18 January 2013
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is now home to the first complete and authorized version of the Bible to be printed in Canada.11 January 2013
A World War II veteran who served in France during the war has been reunited with his Army-issued duffel bag nearly seven decades after it went missing.7 January 2013
A quiet Manhattan widow shocked friends by giving a pair of $10 million checks to the New York Public Library and the Central Park Conservancy before she died.4 January 2013
An 1870s brownstone in Boston’s Back Bay built by Jordan Marsh co-founder Eben Jordan has been sold to the New England Historic Genealogical Society for $3 million.2 January 2013
A trove of letters and other memorabilia shows that a 19-year-old U.S. Army ambulance driver had quite an adventure and an active love life while serving in Europe during World War II.20 December 2012
An 88-year-old war veteran is distraught after eight medals he earned during some of the toughest combat of World War II were stolen from his home. Clyde Kellogg, a retired 1st Sgt., is appealing to the culprit to return his most prized possessions, which include a prestigious Purple Heart.
When teenagers in occupied Jersey stole a cache of Christmas letters posted home by German soldiers, it was a small act of wartime resistance. Seven decades later and after a painstaking search, descendants of the troops have finally received them.18 December 2012
After surviving a hurricane, a house fire and storage in a Tweety Bird gym bag, a treasure trove of hundreds of historic letters and documents from the turbulent years of the Texas Republic has made it back into state hands.11 December 2012
In an age when photographs are shot, finessed and circulated to millions of people within seconds, Australia's rarest collection of photojournalism is an evocative insight into another time.30 November 2012
Two stolen WWI medals have been reunited with their owner. The medals were found as police investigated crime in the Moray, Aberdeen, and Northern areas. After an appeal it transpired the medals were awarded to Elsie Menzies, who was born in 1894 in Craigellachie.27 November 2012
A proclamation signed by former US President Abraham Lincoln on April 19, 1861, that marked the official start of the American Civil War, is up for sale for a whopping USD 900,000.
A potential $30 million blowout in costs has prompted a parliamentary committee to reject a plan by the National Archives of Australia to build a new preservation building in Mitchell. The public works committee has also criticised Archives management for providing ''confusing'' information on the proposed $100 million project.
For decades Ann Abbott-Stong has had a hobby of genealogy. Some would even dare to call her hobby an obsession. "For a long time, I have teased her that she spends more time with the dead ancestors than the live ones because she does so much genealogy," Ann's daughter, Christy Blakely, said.23 November 2012
A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the upstate New York address it was intended for, but sadly its designated recipients were no longer around to receive it.13 November 2012
Love letters written in a Nazi labor camp during World War II have finally made their way to their intended recipients, 70 years after they were first penned.Older Posts - page 4 of 22 - Newer Posts