Dutch regional newspapers had a scoop today (24 December 2022): research has solved the mystery whether Vincent van Gogh was the father of the child that one of his models had in 1885. Y-DNA gave the final answer after 137 years: no, he was not. Brabant Vincent van Gogh spent his early years in Noord-Brabant. Read more…
RootsTech is still the biggest genealogy event in the world. For the second year this event is completely virtual and for free. In a few days – 3/5 March 2022 – we can watch hundreds of presentations about genealogy and family history. RootsTech also offers videos about food, music and culture. One of the many Read more…
Judy Russell – aka The Legal Genealogist – recently wrote a blog post about the “push-pull questions of family history”. In this post she asks herself why Ida Agnes (Geissler) Oettel stayed in Germany. Many of her siblings emigrated to the United States. So, why did she not?This blog post made me realize that many Read more…