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Today, January 27th, is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. As such, the United Nations has designated this day, each year, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, in particular, the theme is Children and the Holocaust.
Over 1.5 million Jewish children, and tens of thousands of other children were murdered during the Holocaust. “We will never know what these children might have contributed to the world,” said the UN Secretary-General. But, we can make sure that they are not forgotten.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has collected over 170 million documents relating to victims and survivors of Nazi-era persecution. The World Memory Project community has, in just eight short months, indexed over a million of those records. But, there is still so much more we can do.
Please visit WorldMemoryProject.org to learn more about how you can help. Together we can make records pertaining to this dark time more readily accessible to those who are looking to restore the identities of people the Nazis tried to erase from history. Ancestry.com has committed to making all records keyed by this community available online for free to anyone who wishes to access them.
Please take 15 minutes to watch today’s Ancestry LIVE broadcast. Take a few moments today to remember those victims and survivors of Nazi-era persecution. Then, resolve to do what you can to help educate yourself and others so that we, as a worldwide society, can prevent future genocides.
Until next time…
William L. 'Bill' Sauber 01/16/1934 - 01/22/2012 William L. 'Bill' Sauber, 78, a longtime resident of the Gales Creek community, died Jan.
The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland, stands behind Andy Fraser, its recently anointed "Tartan Butler" who helps guests learn about their family history.
Learn how to research your own family legends. Emily Schroeder, an expert of genealogy and a librarian at the Maine State Library will teach an introductory course on genealogy at St.
AGED 19 and studying to be a lawyer, it would be some time before he became an established household name.
I have written some at my Book Blog about Memoirs and Family History Books but today I want to mention some points that you, as a Springfield family history and genealogy researcher, may find useful as you get into your own writing or are assisting others with theirs.
If you are interested in learning more about how DNA testing helps trace our ancestors or determining the ethnic origins of your family, the Tennessee State Library and Archives might have just the workshop to fit your needs.
Funeral Mass will begin at 10:00 am Friday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Cosgrove.
Did you catch this week’s Ancestry LIVE broadcast? We talked about Pennsylvania Vital records. We had over 400 people who joined us live in the broadcast and the chat afterwards. And, at last check, over 2,000 of you have watched the archived video on our YouTube channel.
I guess Pennsylvania records are pretty important to you!
Of course, this isn’t a surprise at all. Pennsylvania has been one of the most populous states in the Union since it became a state in 1787. So, chances are, if your family has been in the United States for longer than four or five generations, someone in your ancestry passed through Pennsylvania at some point in time.
You can learn more about Pennsylvania Family History Research in the Ancestry Wiki.
I hope you take the time to learn more. I find that when I understand more about the places my ancestors lived, I understand more about them and their lives. For me, that’s always more important than filling in blanks on a pedigree chart or seeing how far back I can trace my ancestry.
The database released on Ancestry.com this week contains over 7.5 million records obtained from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. You read that right… 7.5 million records. Read the database description (scroll down past the search box) so you know what’s included in this amazing collection. Then, please, dive right in and start searching the Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985. I would bet many of you are going to find exactly what you’re looking for. Some of you may even find things you didn’t know you were looking for. When you do, be sure to come back here and let me know about it. I love hearing your success stories.
Until next time – Have fun climbing your family tree…