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While there is a lot more family history research material online and sites, there are problems and one cannot just grab a tree, or a “memorial” add it/them to one’s… Read more

On Saturday, April 5th, 2025, 5 million Americans, marched  in our streets, in every major city of the United States, in peaceful demonstrations, under the theme of Hands Off, protesting… Read more

In June of last year, after the lousy debate performance of then POTUS Joe Biden against Donald Trump, many Americans worried about Biden’s dementia, apparent feeble-mindedness. Some were willing to… Read more

On Saturday, July 13th, 2024, as I watched the video coverage of the Butler, PA Trump rally shooting aftermath, there were several live on camera interviews of upset persons complaining… Read more

notable Irish-American Tim Quigley Tim Quigley, of San Jose, CA, died on Friday, March 15th, 2024. Born on September 22, 1945 in Wabasha, MN, Tim was a graduate of the… Read more

October 10, 1774 By Cecilia Fábos-Becker Battle of Point Pleasant The French and Indian War, aka The Seven Years War, really started in 1754, and was concluded by a treaty… Read more

US National Park Service is Accepting Applications By Cecilia Fábos-Becker American Independence Semiquincentennial We recently learned about the planned commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. Back in… Read more

ADL’s Greenblatt says ‘Yes’ by Tony Becker 2023-12-11 Jonathan Greenblatt More than one year ago, in May of 2022, the New Yorker Magazine published an interview by Isaac Chotiner, a… Read more

Mobile OS Market Share 2009 – 2023 When Apple Computer, Inc. was founded by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976 its stated goal was to… Read more

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland This past week, we learned about an important new resource for family history researchers whose ancestors came from Ireland as Irish, or passed through Ireland… Read more