Family Traditions: Eating for the New Year

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 5, 2021

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about meals to celebrate New Year’s Eve/Day – perhaps you’ll get some ideas for next year!.. (Read More)

January Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 78 Titles!

By Tony Pettinato on January 4, 2021

An article (with a complete title list) about the new content from 78 newspaper titles that GenealogyBank added to its online archives in January 2021... (Read More)

Making a Change: Genealogy Goals for 2021

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 31, 2020

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gets ready for the New Year with some genealogy resolutions... (Read More)

Illustration: "Pilgrims Going To Church" by George Henry Boughton, 1867. Credit: New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons.

Cache of Court Cases Reveals Puritan Sensibilities

By Melissa Berry on December 30, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the discovery of original Puritan court cases from the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1673 to 1695... (Read More)

Photo: civilian burial party, loading Lakota victims of the Wounded Knee Massacre onto a cart for burial. Credit: Charles C. Pierce; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day, a Lakota Tragedy: Wounded Knee Massacre

By Tony Pettinato on December 29, 2020

An article about the Wounded Knee Massacre in S.D. on 29 December 1890 when Spotted Elk and his band of Miniconjou and Hunkpapa Lakota were slaughtered... (Read More)

Illustration: "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

How Did Newspapers Report George Washington’s December Triumph in 1776?

By Jane Cook on December 28, 2020

Jane Hampton searches old newspapers to learn about Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814," by Amédée Forestier, 1914. Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Did ‘Peace on Earth’ Come to America in Time for Christmas in 1814?

By Jane Cook on December 22, 2020

In this article, Jane Hampton Cook describes how negotiators for the U.S. and Great Britain tried to forge a peace treaty by Christmas 1814... (Read More)

Painting: “Happy Christmas” by Johansen Viggo, 1891

Anecdotes of Christmas Past

By Melissa Berry on December 21, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells some stories about how Christmas was celebrated during America’s first 100 years... (Read More)

Photo: the Northern Club on Freemont Street Las Vegas, Nevada. Courtesy of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections.

Christmas Spirits Ran High in Las Vegas During Prohibition, Part II

By Melissa Berry on December 18, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry finishes her story about how Las Vegas had Christmas spirits in 1919, though it was Prohibition and the city was supposedly dry... (Read More)