Jul 20
In your family history research you may well come across a family document, letter, record, photo or even a cemetery headstone written in a language other than English. If you can read multiple languages, no problem, but if you do not read other languages you need to translate these valuable records. One method is to ask assistance of someone,...
May 30
There are many people unaware of some of the daring missions that American and other Allied airmen had to make countless times during the course and aftermath of World War II. This Memorial Day is an excellent opportunity to learn about some of dangerous flights made by pilots in the military, some who may have been relatives. Remember air flight...
Feb 21
Whether you are the family historian or a lover of erotic places, there is an online database of some 5,000 photos that capture scenes of China, Korea, Japan and and Russia between the years of 1917 to 1932. At the Duke University Internet site, in their digital collection, the photos taken by Sidney D. Gamble covering four separate trips to Asia a...
Jan 11
Under the U. S. Federal Department of Homeland Security, the agency of U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a new Genealogy Program to assist researchers in locating information on their immigrate ancestors. Over the decades there have been millions of immigrates arrive at American shores from Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa a...
Jan 2
Researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong have found a way to map the entire genome of a fetus based on the genetic material from a blood sample that is taken from the mother. This new discovery might lead to a non-invasive way to do prenatal screening for genetically heritable disorders. A report about their research was published in �...
Oct 19
Now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, this land is south of China with a long coastline bordering the South China Sea. It had once been a French colony. There were three regions: northern, central and southern. All the people preferred to be known as Vietnamese. The ethnic Vietnamese also refer to themselves as kinh, meaning "lowlanders," as o...
Oct 19
The ancient Persian people and their language are found in Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbenkistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan. The largest populated group are in Iran, about 45 million, with the second being Afghanistan, having about 18 million. The Persian language has various forms including those in the eastern regions using the dialects of Dari, Hazar...
Oct 19
The Korean Peninsula along the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan has remained over the centuries a homogeneous culture. Very few other ethnic groups have populated the regions for any length of time. Politically, the peninsula is divided into two nations, North and South Korea, but the ethnic make-up of its people is the same. Koreans are of the...
Oct 19
A group of islands in the Northern Pacific Ocean and part of the Asian continent is the nation of Japan. It is a very old and traditional society that dates back centuries. Native Japanese people have been raised to think of themselves as part of a group, and their group is always dealing with other groups. The other groups being their communi...
Oct 19
There are several levels and aspects to British genealogy. It can refer solely to the nominate group, the English people of the British Isles. Instead, British actually refers to all the collection of ethnic groups on the British Isles. The whole island is referred to as Great Britain which also has the areas of Scotland and Wales that share the ...