The Ancestor Hunter
"There are quite a bit of free online historical newspapers from European countries. There are also some that are subscription-based. This article will try and list many of the free ones."
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Women Soldiers of the Civil War:
National Archives
"It is an accepted convention that the Civil War was a man's fight. Images of women during that conflict center on self-sacrificing nurses, romantic spies, or brave ladies maintaining the home front in the absence of their me."
"The existence of soldier-women was no secret during or after the Civil War."
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A Growing Source for Free Genealogy: Digital Public Library of America:
Amy Johnson Crow
"What’s better than a website that gives access to more than 11 million digitized items? A website that does it for free. That’s just what the Digital Public Library of America does. DPLA is constantly growing and fast becoming a “must visit” website for free genealogy resources."
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In Defense of DNA for Family History:
Diahan Southard via Lisa Louise Cook
"In defense of DNA for family history, Your DNA Guide Diahan Southard takes on an NPR writer who says that “family is relationship, not DNA.”
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Dozens of ‘British Home Children’ Lie Forgotten in Etobicoke Cemetery:
GTA
"Victorian-era kids sent to Canada to build a better life often suffered a sad fate; now a research group is trying to tell their stories."
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This Day In History: 25 March
1634: Lord Baltimore founds the Catholic colony of Maryland.
1668: The first horse race in America takes place.
1776: The Continental Congress authorizes a medal for General George Washington.
1867 Birthday: Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore.
1668: The first horse race in America takes place.
1776: The Continental Congress authorizes a medal for General George Washington.
1867 Birthday: Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore.
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