Photo: 92 Second St, Fall River, MA, the home of Lizzie Borden at the time of the murders as it appeared in 1892. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘And Gave Her Mother 40 Whacks’: Lizzie Borden Acquitted

By Tony Pettinato on June 20, 2017

An article about Lizzie Borden being acquitted on 20 June 1893 of the charges of murdering her father and stepmother... (Read More)

Photo: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.oto: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Lincoln: ‘A House Divided against Itself Cannot Stand’

By Tony Pettinato on June 16, 2017

An article about one of Abraham Lincoln’s most important and powerful speeches: the “house divided” speech he delivered on 16 June 1858... (Read More)

A Genealogist Has Fun with Names & Mistaken Identities

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on May 30, 2017

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak shares some of the newspaper articles she’s found that report on people with the same name – “name doppelgangers.”.. (Read More)

Photo: Bonnie and Clyde's car (1932 Ford V-8), riddled with bullet holes after the ambush. Picture taken by FBI investigators on 23 May 1934. Credit: FBI; Wikimedia Commons.

Violent End to Bonnie and Clyde’s Life of Crime

By Tony Pettinato on May 23, 2017

An article about law enforcement’s fatal ambush of the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde in Louisiana on 23 May 1934... (Read More)

Photo: American journalist Nellie Bly, in a publicity photo for her around-the-world voyage, 1890. Credit: New York Public Library Archives; Wikimedia Commons.

Remembering Intrepid Nellie Bly, World War I Reporter

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 18, 2017

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes the World War I reporting by pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly... (Read More)

Photo: four MPs take a break along a German road to read in the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper about the Nazi surrender during WWII, May 1945. Credit: U.S. Army; Wikimedia Commons.

V-E Day: Nazi Surrender Ends European WWII Nightmare

By Tony Pettinato on May 8, 2017

An article about Germany’s surrender during World War II on 7 May 1945; V-E Day was celebrated the next day... (Read More)

Photo: the “Old Man of the Mountain” on 26 April 2003, seven days before the collapse. A late spring snow fell the night before. Credit: Jeffrey Joseph; Wikimedia Commons.

N.H.’s ‘Old Man of the Mountain’ Fell 14 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 3, 2017

An article about the collapse of New Hampshire’s iconic “Old Man of the Mountain,” a 40-foot rock face in the White Mountains, on 3 May 2003... (Read More)

Illustration: a researcher using a computer

A Genealogist’s Delight: Oddities and Curiosities of Early Censuses

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on May 2, 2017

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak shares some interesting facts about our ancestors gleaned from the U.S. Census... (Read More)

Photo: detail from a Carte de Visite of John Wilkes Booth, undated. Credit: Black & Case; Wikimedia Commons.

Lincoln’s Assassin, John Wilkes Booth, Shot Dead

By Tony Pettinato on April 26, 2017

An article about the shooting death of John Wilkes Booth on 26 April 1865, 12 days after Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln... (Read More)

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