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Genealogy Tip: Your Ancestor’s Civil War Pension (part 3)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on May 15, 2023

In this article – the third and final in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s Civil War pension... (Read More)

Photo: flowers to celebrate Mother’s Day. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

A Tribute to Mother’s Day across the Years

By Melissa Berry on May 12, 2023

In this article for Mother’s Day this Sunday, Melissa Davenport Berry searches old newspapers to discover some past celebrations of Mother’s Day... (Read More)

Photo: Mother's Day celebration. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

A Brunch for Mom on Mother’s Day!

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 11, 2023

In this article, in celebration of Mother’s Day this Sunday, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers for recipes to make a special brunch for mom... (Read More)

Photo: the gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier, Vermont. Credit: King of Hearts; Wikimedia Commons.

Vermont Archives: 195 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on May 10, 2023

An article (with a complete title list) about the 195 Vermont newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Photo: a cake to celebrate Mother's Day

This Day in History: Mother’s Day Became a U.S. Holiday

By Tony Pettinato on May 9, 2023

An article about President Woodrow Wilson signing a proclamation on 9 May 1914, establishing the second Sunday in May as “Mother’s Day” in the U.S... (Read More)

Illustration: the Salem Witch House, famous for its connection to Judge Corwin and the witch trials of 1692, located at 310 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts. The lot was first occupied by Roger Williams, then Captain Richard Davenport and his wife, Elizabeth Hathorne. From “The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair; or, True Stories from New England History, 1620-1803” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1898. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Relics of Our Ancestors (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on May 9, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about relics from America’s past, focusing on a compass and watches owned by Roger Williams in the 17th century... (Read More)

Photo: Civil War cannon firing (reenactment). Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Genealogy Tip: Your Ancestor’s Civil War Pension (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on May 8, 2023

In this article – the second in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s Civil War pension... (Read More)

Photo: Cinco de Mayo parade in Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2007. Credit: Rena Dehler; Wikimedia Commons.

3 Facts about Cinco de Mayo

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 5, 2023

In this article – in celebration of Cinco de Mayo today – Gena Philibert-Ortega gives three facts about the holiday you may not know... (Read More)

Photo: cradle that belonged to Susannah (North) Martin, given to Anthony Colby family and now located in the Communion Room at the Macy-Colby historic house site. With all these intermarriages and paternity cases, I have no doubt this cradle rocked many babes! Courtesy of the Macy-Colby House, Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Paternity Drama in Colonial America (part 4)

By Melissa Berry on May 4, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry provides yet more stories about out-of-wedlock births in some of the earliest colonial settlements in America... (Read More)

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