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FEEFHS Genealogical News Update

The latest news about genealogy in Eastern Europe, powered by Google News.

This search is based on key genealogical words, plus the names of our countries of interest.

Some material on some news sites does not meet the FEEFHS standard for diversity, harmony and unit. We have made an attempt to block stories that would not be appropriate for this site.

Be warned that not everything here will be relevant - for every interesting story there might be 10 that are little more than ads for local events. We expect, however, that this summary will usually contain a few nuggets to make it worth coming back.




Ancestry.com's 7.4M-Share IPO Priced At Midpoint Of Estimates
Wall Street Journal
It has several new international sites directed at countries ranging from Germany to China, and plans to expand further internationally. ...

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Lost piece of family tree found
Pekin Daily Times
Because that grave is in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Tazewell County, Goran contacted the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society in Pekin, ...


ITV, Mormons and Family Trees
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The OFT's concern relates to genealogy - Friends Reunited's value lies mostly in Genes Reunited, which allows subscribers to explore the branches of their ...

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Sun Star Courier

Stephen Sebesta collects history of Cleveland Czechoslovak Legionnaires
Sun Star Courier
Now, he has compiled a book about a little-known part of Cleveland's Czech heritage. "The Wartime Experiences of a Cleveland Czechoslovak Legionnaire," ...

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History and the battle for hearts and minds
Mail on Sunday
Could he explain the genealogy that had brought George I and the Hanoverian dynasty to the throne? Her dining partner looked about him vaguely and ...

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Jan Hilderbrand column: Research Center gets genealogy of Bogenhagen, Ruppel ...
Sheboygan Press
The family immigrated on the ship Bohemia and arrived April 18, 1884, in New York from Hamburg, Germany. Of their four children, only Willie lived to be ...

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Business News brief
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Meanwhile, investors impressed by Ancestry.com's large subscriber base and growth story pushed the genealogy Web site's stock up as much as 21 percent on ...

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Daily Mail

History and the battle for hearts and minds
Daily Mail
Could he explain the genealogy that had brought George I and the Hanoverian dynasty to the throne? Her dining partner looked about him vaguely and ...


Get a taste of culture Saturday at library
Grand Junction Free Press
And for those who'd like to learn more of their own heritage there will be a table with genealogy library resources. And of course you can hardly celebrate ...


Cemetery visiting sisters travel to Ralston
Seattle Post Intelligencer
They've filed an estimated 13000 pictures of grave sites with online Web sites specializing in genealogical data. Some of their work can be found at ...

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Cemeteries breathe life into tourists
CNN International
It can be a form of entertainment and inspiration, a history and architecture lesson, a cultural appreciation course, a genealogical journey and a source of ...

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The Soviet Union fell 20 years ago, but remnants of Russian authoritarism ...
Varsity
The genealogy of United Russia goes right back to the same CPSU and the Soviet elite. They had enjoyed their privileges for years, while letting the Soviet ...

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A spiritual family tree
The Pilot
Genealogical research can be addictive, especially when you can do it on your computer late at night. When I decided to dig into family history, ...


Belleville library to offer Christmas card workshop
Belleville Intelligencer
If you don't have the time or energy to spend on creating Christmas crafts because you are too busy researching your family genealogy, you will be happy to ...

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Exploring Reincarnation, Internet Style
Mediaite.com
Some of them, like the monstrous genealogical octopus that is Ancestry.com, charge. Many don't. And many sites provide an ability to learn more about minor ...


Cuyahoga West Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society to host author and ...
Westlake | Bay Village Observer
Hans Kopp, a native of the Danube Swabians region in the former Kingdom of Hungary, will speak about twentieth century emigration from Germany to Cleveland, ...


A medieval monarch who has been forgotten by history
Baltimore Sun
There are also genealogical charts included. Unfortunately, many of the original documents dealing with Joanna's reign were destroyed by the Germans in ...

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North News Briefs
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The national landmark district appears much like old villages in Germany. Many of its early Harmonist and Mennonite buildings survive, and the community's ...


Pike voters help replace lost library funding
Chillicothe Gazette
Along with books, DVDs and free Internet usage, the libraries provide a place for researchers to do genealogy research, provide Storytime programs for ...

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Christian Science Monitor

Ski jumping on plastic? How Olympians train before the snow flies.
Christian Science Monitor
Luge athlete Erin Hamlin - a New Yorker who trains here frequently - broke Germany's 99-win streak with a gold at the 2009 World Championships. ...

