My Name Is Capt. Samuel Payson, and I Fought at the Battle of Lexington
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 5, 2016
An article about Capt. Samuel Payson, Revolutionary War veteran who fought at the Battle of Lexington... (Read More)
Category: Genealogy Stories
Finding His Story in Old Newspapers
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 25, 2016
Article about an 1884 newspaper interview providing Theophylact Bache Bleecker’s recollections of the past 75 years, including the War of 1812... (Read More)
Every Family Has Stories – What Are Yours?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 4, 2016
Dave Isay launched StoryCorps in 2003, and his effort has now gathered over 60,000 stories from across America and beyond... (Read More)
Do You Have Relatives Named after Famous People?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 27, 2016
An article about finding ancestors names “Elbridge,” perhaps named after Vice President Elbridge Thomas Gerry... (Read More)
Bunker Hill Drummer Boy
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 29, 2015
An article about Rufus Kingsley, who was one of three drummer boys at the Battle of Bunker Hill, with details of his life from his obituary... (Read More)
She Had the Best Laugh!
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 23, 2015
An article about Effie Mae Sanders, based on her obituary... (Read More)
Truly Personal Obituaries from the Recent Obituary Archives
By Duncan Kuehn on July 23, 2015
Introduction: Duncan Kuehn is a professional genealogist with over nine years of client experience. She has worked on several well-known projects, such as “Who Do You Think You Are?” In this blog post, Duncan searches GenealogyBank’s recent obituaries collection and discoveries some truly interesting – and sometimes funny – passages in some of these... (Read More)
Genealogy Surprise: My Ancestor’s Journal of War Stories!
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 10, 2015
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about an exciting genealogy discovery: learning about his cousin Jacob Robinson’s journal from the Mexican-American War... (Read More)
The Almost-Immortal 122-Year-Old Jeanne Calment
By Duncan Kuehn on May 5, 2015
In this article, Duncan Kuehn searches old newspapers to learn about Jeanne Calment – the only human in history verified to have lived 120+ years!.. (Read More)
