Photo: Penelope Pelham Winslow’s embroidered silk shoe, thought to have been worn by Penelope Pelham at her wedding to Josiah Winslow in 1651. Courtesy of Pilgrim Hall Museum.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 32 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on March 21, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Plymouth Colony Governor Edward Winslow and his family... (Read More)

Genealogy Tip: Irish Immigrant Ancestors

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 20, 2023

Since March is Irish American Heritage Month, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for researching your ancestors in Irish American newspapers... (Read More)

Photo: reenactors in the South Boston Parade, 17 March 2018. Courtesy of South Boston online.

Boston Tradition: The St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day Parade

By Melissa Berry on March 17, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry explains why the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston every March 17 has special meaning for the city... (Read More)

Photo: Rhode Island State House, Providence, Rhode Island. Credit: Kumar Appaiah; Wikimedia Commons.

Rhode Island Archives: 97 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on March 16, 2023

An article (with a complete title list) about the 97 Rhode Island newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper archives... (Read More)

Photo: Winslow House, 129 Union Street, Woodstock, New Brunswick, E7M, Canada. Purchased by Carleton County Sheriff John Norman Wentworth Winslow in 1887, the house remains in the Winslow family today. They were direct descendants of Edward Winslow, prominent New Brunswick Loyalist, and Governor Edward Winslow of the Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Courtesy of Canada's Historic Places website.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 32 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on March 15, 2023

Melissa Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Charlotte Helen Winslow, a descendant of Plymouth Colony Gov. Edward Winslow... (Read More)

Photo: RootsTech genealogy conference. Credit: mormonnewsroom.org.

RootsTech: After the Party

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 14, 2023

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega wraps up her experience at RootsTech by presenting some of her key take-aways from this year’s conference... (Read More)

Illustration: “Washington Crossing the Delaware” by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tip: Your Ancestor’s Revolutionary War Pension (part 1)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on March 13, 2023

In this article – the first in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s Revolutionary War pension... (Read More)

Photo: home of the Rev. John Wise, Essex, Massachusetts, erected in 1701. Courtesy of Digital Commonwealth: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:8s45qt44m

3 Clever Dames Outsmart Colonial Authorities

By Melissa Berry on March 10, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about three clever women outsmarting the authorities in colonial Massachusetts to get a new meeting house constructed... (Read More)

Photo: common cup and drinking bucket at the McCormick School Museum, Wichita, Kansas. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Our Ancestors and the ‘Common Cup’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 9, 2023

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes something once common but now incomprehensible to us: the public all drinking out of the same cup!.. (Read More)