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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 excerpt is from an article in the 1 August 2016 Seattle Times. It has nothing to do with genealogy – but it’s a topic that many genealogists can identify with. That’s the tendency for many of us to Continue reading 98-Year Old Boat Nearly Sinks its (Previous) Owner
This weekend, Patty and I, with the help of grandson Robby (age 4), and Tucker (our lab – age 5) spent what seemed like unending hours loading a large trailor with yard & garden debris, as well as tree trimmings. Continue reading Be Careful What You Throw in the Trash
The following news release, all dealing with friends of mine, is from PRWEB: Ferndale, Wash. (PRWEB) February 28, 2013: Nationally respected genealogy experts and authors Maureen Taylor and Janet Hovorka are the latest sponsors of Houstory’s Heirloom Registry Scavenger Hunt, Continue reading Houstory’s Heirloom Registry Scavenger Hunt March 4-10, 2013
The following excerpt is from a VERY INTERESTING article posted in the February 7, 2013 edition of thepress.net. Antioch resident Gail Kean is an amateur treasure hunter who enjoys scouring thrift shops for unique items others discard as junk, but Continue reading Lost Kirker Diary Returned to the Family
A few days ago I blogged about a telegram that Daly City police Sr. Detective Joe Bocci was attempting to reunite with the family that rightfully owned it. The following excerpt is from an article posted in the January 3, Continue reading Lost Telegram Reunited with Family
The following excerpt is from an article in the January 3, 2013 edition of the Santa Cruz Sentinel. DALY CITY [CA]– On Christmas day 1938 a couple named Minnie and Fred sent a telegram to Emma Gonzales in San Francisco Continue reading Daly City Detective Searches for Telegram’s Rightful Owner
This is a big story… And I’m afraid that we’re going to be following it for a while… The following excerpt is from an article in the July 12, 2011 edition of The Baltimore Sun: At the Maryland Historical Society, Continue reading Barry H Landau Accused of Historic Document Thefts
The following excerpt is from an article by Elaine Alexander, published in the St. Louis Jewish Light. Earlier this month, 94-year-old Elsie Hirsch Levy received an astonishing phone call from Buettelborn, Germany, the town her family had fled during the Continue reading Survivor Receives Family Artifacts – 70 Years Later
A number of pipes – the tobacco-smoking kind, have been found in Jamestown, Virginia. And they seem to be inscribed with names of people… The following excerpt is from an AP article by Michael Felderbaum, and posted on the Yahoo Continue reading Jamestown Pipes Found – With Names on Them!
The following excerpt is from a good article on artifact preservation in the June 1, 2010 Deseret News. The stuff of our lives — the meaningful things we surround ourselves with, find, are given, gather up, inherit — is the Continue reading Saving “Stuff” That May Become Artifacts
WASHINGTON – Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewelry, this 23-inch wax doll was first sold for $1,200 back in 1864 to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Continue reading Red Cross Auctioning Historic Memorabilia to Reduce Their Deficit
Alerted by an article in the NEHGS eNews for April 29, 2009, I immediately checked out the Boston Post canes. Seven hundred canes were handed out to the oldest resident of Massachusetts towns in 1909. Following is an excerpt from Continue reading The Citizen’s Canes of Massachusetts
There’s a great genealogy story in the April 26, 2009 edition of the Des Moines Register. It’s the story of the surfacing of a 100 year of a christening bowl, the search by Iowa Genealogical Society staff and volunteers, and Continue reading Inscribed Christening Bowl Finds Its Way Home Thanks to Turtle and the Iowa Genealogical Society