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Award-winning facilities. A collection of more than 2 million items. Hundreds of regular programs and events. The East Baton ...
Alex Gordon reviews the latest Blu-ray, DVD and Digital films, including a lavish collector’s edition of Aussie horror hit ...
PHOENIX — Genetic genealogy helped Arizona investigators make a breakthrough on a 13-year-old cold case. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office Cold Case Unit, which launched earlier this year ...
In 2018, investigators used DNA obtained from genealogy websites to identify Joseph James DeAngelo Jr.—better known as the Golden State Killer—who later pleaded guilty to 26 counts of murder ...
We begin from the roots of the Medici family history, with Cosimo the Elder in the 1430s, visiting the quiet Convent of San Marco - the first example of the Medici’s great patronage of the arts and ...
Ten useful and free Irish family history websites National Archives Census records 1901, 1911, survivals 1821-1851. Website: NationalArchives.ie National Library of Ireland ...
People who have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) who have a family history of mental illness may have a higher risk of aggression in middle age, according to a new study.
More by James R. Mayer This article was originally published with the title “Genetic Genealogy Can Exonerate the Innocent” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 332 No. 6 (June 2025), p. 75 ...
Beautiful, easy data visualization and storytellingIn 16th-century Tuscany, the ruling Medici family sometimes received diplomatic gifts of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain vases, and marvelled at ...
A direct descendant of the storied Medici clan that ruled Florence during the Italian Renaissance, Ms. de’ Medici, who died at 97 on June 23 at her home in Milan, brought more than recipes to ...
Lorenzo de'Medici was patron to Leonardo da Vinci for seven years and invited a promising 15-year-old sculptor to live in the family palace as a son. You may have heard of him: Michelangelo.