A group of Philadelphia-area historical organizations are pooling their archives into “The Revolutionary City: A Portal to the Nation’s Founding,” a growing collection of original documents that has been digitized, catalogued and made searchable by the public. More than 6,000 documents with more than 57,000 pages have already been uploaded into the publicly accessible website. The project …
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‘The Revolutionary City’ Gives Everyone Access to Original Documents of Philly Residents Living Through the Revolutionary War
A group of Philadelphia-area historical organizations are pooling their archives into “The Revolutionary City: A Portal to the Nation’s Founding,” a growing collection of original documents that has been digitized, catalogued and made searchable by the public. More than 6,000 documents with more than 57,000 pages have already been uploaded into the publicly accessible website. The project …
“Finding Your Roots”’ Henry Louis Gates Jr. Presents Pope Leo with Family Tree
Henry Louis Gates Jr. visited the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo XIV to deliver his genealogical findings on his family tree. Gates confirmed that the first American pope is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Justin Bieber, Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Hilary Clinton and Jack Kerouac, as reported by The New York Times. Pope Leo, …