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Press Conference on Cold Case – Rapid City SD – 2 pm – 17 Jun 2019

RCPD MEDIA ADVISORY: Press conference to discuss new findings in cold case The media is invited to attend a press conference discussing new findings in the cold case investigation into a Rapid City homicide from 1968. The press conference will be held Monday, June 17th at 2:00 p.m. in the second floor large training room at the Public Safety Building (300 Kansas City Street) in Rapid City. More information will be posted on https://www.facebook.com/RapidCityPD/

June 17, 2019 No Comments

DNA-The Next Big Gold Rush?

The discovery of gold at Sutters Mill, CA in 1848 promised untold wealth for those who had the resources and stamina to outlast the competition. At the dawn of the California Gold Rush, there were no laws governing property rights; prospectors depended on a system of staking claims to protect their discoveries. Early prospectors did well, earning many times what they would have taken in as common laborers. But within a short time, the techniques of extracting gold became more efficient and sophisticated – far beyond the financial resources of the individual 49er. The tens of billions of dollars of gold recovered from the hills of California were ultimately controlled by only a few. Many later prospectors returned home empty-handed.We are now experiencing a new

May 29, 2017 2 Comments

Big Business or Big Brother?

May 2, 2017 No Comments

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part XII – Taking Stock

December 8, 2016 3 Comments

Who Am I? What Is My Name? Part XI – Berlin, Warsaw, and the German Soldier

November 8, 2016 5 Comments

For Immediate Release – Grant from the Elie Wiesel Jewish Studies Center, Boston University

The Center for Professional Education at Boston University has been awarded a competitive grant from Jewish Cultural Endowment Fund of the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies to hold a one-day workshop “Holocaust Survival and Reunion Stories: Separating Fact from Fiction Using Genealogical Research Techniques”. The workshop will be conducted by internationally recognized forensic genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick, PhD, founder of Identifinders International. Dr. Fitzpatrick will focus on stories of child survivors and their efforts to connect with their birth families, covering five topics: Introduction to Holocaust Research Discerning the True from the False when the Impossible is the Norm The Mascot – A Holocaust Literary Fraud? Holocaust Archives and Repositories Who Am I? What

November 7, 2016 No Comments