EasyGenie

This grand old beauty is nearly 200 years old and built of stone. Soon going on the market, I hear.

In some older cemeteries in the northern US and Canada, you will find receiving vaults which were used to shelter interments during the winter. Before backhoes and modern embalming techniques were invented, when someone died in the harshest winter months the ground was literally frozen solid and there was no way to bury the caskets. The vaults were designed to keep the ambient temperature inside near freezing to prevent decay while avoiding damage from the elements. After the spring thaw, burials could take place. The earliest burials in this cemetery date from 1810.

As a child growing up in Sweden, Karolina Jurzyk didn’t pay much attention to her grandfather’s tales of wartime Poland. Now, however, thanks to a long-forgotten letter, Jurzyk, 35, has uncovered the truth about how her family rescued and hid two Jewish sisters from the N***s. (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/21/europe/jewish-sisters-rescued-scli-intl/index.html

The basics of how to use an EasyGenie pedigree chart, which track direct ancestors of the source person. This is a large print 4-generation pedigree chart; EasyGenie also has 5, 6, 8, and 10 generation pedigree charts available. Narrated by EasyGenie founder Ian Lamont. https://youtu.be/C-cF6-X5ySc

Does your hometown have a dish that is "historically significant to the greater community or beyond"? It might qualify for a historical plaque! (Atlas Obscura)

Locally Famous Foods Are Now Getting Plaques Like Historical Sites Syracuse got one for salt potatoes—could your hometown be next?

Sometimes, you have look down to see the details. Spotted this forgotten plaque on a rusted iron fence on an old church now up for sale. Communities change, congregations fade. RIP Adeline.