Thursday, March 10, 2016

The Mormons and Genealogy

If you've ever wondered why and how the Church of LDS (the Mormons) came to accumulate all that genealogical data, here is an interesting article from the New Republic. The amount of information they hold is astounding,  and we were unaware of how big a role the church played in the development of data storage. 
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Slave surnames

This article  from the theroot.com  explains why determining the surname of an enslaved person can be difficult. 

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