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The following excerpt is from an article in the August 11, 2011 edition of refu.com: The grand opening of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation’s long-awaited Interpretive Learning Center on Saturday, Aug. 20, will offer visitors a special opportunity to tour Continue reading Grand Opening Scheduled for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center Interpretive Center
The following excerpt is from the August 10, 2011 edition of the Chicago Tribune. Skokie’s Howard Bergman is among more than 14,000 people from 60 countries who have used the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum‘s International Tracing Service to access Continue reading Over 14,000 From 60 Countries Have Accessed the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Tracing Service
The following news release, dated July 11, 2011, is from the National Archives Press Room. Washington, DC – From July 11-31, 2011, the National Archives will display newly declassified documents from 1918 detailing German secret ink formulas. The oldest newly Continue reading National Archives Displays Newly Declassified Secret Ink Documents from 1918
The following news release was received from Heather Erickson at Ancestry.com. Millions of Pages of Museum Archives to Be Indexed and Made FREE to All WASHINGTON, D.C./PROVO, Utah – May 3, 2011 – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Continue reading U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum & Ancestry.com Launch World Memory Project
The following excerpt is from a Canadian Press article in posted at Google.com. TORONTO — Historical records show that the grandfather of royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton had a Canadian connection. Genealogy website Ancestry.ca says records show Peter Middleton was a Continue reading Kate Middleton’s Grandfather Was a Pilot Trainer in Calgary, Canada in the Early 1940s
I’m afraid this is the kind of story that makes my blood boil. Memorial plaques with names of deceased veterans were stolen, probably with the object of selling them for scrap. The plaques held many names, and at this point Continue reading Thieves Make Off With Priceless War Memorial Plaques
Dick Winters, the man whose heroics in the Army’s 101st Airborne Division during World War II were chronicled in the HBO series Band of Brothers, has died. He was 92. Up until the fall of 2001, Winters was a little-known Continue reading “Band of Brothers” Dick Winters Passes at 92
Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the inspiration behind the now-iconic Rose the Riveter WWII poster, has died at age 86 in Michigan. The poster of a young woman in a factory uniform and red polka dot head kerchief, her arm flexed to Continue reading Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the Face of Rosie the Riveter, Passes at 86
According to Ancestry.com, they have a lot of new things in store for us in 2011. The following lists are from their press release of December 27, with details found on their “What’s ahead” webpage. United States Records to be Continue reading New Data Coming to Ancestry.com in 2011
The following was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch, this morning. Nearly four million new digital images are now available on Beta.FamilySearch.org. These collections include the first images from South Africa, as well as records from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Continue reading FamilySearch adds Nearly 4 Million Images from 7 Countries
Author Lois Herr has stopped by to answer your questions about her new book “Dear Coach: Letters Home from WWII.” Please join me in welcoming Lois Herr. Thank you for having me! I received some very good questions and can’t Continue reading Questions Answered by Lois Herr, Author of “Dear Coach: Letters Home from WWII”
State archives and history officials are attempting to come up with details about the veterans whose 11,427 names are carved in the West Virginia Veterans Memorial at the State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia. For the last five years, the Continue reading West Virginia Officials Searching for Info on People Named on the West Virginia Veterans Memorial
On November 20th, Lois Herr, author of “Dear Coach: Letters Home from WWII” will be stopping by to answer some of your questions. As my readers know, I happen to have an avid interest in the WWII, on the battlefield, Continue reading “Dear Coach: Letters Home from WWII”
It’s now thought that it is known where Staff Sergeant Billy Lynch is buried in China. It’s too cold to dig, but next spring Moore’s Marauders will send scientists to attempt to locate his remains. With the help of DNA Continue reading WWII Marine’s Remains Thought to be Located in China
Prior to today, I’d never heard about the Civilian Public Service program – that dealt with 12,000 conscientious objectors during WWII. Hmm… They didn’t go to Canada as my generation did. The following excerpt is from an interesting and informative Continue reading WWII Civilian Public Service Camps