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Ruth Lee Antonsen Giebel
Pinedale Roundup
She had two overseas missions - Germany and Okinawa. Ruth met her soul mate, Edmund Jesse Giebel, on a blind date in 1988. They were married July 1, ...


Inside a Windows 7 house party
CNET News
Events are taking place in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Hong Kong, Japan, Spain, Italy, India, and China. ...

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A word with Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls
BurlingtonFreePress.com
AP: I can take any of my songs and try to put the genealogy of the song together and say, "Oh, it's a little bit Beatles and a little bit ABBA and a little ...

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Philadelphia Center City Weekly Press

PA Historical Society holds genealogical workshops
Philadelphia Center City Weekly Press
Despite this mild disappointment, Arnold's early foray into genealogy was successful. It got him talking to his mother about the family's history, ...

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PUBLIC LIBRARY OF YOUNGSTOWN AND MAHONING COUNTY
Youngstown Vindicator
Poland, 4 pm, Nov. 18. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." Even if you haven't read this book by Jeff Kinney, come and play games, such as What's Under Rodrick's bed? ...


Let there be music and theatre
Peterborough Examiner
His dream was to study music in Germany, and so he began the study of the German language. Rupert often attended the German Lutheran Church on Bond Street ...


Erich L. Lehmann - Berkeley professor - dies
San Francisco Chronicle
A refugee of Nazi Germany, Professor Lehmann authored seminal books on statistics and taught for more than four decades at UC Berkeley. "As a Nazi refugee, ...


New Jersey Jewish Standard

Jetti Hecht Haendel, Evelyne's grandmother, above left, and Pessah Haendel ...
New Jersey Jewish Standard
Haendel's father had been born in 1905 in Ukraine to Jacob and Jetti Hecht Händel. Her mother was born in 1909 in Poland to Joseph and Malka Ehrlich ...


Westborough High School's Center Stage Presents "Splendor in the Grass"
Community Advocate
Other works of Czech composers will be featured, showcasing the beautiful acoustics of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit. Visit www.mswma.org for more info. ...


Minister and congregation begin new chapter
Holmdel Independent
It was the way values and mores were passed to future generations before college courses, genealogy searches and the Internet. Above: The Rev. ...


Schwieger was philharmonic first
News Sentinel
Most people in the audience knew Schwieger was from Germany, but very few knew he had fled that country or of the struggles he had faced in America. ...


Chris and Jerry Thiessen's home celebrates their rich family histories and ...
News-Leader.com
In addition to genealogy, the home displays Chris' other passions -- orchids in the sunroom, quilts and sewing and, throughout the home, stained glass. ...

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A proud history no longer hidden
Brockville Recorder and Times
Indeed, Fowler knew nothing of his own aboriginal roots until the late 1970s, when he was researching his family genealogy. But as a 14-year-old going to ...


Area history: Poznanski made mark on city
Chippewa Herald
By CHRIS DeWITT & PAT HEBERT Edward Poznanski, who was born in Russian Poland on September 12, 1839, came to American in 1867. After about six months in ...


Mast, a leader in business and the community
Tri County Record
Published four times a year, the periodical covering Mennonite, Amish, and Brethren genealogy and family history, helps readers "understand their past and ...


Long Island Roller Rebels
Plainview Old Bethpage Herald
Mavens will be there at 1:30 pm to help solve your genealogy puzzles. Call Jackie 489-9815 or Rhoda 631-661-6340. Learn all about this extraordinarily ...

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Sack family reunion never small affair
Herald Zeitung
Engelking, his wife, Sandra, and their son, Joel, flew from their home near Stuttgart, Germany to attend the first-ever American gathering of the Sack ...


Retracing their roots
Canmore Leader
The beauty of doing that genealogical tourism human powered is, he said, as you travel through the landscapes in a slow and often difficult manner it gives ...


A Page From History
Organiser
But as soon as the Treaty was signed, the last vestige of Chinese influence in Tibet was thrown off by a coup d'etat, in 1805 (The Treaty was with Russia, ...

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WWII airman's bracelet returned to family
YourWestValley.com
A mechanic and a gunner, he was with the crew of a B-26 Marauder on their way back from a mission in Germany when tragedy struck. ...


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