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Month: December 2013

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Did Grandma & Grandpa Write Letters to Santa Claus as Kids?

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on December 9, 2013

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find some cute, funny, and heartwarming letters our ancestors wrote to Santa Claus... (Read More)

Christmas Presents of the Past: the Strange, the Unusual—and More

By Scott Phillips on December 6, 2013

Scott Phillips looks through old newspapers to find some truly strange, unusual—and sometimes heartwarming—presents given during past Christmases... (Read More)

Photo: gingerbread house. Credit: Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar; Wikimedia Commons.

Holiday Recipe Ideas for Good Old-Fashioned Home Cooking

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 5, 2013

Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how GenealogyBank can help you find holiday recipe ideas in two helpful ways: a special Pinterest board and old newspapers... (Read More)

Painting: “Happy Christmas” by Johansen Viggo, 1891

Old Holiday Poems, Songs & Hymns in Newspapers

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on December 4, 2013

Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find poems, carols and hymns from holidays past, to bring them into this year’s celebrations... (Read More)

Breaking through Genealogy Brick Walls & Finding Family Tree Firsts

By Scott Phillips on December 2, 2013

In this article, Scott Phillips shows how old newspapers helped him break through a genealogy brick wall that had stumped him for years.. (Read More)

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