Carnival of Genealogy, 69th Edition

Bill West has posted the 69th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. He's done a terrific job of putting together a plethora of "What if..." articles. You'll find them very entertaining! Head on over and check them out over your morning cup of coffee and croissants.

Thank you, Bill, for hosting the COG!

The topic for the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is: Uncle, Uncle! This edition is all about our uncles. Have you got a favorite or interesting uncle? Tell us about him! Maybe you had a older cousin, neighbor, or friend you called "uncle"... that works too! No uncles in your life? No problem. Write about any gentleman on your family tree who was an uncle to somebody :-) The deadline for submissions is April 15th (get your tax return done early so you don't miss out!) and I'll be hosting it here at Creative Gene.

Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy using our carnival submission form. Please use a descriptive phrase in the title of any articles you plan to submit and/or write a brief description/introduction to your articles in the "comment" box of the blog carnival submission form. This will give readers an idea of what you've written about and hopefully interest them in clicking on your link. Thank you!

Thanks for the poster, fM!

Who Owns the Missing Amber Room?

Joseph Stalin, Vincent Lisowski, and Winston Churchill shown at negotiation meeting, 1943

What a find! I was going through a box of photos in the basement when I came across this photo of my grandfather, Vincent Lisowski, along with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. As if that wasn't amazing enough, there was a note on the back indicating that it is the only evidence of the three men meeting together to negotiate the gifting of the "8th wonder of the world", the famed Amber Room, (originally owned by Russia but at that time held by Germany) to Poland. It went on to say that if the Amber Room was ever recovered (it remains a mystery to this day) it would be given to the people and government of Poland in reparation for damages done to that country by the Germans and Russians in the early days of WWII.

Can you imagine?

There must be documents verifying this information somewhere, but where would I begin looking for them? Do I start with books? No, I guess they're not reliable. Documents? Photos? No, I guess they're not reliable either. Hmmm.

I guess I'm stuck here. If photos aren't reliable then maybe the photo I found in the basement is not what it appears to be. Could it be nothing more than a cruel hoax?

On April Fool's Day it could!