Photo: Delaware State Capitol, Dover, Delaware. Credit: Joshua Daniel Franklin; Wikimedia Commons.

Delaware Archives: 40 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on July 20, 2018

An article (with a complete title list) about the 40 Delaware newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Photo: nursery school children in Pensacola, Florida, 11 June 1935. Credit: State Library and Archives of Florida; Flickr the Commons.

Genealogy Tip: Finding Images for Your Family History

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 19, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows three websites where genealogists can find copyright-free images to illustrate their family history... (Read More)

Photo: girl writing; the open notebook is her personal speller, 1943. Credit: Philip Bonn; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Genealogy Discovery: Letters Written by Children in Newspapers

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on July 18, 2018

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find letters that children wrote to the editor, filled with family history information... (Read More)

Painting: "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emanuel Leutze. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Revolutionary War Veterans – Part 7

By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 17, 2018

An article about the stories of American Revolutionary War veterans that can be found in the pages of historical newspapers... (Read More)

Photo: pie-eating contest at the Jefferson School, Washington, D.C., 2 August 1923. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Our Ancestors & Eating Contests: He Ate How Many?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 16, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about eating contests, something even our ancestors did... (Read More)

Illustration: the Civil War-era Draft Riots in New York City, 13-16 July 1863

Civil War Draft Riot: Mob Violence in New York City

By Tony Pettinato on July 13, 2018

An article about the Civil War-era Draft Riots in New York City that began on 13 July 1863 and lasted for four violent, destructive days... (Read More)

Revolutionary War Veterans – Part 6

By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 12, 2018