Monday Recap for August 25, 2014

Posted August 25, 2014 by Amanda | No Comment

Make any great genealogy finds this this weekend? Kickstart your week with these family history articles from around the web!

Image: Nephew finds WW2 PoW’s grave in Poland after 29 years / BBC News

Still ‘Drinkable’: 200-Year-Old Booze Found in Shipwreck (LiveScience) – Cheers! Researchers discover well preserved bottle of alcohol in shipwreck
15 Century-Old Toys We Still Want to Buy (mental_floss) – Did your ancestors play with any of these toys?
Man Finds Home Videos Hidden in Goodwill Buy, Tracks Down Family to Return Memories (The Huffington Post) – A man returns irreplaceable memories to family after purchasing their old video camera at Goodwill
Of Inmates and families (The Legal Genealogist blog) – Judy Russell explores the use of the word ‘inmate’ over time in the U.S. census
Nephew finds WW2 PoW’s grave in Poland after 29 years (BBC News) – Seventy years after he was shot by a German gaud, prisoner of war Tommy Sounders now has a headstone
Think love can’t last forever? This wonderful couple prove that it can (DailyMail UK) – An elderly couple married for 76 years die within ours of each other

Monday Recap for August 18, 2014 – Last week’s recap
The World’s Earliest Photos – Take a look at some of the world’s earliest photos in honor of the 175th anniversary of the daguerrotype
Your Stories: Connecting With Norwegian Relatives – Do you have Norwegian ancestry? Read how genealogy blogger Kitty Cooper connected with her Norwegian cousins on Geni