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EverestFamilySearchWilliamsGermanSikhblogiversaryHabshisBlack Family History DayNewspaperCatCharlestonhandwritingDeborah MirandaBaobab Treelocation-based genealogypalaeographywomenmah jonggchildrenresearchCalifornia IndiansBelgiumonline researchrecordspublic domainGorodetskyDon RicklesFamily History ExpoRussian1918five generations1970'sGreat MigrationJewish Community Librarylegal separationJacoshiskaHofstra UniversityGermanyInstitute of Historical Researchgay parentsknittingValentine's DayBritish Library1949Eisenhowerresearcher forumfoodSzochermanSan FranciscolanguagesdatesMullinerBlair UnderwoodEast AfricansTime-LifegatheringsRAOGKDoernerGenealogy is like a jigsaw puzzle, but you don't have the box top, so you don't know what the picture is supposed to look like. As you start putting the puzzle together, you realize some pieces are missing, and eventually you figure out that some of the pieces you started with don't actually belong to this puzzle. I'll help you discover the right pieces for your puzzle and assemble them into a picture of your family.http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)Blogger418125AncestralDiscoverieshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-5386569123241069762Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:00 +00002013-05-20T09:13:01.484-07:00JewishAdolf HitlerWorld War IIGermany Jonass & Company, Berlin Do you have Jewish roots in Berlin?  Before Hitler's rise to power, more than 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses were operating in Berlin, according to an article in Tablet Magazine.  Dr. Christoph Kreutzmüller of Humboldt University in Berlin has been meticulously researching these businesses in an attempt to reconstruct Berlin's earlier life as a center of commerce.  As http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/05/former-jewish-owned-businesses-in-berlin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-9083092484590293751Mon, 20 May 2013 08:06:00 +00002013-05-20T01:06:25.329-07:00newspaper researchNew YorkAlaskaNetherlandsSwitzerlandFranceIndiaDutchIrelandPennsylvaniaDenmarkSri LankaGermany Several new links have been added to the Wikipedia newspaper archives page, most of them European.  This time around, all the new links are free. • Denmark (first link for this country!):  Illustreret Tidende [Illustrated Journal], 1859–1924.  Magazine-style newspaper.  Browsable by volume or year; includes two searchable indices.  Uses DjVu, or you can download PDF's. • France:  La Gazette dehttp://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/05/wikipedia-newspaper-page-additions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-5092820149786647973Wed, 15 May 2013 07:49:00 +00002013-05-15T00:49:58.758-07:00New York1960GordonWordless Wednesdaybat mitzvah http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/05/wordless-wednesday_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-2239073711135435741Tue, 14 May 2013 06:46:00 +00002013-05-13T23:46:06.256-07:00newspaper researchmilitaryArkansasdeath recordsphotographs The Arkansas History Commission has added a database of Arkansas deaths covering 1819–1920.  The database was designed to supplement the official state vital records, which began recording deaths in 1914.  The results from a search give the source of the information and the date recorded there.  Sources include cemetery records, mortality censuses, newspaper obituaries, church publications, andhttp://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-online-database-of-arkansas-deaths.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-3070600177312765333Sun, 12 May 2013 22:55:00 +00002013-05-12T15:55:59.925-07:00Mother's DayMecklerSellerslanguages Most parents teach their children; it's part of the job, after all.  But along with the things they consciously set out to teach you -- potty training, how to dress yourself, the manners you need to get along with others, responsibility, respect for others -- there are the things you learn by observing them and what they do.  Some of those lessons can be profound, while others just help make http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/05/things-my-mother-taught-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-266544281485746709Sun, 12 May 2013 06:33:00 +00002013-05-11T23:33:17.522-07:00Mt. EverestmapsIndiaSurvey of IndiaPakistanBangladesh 1863 Map of Delhi Last year, an Indian woman who was walking around London and browsing through items on the roadside found a large collection of old maps of India.  Though she originally planned to cut them up and reuse them for other purposes, friends advised her to have someone evaluate what she had found.  What she had thought about turning into placemats and coasters turned out to be somehttp://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/05/antique-and-vintage-maps-of-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-350587931158412163Wed, 08 May 2013 07:49:00 +00002013-05-08T00:49:38.552-07:00graduationArthur StudioWordless WednesdayNew York CityBrainin http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/05/wordless-wednesday_8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-8914489159148040248Mon, 06 May 2013 16:06:00 +00002013-05-06T09:06:07.581-07:00San Franciscoskeletons in the closetAdoption Museum Projectadoption This is the second in an occasional series of posts.  