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I was alerted to the following story by my friend, Daniel Horowitz, at MyHeritage. This is really interesting! Not long ago, the MyHeritage research team encountered an extraordinary story from Karolina Jurzyk, a user who grew up in Poland. Karolina’s Continue reading MyHeritage User Finds Descendants of the Sisters Her Great-Grandfather Rescued from the Nazis
The following is from Alex Cox at FindMyPast: The War Illustrated 1939-1947 The War Illustrated 1939-1947 was a magazine first published in 1939 following the start of the Second World War. The series was edited by Sir John Hammerton and Continue reading FindMyPast Releases 2 Million Additional Military Records
The following is from Alex Cox at FindMyPast: Findmypast is continuing their month of Second World War releases with new photographs of fallen soldiers and records of those who served on the Home Front. Durham Home Guard 1939-1945 Did your Continue reading New WWII Records Posted at FindMyPast This Past Week
Ancestry is opening free access to: More than 550 million military records on Fold3®, covering military conflicts as early as the Revolutionary War, open May 21-25 Nearly 500 million records and images from the National Archives and Records Administration available on Ancestry, including Continue reading Free Access to Records on Fold3 (May 21-25) and NARA Records at Ancestry – Now thru June 1
I ran across an interesting article that put forth the idea that World War II could very well have been won by Germany, and not the Allies, if just a few changes had been made in their planning during the Continue reading WWII Could Have Had a Much Different Outcome
The following teaser is from an article posted March 25, 2019 at forces.net. The voices of Second World War veterans and their relatives are being recorded to mark the 75th anniversary of some of the conflict’s most momentous battles. Their Continue reading Voices of Second World War Veterans
The following FamilySearch databases have been added since the last time I compiled a listing (February 5). They are in alphabetical order by Country, following by the United States listings in State Order. Enjoy… Database – Number of Indexed Records Continue reading New FamilySearch Databases added Between February 5 & February 27, 2019
The following teaser is from the Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine website. The British Red Cross’ has launched a new online database, allowing the public to explore its collection of historic artifacts. The British Red Cross Museum and Continue reading British Red Cross Posts Database of Over 28,000 Artifacts
The following teaser is from an article written by Travis Fedschun and posted October 14, 2018 at the Fox News website. The decades-long wait to find the wreckage of a World War II-era aircraft and remains of its 11 crew Continue reading WW II “Heaven Can Wait” Bomber Wreckage With Crew of 11 Found by Project Recover
The following was received from FamilySearch June 7, 2018: FamilySearch added over 700,000 New York naturalization records and one million more historical records and images from Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, and New Jersey. The BillionGraves Index has added over 600,000 Continue reading New Historical Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch the Week of June 4, 2018
The following databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org between the dates of August 11, 2017 and October 20, 2017. DATABASE – NUMBER OF RECORDS – DATE BillionGraves Index – 22,500,536 – 26 Sep 2017 Find A Grave Index Continue reading Databases Added or Updated at FamilySearch.org From August 1 1 thru October 20
A new website honoring the famed Tuskegee Airmen has launched. “The Tuskegee Airmen were America’s first black military pilots and their support personnel. They are best known for the extraordinary efforts in the air war of World War II, and Continue reading New Website Honors the Tuskegee Airmen
The Library of Congress has digitized & posted online a large collection of WWII Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers. The following is from their website: “Produced by the Japanese-Americans interned at assembly centers and relocation centers around the country during World Continue reading WWII Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers Digitized & Posted Online
As I’ve written a number of times on this blog, our family had friends of Japanese ancestry who lived here in the Tacoma/Puyallup/Orting area of Western Washington. They were interned in “camps” during the Second World War. The presidential order Continue reading The Japanese WWII Internment – 75 years ago today
The Polish Institute of National Remembrance (INR) has posted the names of nearly 10,000 Nazi SS commanders and guards who helped in the extermination of more than a million Jews at Auschwitz. It’s been claimed that many of the guards Continue reading 9,686 Nazi SS Commanders & Auschwitz Guards Names & Photos Posted Online