A new exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee tells the story of some 1939 dress designs that made it out of...
These 1939 Dress Designs Survived the Holocaust. Their Designer Didn’t.
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What to Do When Genealogy Records Were Burned
Recently Sue from Elk Grove, Illinois wrote in with a question about what to do when records were lost due to fire (or...
Here is the New Book for Genealogy Gems Book Club!
The Genealogy Gems Book Club debuted to excellent response from you, our readers and listeners and social media...
Are You Going to RootsTech 2015? So is Laura Bush
RootsTech 2015 is just over a month away! Are you going? Genealogy Gems will be there in booth 1242 and we look...
NEW! Map for African-American Genealogy Resources after the Civil War
The time period after the U.S. Civil War is a messy era for searching for African-American ancestors from the South....
Here’s a Cool Way to Export a Web Clipping Note from Evernote
Recently I posted on How to Solve a Pesky Evernote Web Clipper Problem. In that post I explained how to save an...
What You Can Learn from Richard III DNA “Scandal”
An article recently published in Nature Communications confirmed the identity of the remains of King Richard III by...
The History of Mapmaking (and a Peek at the Future)
Do you love old maps? Then you might enjoy a new video presentation now online at the Library of Congress website on...
MyHeritage to Digitize Danish Genealogy Records
MyHeritage has announced a new arrangement with the Danish National Archive to digitize, index and make available...
