The following announcement was written by Findmypast: British Army, Local Armed Forces’ Enrolment Forms, Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 This brand-new collection includes over 60,000 enrolment forms for those who enlisted in the British Army in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Typically, these detail-rich transcriptions will include a name, nationality, trade, regiment, next of kin …
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Only a Farmer’s Wife
March 24, 2023 This month Utah’s legislature voted to approve a new flag for the state. According to the legislators, the new design is more representative of the diverse nature of the state. That’s probably true, but it won’t have the personal connection for me that Utah’s first flag did. In 1903, preparations were …
Beethoven’s Genome Offers Clues to Composer’s Health and Family History
Ludwig van Beethoven’s genome has been sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists using five genetically matching locks of the well-known composer’s hair. The research, led by the University of Cambridge, the Beethoven Center San Jose and American Beethoven Society, KU Leuven, FamilyTreeDNA, the University Hospital Bonn and the University of …