A collection of photographs documenting the history of University of Galway has been published after being collected and archived in a project sponsored by Agallamh na Seanórach/Retired Staff Association. More than 350 images, ranging from the late 19th century to the mid-1990s, have been discovered and digitised, illustrating the University in diverse ways from formal …
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Books Unbanned Stories Highlight the Struggles of Young People in Accessing What They Want to Read
Here is an article that is not about any of the “normal” topics of this newsletter: genealogy, history, current affairs, DNA, and related topics. However, it is abput a subject that interests me and I would like to share it: A 13-year-old from Arkansas wasn’t allowed to use Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give for …
A Mom Found a Jawbone in Her Son’s Rock Collection. 22 Years Later, Genealogy Researchers ID’d the Remains of a US Marine
More than 20 years after a mother found a human jawbone hidden in her son’s rock collection, genetic genealogy experts have unraveled the discovery and identified the partial remains of a US Marine Corps captain. Adding to the decades-long mystery was that 30-year-old Capt. Everett Leland Yager, who died in a military training exercise in …