February Update: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 59 Titles!

By Tony Pettinato on February 4, 2019

An article (with a complete title list) about the 59 newspapers that GenealogyBank added to its online Historical Newspaper Archives in February 2019... (Read More)

Photo: this four-seat section of lunch counter from the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth is at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. The rest sits in its original footprint inside the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Credit: RadioFan; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Lunch Counter ‘Sit-in’ Galvanized Civil Rights Movement

By Tony Pettinato on February 1, 2019

An article about the “Greensboro Sit-In,” when four African American students sat down at the segregated lunch counter in a Woolworth’s store in NC... (Read More)

Photo: brick wall. Credit: Pawel Wozniak; Wikimedia Commons.

Using the Census & Newspapers to Solve Your Brick Walls

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 1, 2019

This article shows how newspapers and census records can fill in the blanks on your family tree, and includes a link to a free genealogy ebook... (Read More)

Photo: aerial view looking east northeast across downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, with the Indiana Statehouse in the foreground. Credit: tpsdave; Wikimedia Commons.

Indiana Archives: 206 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on January 31, 2019

An article (with a complete title list) about the 206 Indiana newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Illustration: portrait of Andrew Jackson by Ralph E. W. Earl, c. 1837. Credit: Tennessee Portrait Project; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: President Andrew Jackson Miraculously Survived Assassination Attempt

By Tony Pettinato on January 30, 2019

An article about Richard Lawrence firing two pistols point-blank at President Andrew Jackson on 30 January 1835, and Jackson’s miraculous survival... (Read More)

Photo: "Table Manners in the Nursery," from the magazine "The Moving Picture World," July 1916. Credit: Internet Archive.

Newspaper Etiquette Columns: Advice for our Ancestors

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 29, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes how etiquette columns in old newspapers provide insights into our ancestors’ lives... (Read More)

Photo: the Challenger crew. In the back row from left to right: Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judy Resnik. In the front row from left to right: Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ron McNair. Credit: NASA; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Students Stunned as Space Shuttle ‘Challenger’ Explodes

By Tony Pettinato on January 28, 2019

An article about the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986, killing all seven crew members and stunning teachers and students... (Read More)

Photo: Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Adrian104; Wikimedia Commons.

Illinois Archives: 506 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on January 25, 2019

An article (with a title list) about the 506 Illinois newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

On This Day, California Gold Rush: Gold Found at Sutter’s Mill

By Tony Pettinato on January 24, 2019

An article about James Marshall discovering gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, on 24 January 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush... (Read More)