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Ancestry® Makes New Record Collection Available for Free to Honor the 125,000+ People of Japanese Descent Unjustly Incarcerated During and After World War II

The following is a press release written by the folks at Ancestry: As part of a philanthropic initiative to make history that is at risk of being forgotten available to everyone for free, Ancestry® – the global leader in family history – announced it has published and made freely available on its site the first …

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Library Digitizes Past Copies of the Winchester Star (Of Winchester, Virginia)

At long last, digital copies of The Winchester Star dating as far back as 1896 are available online for free, courtesy of the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives at Handley Regional Library. “When I took on the position of archives manager, one of my goals was to get The Star digitized because I know a lot of people come …

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Library Digitizes Past Copies of the Winchester Star (Of Winchester, Virginia)

At long last, digital copies of The Winchester Star dating as far back as 1896 are available online for free, courtesy of the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives at Handley Regional Library. “When I took on the position of archives manager, one of my goals was to get The Star digitized because I know a lot of people come …

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