The following announcement was written by the (U.S.) National Genealogical Society: The National Genealogical Society (NGS) is excited to announce the appointment of genealogy educator Kimberly Powell as its new director of education. With over twenty years of experience in genealogy instruction and course design, Powell brings extensive expertise to her new role. Starting her …
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The Fascinating History of Ché Guevara’s Irish Ancestry
In 1929 a woman named Augusta Lynch de MacKinley of Buenos Aires was in correspondence with the Office of the Chief Herald in Ireland about ongoing research into the origins of her branch of the Lynch family. The notes from this research, which are now in the National Library1, state that the man she described …
Ancestry® Makes New Record Collection Available for Free to Honor the 125,000+ People of Japanese Descent Unjustly Incarcerated During and After World War II
The following is a press release written by the folks at Ancestry: As part of a philanthropic initiative to make history that is at risk of being forgotten available to everyone for free, Ancestry® – the global leader in family history – announced it has published and made freely available on its site the first …