Veterans Day From the attics and shoeboxes of Virginia, a trove of historical gold by Gregory S. Schneider at The Washington Post A Veteran’s Decision to Serve by Jen at Repurposed Genealogy The Facts That Matter Most This Veterans Day by Nicole Fisher at Forbes Honor Roll Project Success! by Schalene Dagutis at Tangled Roots and Trees Indexing WWI Soldiers by Sophie Boudarel at The In-Depth Genealogist Remembrance Day 2016: More than half of First World War records now online by Monique Scotti...

Election Women’s Reasons for Desiring to Vote 1880 by Gena Philibert-Ortega at Gena’s Genealogy Election Cake: A Forgotten Democratic Tradition by Maia Surdam at AHA Today Voting Booths Were a Radical 19th Century Reform to Stop Election Fraud by Sarah Laskow at Atlas Obscura World Series Cubs fan shares World Series with late father at Greenwood cemetery by David Macanally at wthr.com Part of our family history by Judy Russell at The Legal Genealogist Cubbie Blue runs deep in my blood by EvaAnne...

My favorite story of the week this week was: #WHA2016 and creativity in the K-20 social studies classroom by Glenn Wiebe at History Tech – Glenn summarizes a panel of social studies teaching experts who discussed engaging children in history through inquiry, telling stories, using evidence, archival material, and connecting. The panel discussion took place at the Western History Association Conference. I’ve been working on the syllabus for my upcoming RootsTech lecture – “Kid Genealogists – Inspiring the Next Generation”...

  The Underground Railroad at Pleasant Hill by EvaAnne at The Family Library – a fascinating house history How to get your pictures off your phone by Jennifer Wise at Heritage Makers – a good thing to know. She gives some ideas, but doesn’t include google photos. I use google photos to backup every photo on my phone at full size. I love it. Organize Your Genealogy Files by Denise Levenick at the Family Curator Concepts – Why DNA...

News Family History Library Begins Construction of New Discovery Center at the FamilySearch Newsroom How an amateur genealogist solved a 48-year-old ‘Jane Doe’ case by Brenda Gazzar at the Los Angeles Daily News Shane Jacobson found a long line of poverty and tragedy in his family tree by Tiffany Dunk, National TV Editor, News Corp Australia Network at Melbourne Herald Sun – an Australian actor finds out about his Finnish roots Utahn is only sibling alive to see brother...