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Genetic Genealogy Is Cracking Cases Once Thought Unsolvable. Not All Police Forces Can Afford to Use It.

There is an interesting article by Leah Hendry published in the CBC News web site that may be of interest to many genealogists: As more police forces crack decades-old cold cases with the help of genetic genealogy, Montreal police have yet to have a major breakthrough on a case of their own. The lack of progress — at …

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The University of South Florida and Florida Holocaust Museum to House Papers and Personal Collection of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity named the University of South Florida (USF) and the Florida Holocaust Museum as the permanent home of the papers and artifacts of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who became an esteemed humanitarian, writer and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.  Wiesel’s physical and digitized papers, including correspondence with world leaders, unfinished manuscripts, photographs …

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The University of South Florida and Florida Holocaust Museum to House Papers and Personal Collection of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity named the University of South Florida (USF) and the Florida Holocaust Museum as the permanent home of the papers and artifacts of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who became an esteemed humanitarian, writer and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.  Wiesel’s physical and digitized papers, including correspondence with world leaders, unfinished manuscripts, photographs …

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