Genealogy Tips: Discovering Your Female Ancestor’s College Years

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 13, 2017

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how old newspapers can help you learn about your female ancestor’s college years... (Read More)

Photo: a woman working in a military aircraft factory in Fort Worth, Texas in 1942. Credit: Howard R. Hollem; U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Discovering the Work Your Female Ancestors Did

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 11, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives some search tips to help you learn about your female ancestor’s work outside the home... (Read More)

First Two Women Governors: Nellie Tayloe Ross & Miriam “Ma” Ferguson

By Tony Pettinato on November 4, 2016

An article about the first two women elected governors in the United States (Ferguson & Ross) on 4 November 1924... (Read More)

Photo: various directories. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Genealogy Tip: Using Directories to Find Your Female Ancestor

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 22, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about various directories that provide information about female ancestors... (Read More)

Mother’s Day Memorials

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 10, 2016

In this blog article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows a source of family history for genealogists: Mother’s Day memorial notices printed in old newspapers... (Read More)

Photos of Marian E. Orlouski and Eva Maus. Source: Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, New Jersey), 27 October 1922, page 14

Genealogy Tips: Finding Mom before She Was Your Mom

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 6, 2016

In this blog article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives search tips for finding information about female ancestors before they got married and became mothers... (Read More)

Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade.; Wikimedia Commons.

Find Clues to Women’s Lives in Obituaries

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 31, 2016

This article – in honor of Women’s History Month –shows how newspaper obituaries can provide many details and clues when researching your female ancestors... (Read More)

Photo: the exterior of the National WCTU headquarters at 1730 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, a building on the National Register of Historic Places. Credit: IndiaCate; Wikimedia Commons.

Researching Your Female Ancestor: Women in the WCTU

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 16, 2015

Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how to research your female ancestor by searching old newspapers for articles about the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union... (Read More)

Illustration: a researcher using a computer

Researching Your Female Ancestor & the ‘Woman’s Exchange’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 20, 2015

Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how newspaper articles about the charity organizations your female ancestor belonged to help your family history research... (Read More)

Category: Female Ancestors