Kansas police have finally identified the remains of a teenager who went missing 52 years ago. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced on Tuesday that it used DNAtechnology to determine that remains discovered in 1973 belonged to 16-year-old Jimmy Dollison. The teenager had been living in Kansas City when he went missing in the autumn of 1972. His family reported his disappearance but …
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Goes From Host to Guest on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’
For 11 seasons, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree. On Tuesday, it’s his turn. The Harvard scholar learns a long-buried puzzle about his great-great grandmother, Jane Gates, information which scrambles his ancestry and opens …
“A Matrimonial Advertiser:” Tracing the Treacherous Trail of an Early 20th-Century Romance Scammer
The following is a press release written by folks at the Board for Certification of Genealogists®: FREE BCG-SPONSORED WEBINAR “A Matrimonial Advertiser:” Tracing the Treacherous Trail of an Early 20th-Century Romance Scammer by Sharon Hoyt, CG Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 8:00 p.m. (EDT) Research on a man’s mysterious second marriage identified his wife as a romance …