African American Heroes: Tuskegee Airmen
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 29, 2016
Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers and other sources to learn about the WWII African American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen... (Read More)
Month: February 2016
‘Freedom’s Journal’: The 1st African American Newspaper Published in America
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on February 26, 2016
A look at some of the articles published in the inaugural issue of Freedom’s Journal, the first African American newspaper published in America... (Read More)
Historical African American Newspapers Online
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 25, 2016
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega explores a helpful resource for family history research: an online collection of African American newspapers... (Read More)
Follow Every Genealogy Clue: It Might Surprise You!
By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 12, 2016
An article providing genealogy advice: when you have a genealogy record in front of you, track down every clue and see where it takes you... (Read More)
Obituaries Provide Clues for More Family History Research
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 11, 2016
Beyond the name and date of death, obituaries provide many clues that can lead your genealogy research into new and unexpected directions... (Read More)
Finding Irish Marriage Records
By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 10, 2016
An article about using the wedding records of FamilySearch and the newspapers of GenealogyBank to find Irish marriage records... (Read More)
Newspapers Help Smash a Genealogy Brick Wall
By Duncan Kuehn on February 9, 2016
This article describes how old newspapers helped smash through a brick wall blocking a client’s family history research... (Read More)
Finding Your Ancestor’s Story
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 5, 2016
Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn about her Chatham ancestors in Texas, showing the value of newspapers to family history research... (Read More)
Her Father Was the ‘Rustic Bard’? Newspapers Tell the Story
By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 4, 2016
Newspapers helped me solve the mystery of who was the “Rustic Bard” mentioned in my cousins Isaac and Annis (Dinsmoor) Cochran’s 1827 wedding notice... (Read More)
