Monday Recap for July 28, 2014

Posted July 28, 2014 by Amanda | No Comment

Did you have fun researching your genealogy this weekend? Keep the fun going by checking out these articles from around the web.

Image: Child Migrants Have Been Coming to America Alone Since Ellis Island / Mother Jones

Old days in S.F. not so good (SF Gate) – San Francisco historian recounts how life in “good old days” were not so good in old San Francisco
Tour the Beautiful Cemetery Where New York’s Rich and Powerful Were Laid to Rest (Business Insider) – Check out these photos for a lovely tour of one of New York’s largest and most prominent burial grounds
The 10 Most Important Maps in U.S. History (Mental Floss) – Explore these important maps in history
Son Finds His Late Dad’s ‘Ghost’ in a Racing Video Game (Jalopnik) – A teen who lost his father at the age of 6 discovers a part of his father that continues to live on in an old Xbox game
Our generation game: Baby with four grandparents and all great grandparents (DailyMail UK) – Great grandparents and grandparents are all alive and well for one lucky baby
Secret message found in WW1 Kilt (The Telegraph) – A family discovers a note hidden in the folds of a kilt destined for a WWI soldier
Child Migrants Have Been Coming to America Alone Since Ellis Island (Mother Jones) – A historian details how thousands of unaccompanied minors passed through Ellis Island in the early 20th century

Monday Recap for July 21, 2014 – Last week’s recap
Global Family Reunion: A.J. Jacobs Explains How the World is Related – Watch AJ Jacobs, MyHeritage’s Chief Product Officer Mike Mallin, Thomas MacEntee and Jen Baldwin talk about genealogy and the Global Family Reunion on HuffingtonPost Live