People Wish They'd Asked Relatives About Their Lives-After Discovering Interesting Stories Once They Pass
Most people wish they'd asked relatives more about their lives while they were alive-after discovering stories once they had passed.
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Young Girls Who Met on a Ship Sailing for America 75 Years Ago are Reunited: 'I could never forget her'
Lena and Yolanda were young girls when they met on a 14-day ocean crossing toward Ellis Island. Now they are reunited as forever friends.
Why Are So Many Old Maps Covered in Sea Monsters? Nat. Geo Dives Deep
Even as late as the 15th century, map makers were still covering images in illustrations of "sea swine," "sea orms," and "pristers."
World's Largest Holocaust Archive is Now Making Their Records Available to Everyone on the Internet
More than 30 million documents on the victims of Nazi persecution are now available for free on Ancestry.com for all generations to come.
She Found Her Passion Reuniting Tornado Victims With Lost Photos
After a massive tornado hit Joplin, Missouri last year, thousands of families whose homes were destroyed lost their most treasured mementos. But thanks to the dedication and hard work of Abi Almandinger, tornado survivors have been reunited with thousands of old photographs that were blown away with the wind and found by strangers. Her webpage, Joplin's Found Photos, acts as a clearinghouse for photos that had been been blown away by the storm.
White Descendants of First Black Physician Buy Tombstone for Unmarked Grave
White descendants of the nation's first professionally trained African-American doctor gathered in a cemetery on Sunday to dedicate a tombstone at the unmarked grave where he was buried in 1865. Antoinette Martignoni, the 91-year-old great-granddaughter of James McCune Smith, learned recently of the family connection.
After Decades of Curiosity, Adopted Woman Plans Road Trip to Meet Her Newly-Discovered 22 Siblings
This 48-year-old woman had always wondered about her biological family – but upon discovering she now has 22 siblings, she plans on meeting all of them.
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