MyHeritage’s ever-growing historical record count has recently jumped by an incredible 1.2 billion — with records added across 24 new and updated collections from the U.S., Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, the U.K., Spain, and Poland. What makes this update especially exciting is how many of the new records are newspaper-related. Newspapers are full of rich …
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Grantsburg Area Historical Society to Present Program on Genealogy
The Grantsburg Area (Wisconsin) Historical Society (GAHS) invites all to attend a program on genealogy by guest speaker, Jill Fuller, from the Wisconsin Historical Society at the Grantsburg Public Library, at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. Do you want to find out about your family’s history but don’t know where to start? This program will …
33-Year-Old Cold Case Solved
A 33-year-old cold case in Portland has been solved. Workers clearing brush near the St. Johns Bridge in North Portland found skeletonized human remains. Testing over the years failed to identify the remains until DNA genealogy was conducted. Investigators identified the person they thought might be the brother and a DNA test confirmed the remains …