DNA Tests Reveal Secrets Lurking Amid Family Backstories
The Columbian – 18 May 2020
By Scott Hewett
History Tour: Revising the Revolutionary War
Atlas Obscura – May 2020
By Jonathan Carey
Articles
This Month’s Articles of Interest
Canada History – 16 January 2020
Charlie Baker Wants to Restrict Access to Birth, Death and Marriage Records
www.boston.com – 31 January 2020
American Ancestors – 13 February 2020
Concerns Raised about Gov’s Proposed Limits on Access to Vital Documents
Worcester Telegram – 15 February 2020
Modern Humans May Have More Neanderthal DNA Than Previously Thought
Smithsonian Magazine – 4 February 2020
December’s Articles of Interest
Two Families Shared A Harrowing History – one black, one white. Then they met.
The Washington Post – 23 Oct 2019
Police Were Cracking Cold Cases with a DNA Website. Then the Fine Print Changed.
NBC News – 23 Oct 2019
DNA Test Leads Man To Biological Parents He Thought Died 50 Years Ago
People.com – 1 Nov 2019
Abandoned Baby Finds His Family 74 Years Later
Texarkana Gazette – 31 Oct 2019
Woman Reunited With Vietnamese Mom Who Lost Her 44 Years Ago
NextShark – 8 Nov 2019
We’re Losing Generations of Family History Because We Don’t Share Our Stories
Good Housekeeping – 13 Nov 2019
Articles of Interest for October
Family History Unfolds on Beachwood, Ohio, Man’s Journey to Germany
Cleveland Jewish News – 6 September 2019
Academic Journals Help Armchair Genealogists Up Their Game
NJ.com – 13 September 2019
Archeologists Race to Uncover a Colonial Fort Buried Beneath a Maine Road
Maine Public Radio – 26 August 2019
Articles of Interest for this Month
Here are September’s Articles of Interest.
A DNA Test Connected Two Distant Cousins – and Filled In a Family History Erased by Slavery
(PRI’s “The World” – 5 August 2019)
My Three Grandfathers
(The Atlantic – 16 June 2019)
When an Influx of French-Canadian Immigrants Struck Fear into Americans
(Smithsonian Magazine – 21 August 2019)
Researching in NY and NJ Just Got Easier
From the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast
Pathways and Passages – Winter 2019
Ukrainian Surnames
From the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast
Pathways and Passages – Winter 2019
Flip-Flopping Maiden Names?
From the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast
Pathways and Passages – Winter 2017
