Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Their Stories and Their Ads
By Melissa Berry on July 30, 2020
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shows how women in colonial America ran businesses and took out newspaper ads to promote them... (Read More)
Category: Female Ancestors
Was Great-Grandma a Grass Widow?
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 24, 2020
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega explains what a “grass widow” is – a term genealogists run across in their research... (Read More)
Genealogy Tips: Looking for Female Ancestors before 1850
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 15, 2020
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for finding all kinds of mentions of your female ancestor in historical newspapers before 1850... (Read More)
4 Tips for Finding Women in the Newspaper
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 31, 2020
In this article – to help celebrate Women’s History Month – Gena Philibert-Ortega gives four tips for finding your sometimes hard-to-find female ancestor... (Read More)
The Woman in His Life: Finding Female Ancestors via Their Husbands
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 9, 2019
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega provides tips and links to help you research your sometimes hard-to-find female ancestors... (Read More)
The 1907 Expatriation Act: Did Your Female Ancestor Lose Her American Citizenship?
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 15, 2019
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a law that may have affected your married female ancestor by taking away her American citizenship... (Read More)
Finding Mom This Mother’s Day
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 11, 2018
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega celebrates Mother’s Day by providing three tips for researching your mom’s life in old newspapers... (Read More)
Genealogy 101: Newspaper Articles That Reveal Her Maiden Name
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 26, 2018
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how newspaper articles can help you discover your female ancestor’s hard-to-find maiden name... (Read More)
My Favorite Books for Learning to Research Female Ancestors
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 31, 2017
In this article, for Women’s History Month, Gena Philibert-Ortega shares some of her favorite genealogy books that help her research her female ancestors... (Read More)
