Easter & Our Ancestors Through the Years (part 2)
By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 15, 2025
Katie Rebecca Merkley continues her series exploring our ancestors and appearances of Easter in the newspaper, examining the period 1775-1783... (Read More)
Category: Holidays
Easter & Our Ancestors Through the Years (part 1)
By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 14, 2025
Katie Rebecca Merkley begins her series exploring our ancestors and appearances of Easter in the newspaper, examining the period 1690-1774... (Read More)
Happy Days: Our Ancestors Celebrating Spring and Easter (part 1)
By Melissa Berry on April 11, 2025
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about some of the many ways our ancestors celebrated springtime and Easter... (Read More)
St. Patrick Was an Engineer!
By Melissa Berry on March 14, 2025
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry describes a St. Patrick’s Day tradition that has been celebrated at engineering schools for more than 120 years... (Read More)
A Christmas Tree Story (part 2)
By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 30, 2024
In this second article, Katie Rebecca Merkley gives more history of celebrating Christmas with Christmas trees set up inside the home... (Read More)
A Christmas Tree Story (part 1)
By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 24, 2024
In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley describes the history of celebrating Christmas with Christmas trees set up inside the home... (Read More)
Our Ancestors’ Christmas Happenings
By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 17, 2024
In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley tells some funny and touching stories from Christmases past... (Read More)
Our Ancestors’ Christmas Messages (part 2)
By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 10, 2024
In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley writes more about the special Christmas messages our ancestors had printed in their local newspapers... (Read More)
Our Ancestors’ Christmas Messages (part 1)
By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 9, 2024
In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley writes about the special Christmas messages our ancestors had printed in their local newspapers... (Read More)
