A 22-year year old man with a metal detector in France has brought a lot of joy to an 89-year widow in the U.S. As...
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BillionGraves Apps: iOS Update and Windows Beta
BillionGraves has announced an overhaul to the BillionGraves app for iOS (to be released shortly) and a new Windows...
Orphaned Heirloom WWI Medal Comes Home via Facebook
Thanks to an appeal on Facebook, an old World War I medal is back with its family! According to the North Devon...
Prison Inmate Photos: “The Eyes Are Everything”
Matt from Omaha, Nebraska (U.S.) recently told me about a project his cousin is working on that is so cool the story...
Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 172: NEW Book Club
Episode 172 of the free Genealogy Gems podcast is now available for your listening pleasure! This is a big episode you...
WWI-Era Orphaned Heirloom Looking for Its Family
A U.K. news site recently reported a story about an orphaned heirloom World War I medal that is trying to get back...
What Has Replaced Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness?
What Has Replaced Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness? It's a question on many family historians minds, include...
Find A Grave Community Day: October 18
If you're like me, you're turning more and more to the indexed tombstone images on sites like BillionGraves and Find A...
Returning Orphaned Heirlooms to the Family
Recently my Premium Podcast included a letter from Pat, who was looking for advice on how to return lost or orphaned...