On June 15, 1904, (tomorrow is the anniversary of the event), the awful General Slocum steamboat disaster in New York City decimated the German-American community of Kleindeutschland: over a thousand women and children perished. Geneanet, has honored the victims and survivors of the tragedy by documenting the lives of every known passenger. It’s a free …
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From Geneanet: General Slocum Genealogies: A Thousand Source Documents Added
On June 15, 1904, (tomorrow is the anniversary of the event), the awful General Slocum steamboat disaster in New York City decimated the German-American community of Kleindeutschland: over a thousand women and children perished. Geneanet, has honored the victims and survivors of the tragedy by documenting the lives of every known passenger. It’s a free …
Registration for SLIG Fall Virtual 2023 is Now Open
The following announcement was written by the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG): The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) wishes to announce that registration for SLIG Fall Virtual 2023 began on Saturday, June 10, and is ongoing. Limited seats remain in the following courses: Intermediate Foundations (coordinated by Annette Burke Lyttle, MA) Introduction to Genetic …