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Photo: an old family Bible. Credit: Thomas Jay Kemp.

Genealogy Stories: Lost – and Found – Family Bibles

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on April 3, 2018

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find some interesting stories about family Bibles that were lost – and found... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va." by Currier and Ives (1862). Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

My Cousin Lieut. Charles Haskell Was Killed in Action in the Civil War

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 8, 2018

In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp searches old newspapers to learn more about his Haskell family line, especially Civil War soldier Charles B. Haskell... (Read More)

Illustration: Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co, 1897. Credit: Henry Roland; Wikimedia Commons.

Searching Old Newspapers: Finding the Details about Your Family

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 27, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn more about his grandfather, Willard H. Kemp... (Read More)

Photo: a burning book. Credit: LearningLark; Wikimedia Commons.

Book Burning in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1904?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 15, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about discovering that his ancestor, William Kemp, was burning books in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1904... (Read More)

Photo: the Mayall brothers, Charles and Frank

Another Genealogist, Another Random Act of Kindness

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 26, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about another genealogist kindly sending him pictures of his ancestors that she discovered... (Read More)

Painting: "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emanuel Leutze. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

A Look Back at What GenealogyBank Found about My Revolutionary War Ancestors

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 25, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about using old newspapers to research his ancestors who fought during the American Revolutionary War... (Read More)

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Some of the Most Interesting Things I Found on GenealogyBank in 2017

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 9, 2018

Thomas Jay Kemp describes some of the most interesting stories he found about his ancestors using GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives in 2017... (Read More)

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Disney Movie ‘Coco’ Has Genealogy Tie-in

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 3, 2018

A recent article in the Deseret News explores the connection between genealogy and Disney’s hit movie Coco... (Read More)

Photo: Meetinghouse, New Gloucester, Maine. Credit: Gerda Peterich; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Her Story Really Touched Me: Shaker Marie Frances Burgess

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 28, 2017

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about Marie Frances Burgess (1920-2001), one of the world’s last remaining Shakers, from a Shaker village in Maine... (Read More)

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