The double murder conviction of a Seattle-area man found guilty in the cold-case homicide of a young British Columbia couple has been overturned due to juror bias. William Earl Talbott was arrested in 2018 on the strength of DNA genetic genealogy tracing, 31 years after the bodies of Tanya van Cuylenborg, 18, and Jay Cook, …
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What to Know when Looking for Birth Certificates
December 10, 2021 My grandfathers, John Dawson and Victor Fernelius, had birthdates only about six months apart. Victor was born in December of 1874, and John was born in May of 1875. In spite of the closeness of their birthdays, only Victor has any type of civil birth record. Why the difference? No birth …
Why Are AGRA’s Professional Genealogists Looking Forward to the 1921 Census Release?
The following was written by the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA): The eagerly anticipated 1921 England and Wales Census release date is almost here. Its secrets have been hidden for over 100 years. But on 6 January 2022 all will be revealed. AGRA genealogists, like family historians across the country, cannot wait …