If you have recent immigrant ancestors, especially from France, perhaps you have used Geneanet . The free resources are quite good. So it was with some excitement that I saw: Geneanet now launches Geneanet DNA, a new beta test service which allows you to upload the raw data of a DNA test kit taken with any company, to compare it to other Geneanet members' DNA data. Click here to discover Geneanet DNA The FamilySearch Wiki describes Geneanet:  Geneanet was launched in 1996 by genealogy enthusiasts to help family history researchers sharing their data. They wanted their users to pay only if they want and that’s why they created the Premium service. Most of the website pages and features are available for free but you can take advantage of Ad-Free browsing, more effective search engine and access to additional records by subscribing to the Premium. The site can be viewed in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. They add: Geneanet is especially u...

by Joy Etienne , sole niece of a KIA radio operator This is dedicated to WWII families left in the dark, abandoned in joyous victory, still wondering what happened to their loved ones; to the unsung heroic men of the 8th AA 2nd AD 445th BG 701st BS like cooks, riggers, mechanics, crew chiefs, nose artists, doctors and chaplains; and, to good French citizens who never forget American’s sons. 2/3/19 Update We found Schum.  No Nazi slit his throat.  It’s S/Sgt Walter Boyd Schum, Sunon Square Dance’s 20-year-old left waist gunner.  Altoona’s native son goes back generations from an early settler, a civil war veteran, great grandson of Henry Schum, founder of Altoona’s Evangelical United Brethren/Methodist Church, the same church Walter attended from his home at 120 E 5th Avenue. He’s a proficient marksman trained stateside for other bomber weapons, a gunner on 4 different bombers, and an English crash landing survivor with one other Sunon Square Dance airman. W...