On Friday, June 20, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP Billy Denault met with the Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group (UOVGG) to hear more about the $13,700 grant from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) that was used to update the group’s equipment and services. These funds will assist the group’s board in strengthening the offerings to members, …
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Othram Identifies Man Lost at Sea in 1997
In October 2021, the skeletal remains of an unknown individual wearing a one-piece jumpsuit/fleece longjohns (likely an undergarment for a scuba diving dry-suit or a survival suit) were found after becoming entangled in a fishing net just beyond the boundaries of California’s Monterey Bay. The remains were given to the Monterey County Coroner’s Division in …
Yiddish Book Center Launches Universal Yiddish Library in Beta
The following is a press release written by the Yiddish Book Center: After nearly a decade in development, a groundbreaking new initiative—the Universal Yiddish Library (UYL)—has launched as a public beta, bringing together the Yiddish book collections of four major institutions: the Yiddish Book Center, the National Library of Israel (NLI), the YIVO Institute for Jewish …