Genealogical research out of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is offering Native Hawaiians an opportunity to reconnect with their ancestral roots. The Moʻopono Project, which launched in 2021, is in the process of digitizing thousands of pages of moʻokūʻauhau, or genealogy material, dating back to the mid-1800s. This includes material from the Kingdom era’s Board …
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Kimberly Powell Named as Director of Education for the National Genealogical Society
The following announcement was written by the (U.S.) National Genealogical Society: The National Genealogical Society (NGS) is excited to announce the appointment of genealogy educator Kimberly Powell as its new director of education. With over twenty years of experience in genealogy instruction and course design, Powell brings extensive expertise to her new role. Starting her …
The Fascinating History of Ché Guevara’s Irish Ancestry
In 1929 a woman named Augusta Lynch de MacKinley of Buenos Aires was in correspondence with the Office of the Chief Herald in Ireland about ongoing research into the origins of her branch of the Lynch family. The notes from this research, which are now in the National Library1, state that the man she described …