The series discusses subjects which are often covered up in family discussions.  The first post discussed divorce. I have relatives on both sides of my family who were adopted, both into and out of the family.  Most of them I have known about pretty much all my life, because the subject was not taboo.  In fact, it was usually treated in a http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/05/skeletons-in-closet-adoption.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-1542789488766133044Wed, 01 May 2013 08:34:00 +00002013-05-01T01:34:24.727-07:00National Studio1921childrenWordless WednesdayConnecticutBrainin http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/05/wordless-wednesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-1608513124713482587Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:58:00 +00002013-05-01T01:40:23.346-07:00Palatinesforensic genealogyPolish magnatesIrelandColleen FitzpatrickCincinnati Public LibraryForensic Genealogy InstituteGermanyOhio Genealogical Society I went to more interesting sessions today at the conference.  The first session was on how to do research for a house history.  I've been wanting to do that for a while with my house, which was built in 1910.  I started the research a while ago, but now I have more good ideas on places to look for information.  After that I went to Colleen Fitzpatrick's session, "Forensic Genealogy:  CSI Meets http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-went-to-more-interesting-sessions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-7127878647150574025Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:34:00 +00002013-04-27T21:00:55.147-07:00newspaper researchColleen FitzpatrickCincinnati Public Libraryblack genealogyWorld War IIGermanyOhio Genealogical SocietyWilliams I am having a great time at the Ohio Genealogical Society conference in Cincinnati, Ohio!  It's the end of the second day, and I finally have time to write about it. The opening keynote on Thursday was by Tom Jones, the well known genealogist.  The topic was "Strategies for Finding 'Unfindable' Ancestors."  He discussed many excellent strategies for difficult research situations and gave http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/days-1-and-2-of-ohio-genealogical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-7020493069577128179Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:33:00 +00002013-04-24T20:33:01.315-07:00GorodetskyBrooklynGordonChas. MeltzerchildrenWordless Wednesday http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/wordless-wednesday_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-5956591155458189961Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:01:00 +00002013-04-23T18:01:15.612-07:00newspaper researchGodfrey LibraryLDSNewspaperArchive.comProQuest I received a message this morning saying that NewspaperArchive.com, one of the two best online newspaper sites and the first site I start my searches with, has been purchased by ProQuest, one of the multinational conglomerates that control much of the online information in the world today.  I wasn't able to confirm that by searching online, but I did find several references to ProQuest now http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/big-news-in-online-newspapers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-5122412291655436822Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:29:00 +00002013-04-23T00:29:16.846-07:00appIcelandLDS satellite image of Iceland In Iceland, three software engineering students have written a smartphone app that can immediately tell two people how they are related.  Iceland is probably the only country where such a program could be written, at least for now, because most people descend from the 9th-century Vikings who settled the island, and therefore are distantly related (at least) to each http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/phone-app-tells-two-people-how-they-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-2460353274875698733Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:08:00 +00002013-04-21T23:08:31.785-07:00newspaper researchBrocktonRussianIAJGScemeteriesKishinevHebrew It's time to start planning your schedule for the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies conference in Boston this August!  The preliminary program has been posted online.  Besides simply browsing the complete list, you can search by topic, geographical focus, speaker's name, date, and more. I already have a busy conference planned for myself, with sessions marked in almosthttp://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/iajgs-conference-preliminary-program.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-6899836172461205335Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:56:00 +00002013-04-18T00:59:55.264-07:00documentary1944black historyPort ChicagoU.S. NavyWorld War II On July 17, 1944, the Port Chicago disaster occurred in the San Francisco Bay area.  