There Were Three Brothers And…

Genealogy newcomers often trip over the “three brothers” story. It has been repeated thousands of times. I have yet to see one instance in which it is accurate.

The story always starts with something like this:

There were three brothers who immigrated to America. One went north, one went south, and one headed west, never to be heard from again.

It is an interesting story, and you might almost believe it. After all, how else can you explain the fact that the same surname pops up in so many places?

Taken, with permission, from Dick Eastman's EOGN (Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter). You can read the full story HERE.

101-Year Old Cancer Survivor Has Now Survived Two Pandemics in Her Lifetime

Angelina Friedman survived cancer, miscarriages, internal bleeding, sepsis and now not one, but two pandemics. More than 100 years after living through the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, the 101-year-old woman recently was infected by the coronavirus but now has recovered.

Details may be found in an article by Mallory Hughes in CNN at: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/us/woman-101-beat-coronavirus-trnd/index.html.

:DISCLOSURE: This article is used with permission by Dick Eastman on genealogical website http://www.blog.eogn.com Thank you, Dick!