The following excerpt is from an interestig article dealing with the origins of European Jews. Despite being one of the most genetically analysed groups, the origin of European Jews has remained obscure. However, a new study published online today (Thursday) in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution by Dr Eran Elhaik, a geneticist at the [...]
My friend, Lisa Alzo, posted “13 Ways to Find Your East European Ancestors in 2013″ in the Decmber 30, 2012 edition of The Examinar. The article is slanted toward those living in New York State, but the ideas and principles apply anywhere. Check it out. By the way, Lisa will be in Salt Lake City [...]
Hot off the presses, Tracing Your European Roots is W. Daniel Quillen’s fifth volume in his Essentials of Genealogy series. The Essentials series covers immigration and naturalization records, census and military records, family records, and more. European Roots serves as a basic research guide, breaking out individual countries and the available resources. The first four [...]
A unique effort is taking place in Europe to preserve WWI artefacts as part of a WWI roadshow to cross 10 countries. Here is an excerpt from an article in The Visitor: Appeal to help preserve World War One artefacts LANCASTRIANS are being asked to help create an archive of World War One memorabilia. They [...]
Europeana.eu is about ideas and inspiration – in a digital format. It currently links to 2 million digital items, and the site isn’t even officially launched yet. This website is a prototype. Europeana Version 1.0 is being developed and will launch in 2010 with links to over 6 million digital objects. The following types of [...]