It was the largest mainland explosion during World War II, instantly killing 320 and injuring 390, most of whom were young enlisted black sailors.  The number of black men killed and injured accounted for 15% of all black naval casualties during World War II.  The subsequent refusal of fifty of the remaining http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/free-screening-of-port-chicago-mutiny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-6854139690095590788Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:01:00 +00002013-04-17T21:01:39.085-07:00GorodetskyweddingsRandell's StudioSchwartzBrooklyn1923GordonWordless Wednesday http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/wordless-wednesday_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-8457279581074567016Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:47:00 +00002013-04-16T23:47:10.852-07:00Gesher GaliciaStanislawow (Ukraine)Jewish educationThe GalitzianerKraków The March issue of The Galitzianer is being printed and distributed this week.  I keep getting closer and closer to an on-time delivery.  I am really optimistic about June! The star of this issue is an article about Jewish education in the city of Kraków over several centuries.  Other articles discuss Galician family lineages that include capitalists and rabbis; a recent visit to http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-galitzianer-march-issue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-2893666406378527877Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:36:00 +00002013-04-14T23:36:40.691-07:00forensic genealogyForensic Genealogy Institutegenealogy educationCouncil for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy For the past few days, I have been in Dallas, Texas, where I participated in a great genealogical educational opportunity.  I attended the Forensic Genealogy Institute, offered by the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (the second time they've done this).  Forensic here means "genealogical research, analysis, and reporting in cases with legal implications" (from the CAFG home http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-forensic-genealogy-institute-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-1434576664172764558Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:07:00 +00002013-04-10T01:07:41.821-07:00BrooklynMecklerchildrenWordless Wednesdayknitting http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/wordless-wednesday_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-6756165437295488678Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:11:00 +00002013-04-09T01:11:57.135-07:00Oakland FSLDC ThomsonFindMyPastbrightsolidWhen brightsolid, the parent company of the British genealogy site FindMyPast.co.uk (and brightsolid is itself owned by publishing group DC Thomson), decided to break into the U.S. genealogy market, it made a big marketing push for people to subscribe by offering discounts on subscriptions to the American counterpart of the site, FindMyPast.com.  The price was good, and it is convenient to be http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/findmypast-com-versus-couk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-1032707300071831075Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:07:00 +00002013-04-04T01:07:06.777-07:00Duffy's CutcholeraPennsylvaniaIrish research Many young Irishmen arrived in Philadelphia in June 1832 aboard the John Stamp from Northern Ireland, looking for work.  About 120 men ended up working in Malvern, near Philadelphia, for a contractor named Duffy, leveling ground in preparation for a train line to be constructed.  An outbreak of cholera that summer affected the men at their work site, which was called Duffy's Cut.  The official http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/an-irishman-buried-at-duffys-cut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-6216313941957424994Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:08:00 +00002013-04-17T21:08:16.531-07:00Goldsmith's Photo StudiograduationBrooklyn1934GordonPS 849th gradeWordless Wednesday http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/04/wordless-wednesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-2673078998307155825Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:21:00 +00002013-03-28T12:22:44.376-07:00immigrationemigrationIrelanddiaspora If you are a descendant of Irish immigrants to America, the Little Museum of Dublin would like to borrow some of your family items.  The Little Museum (I wonder if it really is little?), a nonprofit, formally opened in October 2011 in Dublin, Ireland.  Its mission is to remember the social, cultural, and political history of the city. From May to August of this year the museum is planning the http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/03/looking-for-artifacts-of-irish-diaspora.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-6215039461443166759Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:25:00 +00002013-03-27T00:25:13.594-07:00California1963SellerschildrenWordless Wednesday http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com/2013/03/wordless-wednesday_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janice Sellers)2