Do you think you have learned everything about your ancestors’ hometown? Think again. There may be some new (and very old) information available today. Across Europe, once-submerged villages, ships and bridges some dating back thousands of years have re-emerged this year as rivers and reservoirs have dried up. The steady stream of gripping photos have …
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Europes Shrinking Waterways Reveal Treasures, and Experts Are Worried
Do you think you have learned everything about your ancestors’ hometown? Think again. There may be some new (and very old) information available today. Across Europe, once-submerged villages, ships and bridges some dating back thousands of years have re-emerged this year as rivers and reservoirs have dried up. The steady stream of gripping photos have …
Death and Taxes
September 23, 2022 Benjamin Franklin famously wrote “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Genealogists seem to have listened to the death part. Most of us spend a great deal of time looking for death certificates, funeral home, cemetery records and probate records. Fewer of us spend time looking for tax records. …