Photo: Earth Day flag. Credit: John McConnell (flag designer) and NASA (Earth photograph); Wikimedia Commons.

First ‘Earth Day’ Celebration a Great Success

By Tony Pettinato on April 22, 2019

An article about Earth Day, a global celebration of the Earth’s beauty and fertility, and a call for greater environmental awareness and protection... (Read More)

Illustration: a researcher using a computer

GenealogyBank Search Tips: Using the ‘My Folder’ Feature

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on April 19, 2019

Mary Harrell-Sesniak explains an important tool GenealogyBank provides: the “My Folder” feature, which lets you save articles and entire searches... (Read More)

Photo: Albert Einstein during a lecture in Vienna in 1921. Credit: Ferdinand Schmutzer; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Albert Einstein, ‘Person of the Century,’ Died

By Tony Pettinato on April 18, 2019

An article about the genius Albert Einstein’s death on 18 April 1955 – and how the great physicist took his final secret to the grave with him... (Read More)

Photo: The Apollo 13 lunar landing mission prime crew from left to right are: Commander, James A. Lovell Jr.; Command Module pilot, John L. Swigert Jr.; and Lunar Module pilot, Fred W. Haise Jr., 29 April 1970. Credit: NASA; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day, Disaster Averted: Damaged ‘Apollo 13’ Spacecraft Returned

By Tony Pettinato on April 17, 2019

An article about the three astronauts onboard the badly damaged spacecraft Apollo 13 making it safely back to Earth on 17 April 1970... (Read More)

Photo: Detroit, Michigan. Credit: Ritcheypro; Wikimedia Commons.

Michigan Archives: 236 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on April 16, 2019

An article (with a complete title list) about the 236 Michigan newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Illustration: “Titanic Sinking," by Willy Stöwer, 1912. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

3 Facts You Didn’t Know about the ‘Titanic’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 15, 2019

In this article on the anniversary of the Titanic sinking, Gena Philibert-Ortega presents three facts that may surprise you about the famous disaster... (Read More)

Illustration: Seal of the United States Bureau of the Census. Credit: United States Bureau of the Census; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tip: Learning More about the 1940 U.S. Census

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 12, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the 1940 U.S. Census – the latest census year available to the public... (Read More)

Photo: information on the Stuart family recorded in a family Bible

Tips for Identifying and Establishing Provenance of Family Records

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on April 11, 2019

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak gives tips for establishing the provenance of family records – and provides a handy checklist... (Read More)

Photo: Belknap County Courthouse, Laconia, New Hampshire, from a 1906 postcard. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

What about Great-Uncle Walter?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 10, 2019

In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp searches old newspapers and census records to find information about the Huse family on his family tree... (Read More)