solidarity: The Second Volunteer Mission To Cologne
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
Some archivists chose for their holiday destination this year the city of Cologne.…
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Inventory Of Archival Holdings In Jamaica
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
The targeted libraries and archives contain valuable historical collections that focus on the lives of enslaved Africans and free blacks in Jamaica during the period…
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The Associated Press Unveils ‘Treasure Trove’ Of Historical Footage
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
The Associated Press is digitizing and has begun to release a "treasure trove" of historical film footage from the 1960s and '70s that had been sitting in Gen. Dwight D.…
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No Etruscan Link To Modern Tuscans
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
The current population of Tuscany is not descended from the Etruscans, the people that lived in the region during the Bronze Age, a new Italian study has shown.…
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Billing Issues
From The Geni Blog
Due to an issue with our payment processor, authorize.net, we have been unable to process any payments since late yesterday.…
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Launch Of The Virtual Manuscript Room At The University Of Birmingham
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
This month sees the launch of the first phase of the Virtual Manuscript Room (VMR), as part of the Mingana Day at the University of Birmingham on 8 July.…
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Experts Call For Federal Regulation Of Genetic Ancestry Testing
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
Imagine donating a sample of your DNA to help researchers study the genetics of diabetes.…
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Rare copy of Declaration of Independence Found
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
British researchers have announced the discovery of a rare original copy of America's Declaration of Independence - just in time for the Fourth of July.…
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The Real Story Behind Hollywood’s “Valkyrie”
From Footnote Blog
Operation Valkyrie was a Hitler approved emergency scenario that set up the continuity of government and plan for the military if a general breakdown of civil order should…
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A New Look for Ancestry Member Trees
From Ancestry.com Blog
A new look for Ancestry Member Trees is now live on Ancestry.com.…
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We’ll Be Right Back After A Short Break
From The Geni Blog
Update 7:00 PM Pacific: We're back.We're taking Geni.com down for a few minutes for some maintenance.…
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Ancient Ancestry Finder™ - FREE best guess at your ancient origins.
From Ancestry.com Blog
Now members and visitors to Ancestry.com DNA can take a quick and fun quiz to discover our prediction of your ancient ancestors.…
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We’ll Be Right Back After A Short Break
From The Geni Blog
We're taking Geni.com down for a few minutes for some maintenance. Total downtime should be less than ten minutes.…
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How many billions of records are on Ancestry.com?
From Ancestry.com Blog
The size of Ancestry.com’s record collection is a fascinating topic. As of June 2009, subscribers to Ancestry.…
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Conference On Return Of Jewish Assets Starts In Prague
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
Nobel laureate and Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel last Friday expressed anger at the opening of an international conference in Prague at the failure to ensure restitution of…
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Americans Seek Their African Roots
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
First it was Oprah Winfrey's wistful reach for the continent, now other prominent African Americans are finding their roots.…
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Ancestry.com Launches ‘My Story’ Advertising Campaign
From Ancestry.com Blog
Today we are excited to announce the launch of our new “My Story” advertising campaign, which highlights five of our customers and their incredible family…
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Happy Anniversary: Ancestry World Archives Project marks its one year anniversary
From Ancestry.com Blog
Happy 1st Anniversary World Archives Project!
We began the beta portion of the project in June of 2008, since then we have had a wonderful response from many of you including…
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Anger After 20 Graves Vandalised In Blaenau Ffestiniog (North Wales) Cimetery
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
Families and community leaders have reacted angrily after up to 20 graves were vandalised at a cemetery.…
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NASA Wants Your Ideas for Digitizing Rocket Scientist’s Notes
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
NASA is taking the rare step of reaching out to the public for help.…