Photo: Lyon Gardiner Tyler, American historian and president of William and Mary College. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 16

By Melissa Berry on December 2, 2022

Melissa Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, focusing on the lineage of genealogist and educator Dr. Lyon Tyler... (Read More)

December Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 114 Titles!

By Tony Pettinato on December 1, 2022

An article (with a complete title list) about the new content from 114 newspaper titles that GenealogyBank added to its online archives in December 2022... (Read More)

Illustration: an "American Heroes" comic strip by Moe and Stan Leff published during World War II.

An Illustrated Remembrance: WWII American Heroes

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 30, 2022

Gena Philibert-Ortega discovers that the WWII heroes depicted in comics she found in old newspapers were based on real people with amazing stories... (Read More)

Illustration: portraits of Leonard Walter Jerome and Clarissa Hall, parents of Jennie Jerome and grandparents to Sir Winston Churchill. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 29

By Melissa Berry on November 29, 2022

Melissa Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, debunking old theories and exploring new ones of Winston Churchill’s Mayflower connections... (Read More)

Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade.; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tip: Obituaries

By Katie Rebecca Garner on November 28, 2022

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for finding and using an important resource for genealogy: obituaries... (Read More)

Photo: Plimoth Plantation living museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Credit: Nancy; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Connections to Help Celebrate Thanksgiving, Part 3

By Melissa Berry on November 22, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry wraps up her three-part series of Thanksgiving articles involving Mayflower descendants... (Read More)

Photo: plate of mince pies with decorated crusts and spicy fruit filling served sprinkled with sugar, one broken open to reveal the filling. Credit: christmasstockimages.com; Wikimedia Commons.

Thanksgiving Treat: Does Your Family Eat Mincemeat Pie?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 21, 2022

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to find various mincemeat recipes for holiday pies... (Read More)

Illustration: “Thanksgiving at Plymouth,” by Jennie A. Brownscombe, 1925. Credit: National Museum of Women in the Arts; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Connections to Help Celebrate Thanksgiving, Part 2

By Melissa Berry on November 21, 2022

In this article – to help celebrate Thanksgiving – Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Mayflower Pilgrims’ very first Thanksgiving... (Read More)

Photo: the first Thanksgiving reenactment at Plimoth Plantation, from "A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; Mourt's Relation," by Dwight B. Heath. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Mayflower Connections to Help Celebrate Thanksgiving, Part 1

By Melissa Berry on November 18, 2022

To help celebrate Thanksgiving, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a Mayflower descendant and Civil War veteran giving a Thanksgiving message in 1918... (Read More)