- (The Daily Star Lebanon) – Although it concluded more than 60 years ago, the Tokyo War Crimes Trial is still a live issue today – in Japan as in the world at large. The deliberations that took place in Tokyo after World War II, which led to 25 guilty verdicts and the execution of seven Japanese, helped shape the international law around war crimes.
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- (The Fayetteville Observer) – A Fayetteville man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to forging the name of a veteran to obtain military records, officials said. Paul Edward Moody Sr., 74, pleaded guilty to making and using a false writing, according to a release from U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding.
These are my links for March 23rd from 07:00 to 17:06:
- - The Department of Veteran’s affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator online database is a wonderful resource for genealogists. With a few keystrokes you can locate graves for all kinds of family members, and get a cemetery map to go with it. When I did a search for the surname Meitzler, I came up with 16 different people. My cousin, Elmore Meitzler, and his wife, Doris, are buried in the Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan. Elmore fought in WW II in Europe. If I hadn’t known
- Federal Jury Hands Down Guilty Verdict In 13-Year-Old Murder Case (Leesburg Today) – Thirteen years after the body of Jack Watkins was found stuffed in a storage trunk on Loudoun’s western border, a federal jury Monday convicted Nancy Jean Siegel of second degree murder-witness tampering, theft of government benefits, identity theft and fraud offenses.
- Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers – Part One , By William Dollarhide Most genealogical records created during the decade of the Civil War are related to the soldiers and regiments of the Union and Confederate states. But there are numerous records relating to the entire population of the states as well. This review (in three parts) identifies places to look for ancestors during that decade, first for the national name lists, and then a state-by-state listing (in p
An article and some advice about making searches or doing background checks using public records sites Today the number of people performing free public records search or background checks is increasing. Searching public records has become much easier since the Freedom of Information Act whereby anything that is documented on any person in the US is available to the public. A public records search is a national search of public records from various sources, i
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- The Indiana Genealogical Society (IGS) will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a special four-track conference at the Indianapolis Marriott East at 7202 E. 21st Street from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 25. Learn how to honor and research your family’s ancestors who served the military from national and state genealogists.
