The Knowles Collection: Memorial Day

25 May 2012

Memorial Day

This weekend in the United States is the Memorial Day holiday. Original began after the Civil War to honor those who had fallen in service of their country, it has become a way to not only honor our war dead, but to remember all of our ancestors. This year may we all remember those who have sacrificed so much for each of us, regardless of whether they may have served and died in war, or served by fighting daily for survival.

May none of them ever be forgotten.

1 comment:

Jim (Hidden Genealogy Nuggets Blog)May 28, 2012 at 9:08 AM
What a great memorial day tribute.

My memorial day tribute was to post about my ancestor John Douglas Laurie. He fought for the 10th Connecticut Infantry during the civil war. He died in November from wounds he received on October 13, 1864.

Regards, Jim
Genealogy Blog at Hidden Genealogy Nuggets
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Growth and Change

In the 12 years since the Knowles Collection was first published, the numbers have climbed from 7,500 to over 1,4000,000. So many of our ancestors left their native lands for new homes. Because of that movement the collection will now be in 6 different databases. All of them will be under the Knowles Collection umbrella. They are Jews of The British Isles; Jews of the North America; Jews of Europe; Jews of South America and the Caribbean; and Jews of Africa and the Orient and the newest one, Jews of the Southern Pacific.. This is a great indication of how universal our families are, and of how much still needs to be done.