Photo: postal carrier with baby in mail bag. Credit: Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

From the Past: New Year’s Memorable Events (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on December 31, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells an astonishing tale of a New Year’s event in 1913: people started mailing babies!.. (Read More)

Illustration: “Happy Christmas” by Johansen Viggo, 1891. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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)

Illustration: soldiers from both sides (the British and the German) exchange cheerful conversation, an artist’s impression from “The Illustrated London News” of 9 January 1915: “British and German Soldiers Arm-in-Arm Exchanging Headgear: A Christmas Truce between Opposing Trenches.” Credit: Arthur Cadwgan Michael, “The Illustrated London News”; Wikimedia Commons.

Memorable Events Connected with Christmas (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on December 23, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry wraps up her series about stories connected to Christmases past with this heartwarming tale... (Read More)

Photo: candle on a Christmas tree. Credit: Malene Thyssen; Wikimedia Commons.

Memorable Events Connected with Christmas (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on December 20, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shares more stories and trivia connected to Christmases past... (Read More)

Photo: the Delaware State Capitol in Dover, Delaware. Credit: Joshua Daniel Franklin; Wikimedia Commons.

Delaware Archives: 135 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on December 19, 2024

An article (with a complete title list) about the 135 Delaware newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Memorable Events Connected with Christmas (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on December 18, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shares some stories and trivia connected to Christmases past... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Christmas Tree” by Albert Chevallier Tayler, 1911. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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)

Illustration: a woman seated at her desk using a computer

3 Genealogy Records You May Not Be Using

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 16, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega provides links and discusses three sources of genealogy records you may not be using... (Read More)