After a brief hiatus last week due to yard clean-up in the aftermath of a violent wind and rain storm, Saturday Serendipity returns this week with the following recommended reads.
1. The Weekly Genealogist newsleter of NEHGS announced this week the addition of a new database available at American Ancestors. The database is comprised of over 800 pages and some 20,000 searchable names in The Genealogical Advertiser (1898 -1901). Learn more about the database and the quarterly magazine that was published in Cambridge, Massacusetts by going here.
2. James Tanner, of Genealogy's Star blog, posted this week about the truly amazing photograph enhancer tool on MyHeritage. Read about the tool AND see some before and after examples here.
3. The Legal Genealogist, Judy Russell, posted this week about a timely issue–race and citizenship. Read "Review: how white was white enough?" here.
4. Linda Stufflebean, of Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog, posted a methodology piece this week on the use of court records–unindexed court records. You can read her post and illustration of the method here.
5. One of the many issues that have arisen during the COVID pandemic is "food insecurity." While food insecurity is different from rationing, Heather Rojo, of Nutfield Genealogy blog, gives us a look backward to the days of rationing during WWII complete with photos of the implementing tools of national rationing. You can read the post and see the photos here.
6. Finally, The Weekly Genealogist of NEHGS highlighted two stories of interest this week. The first is a piece about the passing of Irene Triplett in North Carolina at age 90. She was the last person to collect a Civil War pension -- $73.13/mon. You can read the full story here. The second story is about a woman born in Korea and named Kang Meesook. In 1983 she was found in a market parking lot at age two in Goesan, South Korea. In 1984 she was adopted by an American couple and grew up in Michigan. Fast forward and Kara Bos is now married and with a family of her own -- which led to an interest in genealogy and DNA testing. After testing through Family Tree DNA and reaching out to her presumed half sisters, she found herself kneeling and begging for contact with her biological father at the doorstep of one half-sister (who called security). Kara then sought out an attorney and sued to force a DNA test by her presumed father. Read the rest of the story here.
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Copyright 2020, John D. Tew
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