After more than a decade of preparation, a digital collection of 30,000 primary documents related to the creation of Acadia National Park is now available to the public through the History Trust as the Creating Acadia National Park Research Archive. The Jesup Memorial Library is grateful to Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. for undertaking the Herculean …
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Dover Library to Host “Finding Your Roots” Genealogy Workshop Nov. 10
Local history librarian Kim Jurkovic will lead a session titled Finding Your Roots Monday, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m. Jurkovic will give demonstrations of websites available at the Dover Public Library, including Ancestry, Fold3 and Newspaper Archive. She will also highlight several popular free genealogy sites such as Find a Grave and FamilySearch. Jurkovic will …
Tennessee Man Arrested Nearly 30 Years After 1996 Indiana Rape, DNA Technology Links Him to Cold Case
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — A 53-year-old Tennessee man has been arrested and charged in connection with a 1996 rape case in southern Indiana, after new DNA technology helped investigators identify him nearly three decades later, according to the Indiana State Police (ISP). Sammy Wayne Riley, of La Follette, Tennessee, was taken into custody on Saturday, Nov. 1, by the Scott County Sheriff’s Department and charged with one felony count of …