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The Daily Genealogist: How Ken Burns Explores New England

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Lynn Betlock
Managing Editor

How Ken Burns Explores New England
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns discusses some of his favorite historic sites and natural spaces in New England.

Last Edited by Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek at 5/23/2013 10:46 AM Comments (0)

The Daily Genealogist: The Long Lost Germans of Texas

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Lynn Betlock
Managing Editor

Remembering the Long Lost Germans of Texas
An interview with University of Texas professor Hans Boas, director of the Texas German Dialect Project, discusses an almost-extinct variant of German, Texas German.

Last Edited by Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek at 5/23/2013 10:44 AM Comments (0)

The Daily Genealogist: America’s Birthplace Could Disappear

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Lynn Betlock
Managing Editor

With Rising Seas, America’s Birthplace Could Disappear
Jamestown, Virginia, the first successful English colony in America, “is now threatened by rising sea levels that scientists say could submerge the island by century’s end.”

Last Edited by Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek at 5/23/2013 10:39 AM Comments (0)

The Daily Genealogist: Charlemagne's DNA and Our Universal Royalty

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Lynn Betlock
Managing Editor

Charlemagne’s DNA and Our Universal Royalty
In a recent National Geographic blog, Carl Zimmer discusses the findings of statisticians and geneticists who've looked at the “web-like tapestry” that is genealogy.

Last Edited by Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek at 5/16/2013 9:32 AM Comments (0)

The Daily Genealogist: Alice E. Kober — Lost to History No More

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Lynn Betlock
Managing Editor

Alice E. Kober, 43 — Lost to History No More
Margalit Fox, a senior obituary writer at the New York Times, brings the story of Alice Kober, who worked tirelessly to crack an ancient Aegean code, Linear B, out of obscurity.

Posted by Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek at 5/16/2013 9:28 AM Comments (0)

The Daily Genealogist: Maps Reveal Owners of Lands Taken by Cromwell

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Lynn Betlock
Managing Editor

Maps Reveal Owners of Lands Taken by Cromwell
“A staggering collection of maps assembled in Trinity College Dublin…reveal the exact ownership of the lands that were plundered from Irish families and given to landlords during the Cromwellian Plantation” of 1652–58.

Last Edited by Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek at 5/16/2013 9:26 AM Comments (0)

The Daily Genealogist: Native Americans in 1494 Vatican Fresco

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Lynn Betlock
Managing Editor

New Worlds Older: Native Americans in 1494 Vatican Fresco
The director of the Vatican Museums suggests that a detail in a newly-cleaned fresco may be “the first depiction of Native Americans” in European art.

Last Edited by Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek at 5/9/2013 9:44 AM Comments (0)

The Daily Genealogist: Celebrating a 250-Year-Old House

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Lynn Betlock
Managing Editor

Celebrating a 250-Year-Old House
Yankee Magazine columnist Edie Clark wrote about the history of her venerable New Hampshire house and described the celebration she held when it turned 250 years old.

Last Edited by Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek at 5/9/2013 9:42 AM Comments (0)