Daily Genealogist

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mystery of 200-Year-Old British Soldier Found in the Dunes of Holland
Research on the remains of the soldier indicates he died in a brief conflict in August of 1799.

With Rain Coming, Boston Marathon Memorials Made of Paper at Copley Plaza Archived by City
During the process of collecting items to be moved to the city archives, archivist Marta Crilly expressed her feelings, “I'm really happy that these things are going to be preserved, and that this part of Boston's beautiful history, this outpouring of love, is going to be documented for people to see.”