The Movie ‘Cabrini’ and the Real-Life Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
By Jane Cook on May 15, 2024
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, first U.S. citizen canonized by the Roman Catholic Church... (Read More)
Category: History
Remember the ‘Titanic’: History and Your Family
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 15, 2024
In this article – on the anniversary of the sinking of the “Titanic” – Gena Philibert-Ortega wonders how the disaster impacted her ancestors... (Read More)
How ‘The Godfather’ Movie Almost Didn’t Get Made (part 1)
By Melissa Berry on April 12, 2024
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry details how it took a deal with the real Mafia to get the gangster film “The Godfather” made... (Read More)
Relics of the Salem Witch Trials Era (part 5)
By Melissa Berry on March 21, 2024
Melissa Berry writes more about the Salem witch trials of 1692, focusing again on two famous pieces of furniture: the Osborn chest and the Trask chest... (Read More)
Relics of the Salem Witch Trials Era (part 4)
By Melissa Berry on March 12, 2024
Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about the Salem witch trials of 1692, focusing on two pieces of furniture: the Osborn chest and the Trask chest... (Read More)
A Great Tragedy: The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 15, 2024
In this article Gena Philibert-Ortega describes the Boston Molasses Disaster that occurred on this date in 1919, resulting in almost 200 casualties... (Read More)
New Hampshire Fishermen Help Plymouth Pilgrims
By Melissa Berry on November 21, 2023
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells a little-known story about the Pilgrims who celebrated the first Thanksgiving... (Read More)
Relics of the Salem Witch Trials Era (part 3)
By Melissa Berry on October 26, 2023
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about the Salem witch trials of 1692, focusing on the case of George Jacobs... (Read More)
The Death of the Handkerchief
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 23, 2023
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about something that was a big part of our ancestors’ lives, but not so much today: the handkerchief... (Read More)
