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Category: Games & Puzzles

Illustration: Happy New Year!

Answers for New Year’s Resolutions Research Challenge

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on January 4, 2018

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak writes about New Year’s resolutions of yesteryear in old newspapers... (Read More)

Illustration: Happy New Year!

Genealogy Research Challenge: Find These Historical New Year’s Resolutions

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on January 3, 2018

In this first of a two-part article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak challenges her readers to find New Year’s resolutions of yesteryear in old newspapers... (Read More)

Painting: "The Picnic" by Thomas Cole, 1846. Credit: Brooklyn Museum; Billy Hathorn; Wikimedia Commons.

Summertime Fun: How to Plan a Family Reunion

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 14, 2017

An article providing tips for planning and hosting a family reunion – a great time for genealogists to gather family history information... (Read More)

Illustration: Civil War Battle of Chickamauga. Credit: Kurz & Allison; U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Quotes from the Civil War: A Fun Quiz

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on November 2, 2016

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to place some Civil War quotes into a fuller context... (Read More)

Illustration: a cartoon drawing of a bird questioning

Genealogy Puzzle to Challenge & Entertain Genealogists Everywhere!

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on October 27, 2016

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak shows an anagram puzzle of words and terms that can be rearranged to show words and terms familiar to genealogists... (Read More)

Photo: a crossword puzzle layout. Credit: Michael J; Wikimedia Commons.

Puzzles That Challenged Our Ancestors

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on October 21, 2016

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find puzzles that challenged our ancestors – and provides the answers for you!.. (Read More)

Photo: military Enigma machine, model "Enigma 1," used during the late 1930s and during WWII; displayed at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, Milan, Italy. Credit: Alessandro Nassiri; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Activities for Children: Fun Codes of Our Ancestors

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on July 28, 2016

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn about some of the codes and ciphers our ancestors used... (Read More)

Illustration: cowboys

Rootin’ Tootin’ True Confessions of Genealogists: Fun Quiz

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on June 30, 2016

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak provides a fun quiz for family historians to see just how hooked on genealogy they are... (Read More)

Photo: Fourth of July fireworks over the East Village of New York City. Credit: David Shankbone; Wikimedia Commons.

Fourth of July Trivia: Quiz Your History IQ

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on July 4, 2014

In this article, to add to your Fourth of July celebrations, Mary Harrell-Sesniak presents a fun quiz of Independence Day and Founding Fathers trivia... (Read More)

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